Bound by vows, torn by desire

Serena Valmont never wanted this marriage. Forced into a cold, loveless union with the powerful and enigmatic Eiser Laurent, she feels like nothing more than a pawn in her family's legacy. While Eiser is distant and unreadable, her new bodyguard, Fredrick Hale, offers the warmth and understanding she craves. When Eiser leaves for business, Serena and Fredrick grow dangerously close-sharing whispered secrets, stolen touches, and nights spent in the same bed.

But Fredrick is hiding something. He didn't take this job just to protect her-he's searching for something inside her childhood home, a place no one is allowed to enter except for Serena and a few trusted maids. And Eiser knows it.

As Serena slowly lowers her guard, she starts to see Eiser in a new light. He isn't the monster she once thought-he listens, he protects, and, in his own way, he cares. But when the truth about Fredrick's motives is revealed, Serena is left questioning everything. Who truly has her heart? The man she was forced to marry but is slowly learning to trust, or the man who made her feel alive but deceived her?

In a world where loyalty is tested and love is never simple, Serena must make a choice. But is it already too late?