Beyond The Gilded Cage (Altair 1)

Aoife Marie Hernandez traded the squalor of the slums for the gilded cage of a contract marriage, a desperate bargain to save her ailing sibling. But her life with the emgmatic Hades Karma Altair was a whirlwind of secrets and unexpected love. Their fragile happiness shattered when Aoife disenvered she was pregnant, ond fearing rejection, she fled with their newborn doughter, leaving Hades in a world of opulent emptiness. Mouths later, Hades found them, but the silence thot greeted him was deafening. His daughter was gone, vanished without a trace, leaving behind only a chilling emptiness that echoed.

Haunted by guilt and driven by a desperate hope, Hades embarks on a perilous journey to find his daughter. He will delve into the shadows of his past, confronting the truth about the woman he loved and the life they could have had. But as he unravels the secrets that surround the disappearance, he discovers a web of deceit and danger that threatens to consume him. The truth, he realizes, is far more sinister than he could have imagined, and the silence he hears is not just the absence of laughter, but a chilling warning of a fare far worse than loss.

This may contain violence and inappropriate actions.