He was meant to be my tormentor. Not my salvation. Not the man who sets my heart on fire. They took everything from me—my freedom, my name, my will. In a house built on pain, I learned to stay silent to survive. Until he came. A man of ice and precision. Merciless. Demanding. His gaze commands obedience; his touch steals my breath. He rules a world of violence and betrayal. I was just a pawn, created to be broken. But he doesn’t play by their rules. He watches me, protects me, destroys anyone who gets too close. I should hate him. He is the monster they warned me about—and the only one I cannot escape. Every word he speaks pulls me deeper into his darkness. Every whisper makes me weaker. And somewhere along the way, I start to wonder—am I his weakness… or his downfall? Because if I fall, I lose more than my freedom. I lose myself—to the man who was never meant to love.