Even as she pleads for her freedom, she hopes he will never let her go… This British female may be beautiful, and she may look innocent, but I know better. She has broken into the royal palace, lied about who she is and why she is in my country. The evidence against her is damning. She means us harm and I intend to get to the truth, whatever it takes. Who is she working for and why is she really in Akram? I am brother to the Crown Prince, and I am the law here. Judge, jury, and if necessary, executioner. This woman is mine. The safety and security of those I love is at stake. I am sworn to protect my country and my family. I will stop at nothing to get it done. I mean to use every tool at my disposal, including her own submissive nature. Captured. Stripped. Imprisoned in a cold, stark cell. I don’t even speak the language, but I am to be questioned, tortured by this man who holds my life in his hands. I have no rights here. I am powerless, vulnerable, no one to protect me. I am at his mercy, and desperately afraid that I may never see my home or my family again. I am not the dangerous criminal he thinks I am, but I can’t tell him the truth, however much he might hurt me. And, he will. I know he will. He may be handsome as sin, but he is heartless, cruel and determined to be obeyed. And, God help me, I want to please him. He demands the truth, but I can’t tell him what he wants to know without condemning my sister to the same fate as me. So, I am to be broken… This book contains sexually explicit content which is only suitable for mature readers. This book was previously published under the title Thicker Than Water, with different cover art.