Gentle They told me I had two weeks to bury my dreams and marry a stranger. Two weeks to forget about the once-in-a-lifetime internship I’d worked hard for. All because my family made mistakes, and I’m the one forced to pay the price. My brother’s sins became my burden, and now I’m a wife to a man I never met. I should hate him. At least, I try to hate him. But the more I push, the more he stays… and I don’t know if I can keep my heart from betraying me too. Koul I didn’t ask for this either, but the moment Gentle walked down that aisle, I knew I wanted her. Fire in her eyes. Defiancé in every word. She doesn’t see me yet. Not for who I am, or as the man who’d burn down the world before letting her fall. My family demands obedience, but all I want is her trust. And when secrets start unraveling, when loyalty and bloodlines blur into betrayal, I’ll have to prove to her that love can grow even in the darkest of places. When betrayal cuts deeper than blood, and loyalty to a legacy demands sacrifice, love becomes their most dangerous risk. Because in a world built on power and shadows, nothing is ever as black and white as it seems.