"Who locked up my little pet in the cold palace?"Duke Lucien's voice was glacial, every word dipped in frost."Master, she broke royal law-""She belongs to me," he cut in coldly. "Only I decide her punishment."In Few days before her engagement to Evander-the man she loved-Isolde's world shattered. Abducted. Stolen away. Sold into the hands of a monster cloaked in nobility: Duke Lucien Alaric Thornton.He's every girl's dream-and every soul's nightmare.Rich. Powerful. Ice-blooded. It's whispered he once severed a man's legs for daring to steal his shoes.But when Lucien sees Isolde, something cracks.Because she looks exactly like Elisabetha-the woman he once loved. The woman whose death hollowed him.To the Duke, Isolde isn't just another slave. She's a ghost reborn. A bride in chains. A replacement for a love he couldn't protect.Collared like a pet. Kept like a possession.Isolde becomes the object of his twisted obsession... and the enemy of his ruthless childhood fiancée, Sabrina, whose jealousy spirals into dangerous rage.And while the Duke plays puppet master, Evander-Isolde's true love-desperately searches for the fiancée he lost...Unaware she's trapped in the very palace where he serves, hidden behind silk veils and cruel command.When the veil of lies is ripped away,🌹 Love will burn.🔥 Vengeance will rise.🖤 And a stolen bride must decide...Will she destroy the man who caged her?Or save the man who lost himself long before he ever found her?