BROKEN OATH

She was raised to rule, not to be rescued.

As the only daughter of a powerful crime empire, she grew up learning how to command loyalty and crush threats without hesitation. Men feared her. She didn't need protection.
Until someone nearly killed her.
The assassination attempt leaves her in a hospital bed-wounded, furious.Her older brother sees vulnerability.
She sees insult.

So when he assigns her a bodyguard, it feels like a slap to the face.
He's disciplined. Cold. Unimpressed by her title. He questions her decisions in front of her own men.He calls her reckless. She calls him replaceable.
They don't just dislike each other.
They argue.Constantly.
Every hallway becomes a battleground. Every conversation turns into an argument. Every shared glance feels like a challenge.
And yet, he never leaves her side.

While she's busy fighting the man forced into her shadow, her fiancé-the polished heir she's meant to marry-plays his part perfectly.
Devoted in public.Deceptive in private.
Multiple affairs. Careless secrets.
And one mistress tied directly to the night someone tried to put her in a grave.
Her bodyguard is the one who uncovers it. The lies. The betrayal. The connection between infidelity and attempted murder.
He doesn't comfort her.He shows her.
The night she learns the truth, something inside her goes still.
The hatred between them shifts.
Because the only man who never lied to her... was the one she couldn't stand.

What follows isn't heartbreak.
.The arguments don't disappear-but they change. The tension sharpens. Glances linger too long. Hands brush and neither pulls away fast enough.
And when they finally cross the line?
It isn't soft.
It's explosive.

Months of pride.
Weeks of hostility. Days of shared revenge-all igniting at once.
But this isn't a love story about being saved.
It's about being understood.

And when she takes down the man who betrayed her, she does it herself.

The bodyguard may stand beside her.

But she pulls the trigger.