The most feared Emperor in the galaxy chose me as his bride.Not because he loved me.Not because he wanted peace.And definitely not because I wanted him.I was just a girl from a forgotten colony.A nobody.Until Emperor Kael Voss arrived with an army and looked at me as if he had been searching for me his entire life.Then he claimed me in front of the entire galaxy.Now I’m trapped in a marriage I never agreed to, surrounded by enemies who want me dead and secrets nobody will explain.The worst part?My husband might be one of them.The galaxy calls Kael a monster.A conqueror.A ruler so ruthless that entire worlds surrender before he reaches them.I should fear him.I do fear him.Yet every time danger comes for me, he is always there.Watching.Protecting.Killing.As if losing me is the one thing he cannot survive.The more I learn about the Emperor, the less sense he makes.He knows things about me he shouldn’t know.Looks at me like he remembers moments we’ve never shared.And sometimes, when he thinks I’m not paying attention, there is something in his eyes that looks terrifyingly close to regret.Then the nightmares begin.Fragments of memories that don’t belong to me.A voice promising he will find me.A touch I somehow remember.A past I can’t explain.Because the truth is far more dangerous than I imagined.This isn’t the first time Emperor Kael Voss has entered my life.It’s the second.And whatever happened the first time was important enough for someone to erase it.Now powerful enemies are hunting me across the galaxy.Ancient secrets are rising from the shadows.And every answer leads back to the same impossible question:Why did the most powerful man in existence choose me?Because if I ever remember the truth…I might discover that the greatest betrayal of my life wasn’t marrying the Emperor.It was what he did before he chose me the second time.