Sabina Maliari is the kind of woman people don't just notice-they remember. Beautiful in a way that feels almost unfair, intelligent enough to disarm without raising her voice, and dignified to the point of intimidation. She moves like she belongs in a throne room... even if life never gave her a throne. Because behind all that grace is a life that was never truly hers. Born into poverty, Sabina was not protected by love-but traded by it. Sold by her own father, Andres Maliari, to a man she has never met by choice, she is bound to Argus Flaumel. A runaway prince. A scandal in human form. Wealthy, powerful, dangerously attractive-and infamous for treating women like fleeting distractions rather than people. In a world where marriages are alliances, love is leverage, and loyalty is always temporary, Sabina is pulled into a palace that runs on secrets, silent wars, and women who smile while sharpening their claws behind their backs. And at the center of it all is a man who thinks everything can be owned-status, power, people... Even her. But Sabina Maliari was never meant to be claimed. She was meant to survive.
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