“I survived fire, chains, and torture, yet none of it hurt like watching you be promised to another man.”
Helena is desperate to save her family. With her father gone and her mother selling herself to keep them afloat, a fake engagement to her dearest friend is her only salvation.
Evander was declared dead once already. Tortured and scarred, he has spent years hiding from the woman he loves, convinced a beast like him no longer deserves her.
Until he is forced to help plan her wedding to another man.
Thrown together to arrange a marriage neither of them wants, Evander cannot decide which torments him more: his scars, or being so close to Helena without ever touching her.
Because he was the one who saw her first. And Evander does not intend to lose her a second time.
