The crown we never chose

"I'm not marrying you."

"Good. I never wanted you either."

That was how their marriage began.

Victoria Gromova never expected to become the wife of the one man she could barely stand.

Cassian Volkov never imagined that the woman standing across from him would become the biggest threat to his carefully controlled world.

They made a deal.

A marriage without love.
No interference.
No touching without permission.
No feelings.

Just a contract.

Simple.

At least, that's what they thought.

Because behind their families' perfect alliance lies something neither of them knows.

Someone has been targeting the Volkov family from the shadows for years.

And now Victoria has become part of the game.

She was never supposed to be his weakness.

He was never supposed to become her safe place.

But when the truth begins to surface, Victoria will have to question everything she thought she knew about Cassian.

And Cassian will have to decide whether protecting her is still part of the plan...

or something he would do even if there was nothing left to gain.