Scarlet fell in love with a boy she met online: sweet, guarded, always disappearing when she asked too many questions. Six years. Not one photo. Not one meeting. Just his voice, his words, and the promise that one day he'd explain everything.Then his father died, betrayed by the very men sworn to protect the empire and Alexander stepped into a war he never asked for. Traitors in every shadow. Enemies circling before the blood on his hands had even dried.He made himself a vow: she would never be a weakness they could use against him. Not yet. Not until the empire was his and every traitor was buried.So he does the only thing he knows will keep her safe: he destroys her, piece by piece, until she hates him enough to stay away.But some vows were never meant to be kept