I was raised to be valuable.
Educated. Polished. Strategic.
But when war threatens my family, I learn what that really means.
Valuable things get traded.
So I’m handed to the Murphy family in a marriage contract signed in ink and sealed in blood.
The lucky groom?
William Murphy.
The volatile one.
The addict.
The heir to a throne built on violence and grief.
He doesn’t want a wife.
He wants control.
Power.
A united front against the war coming for us all.
I am just another move on his board.
But the thing about pawns?
When they reach the other side…
They become queens.
