I was raised by a monster. A woman who ruled my life and my sisters’ with fear, manipulation, and blood on her hands. Her husbands never survived her. I barely did.
Every choice I made was a cage she built for me — even the night she forced me to auction myself off to a wealthy stranger so she could pull the strings from the shadows. I thought I’d find a way out.
Instead, I found him. From the moment I saw the little siren with danger in her eyes, I knew she would ruin me. I told myself it would be one night. I lied.
For two years I hunted for her in secret, unable to shake the pull she had on me.
She was going to be my wife. My salvation or my destruction. And I would burn down anything that stood in my way.
