Became The King's Woman
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.