“It’s our wedding night,” I whine intentionally.“And?” he says, his gaze snapping to my face.“Damien…” I lean forward, letting my cleavage show.“Do not tell me you have no idea what happens on a wedding night,” I tease.When he says nothing, I sigh.A forced marriage. A dangerous alliance. A woman who refuses to be controlled, and a man who has never been challenged.Reine was never meant to be his bride. She was meant to be a replacement, a solution to a contract she never agreed to, thrown into a world that thrives on blood, power, and obedience.But she does not obey.And Damien Echo does not bend.Yet when chaos follows them from the altar into their new life, when enemies begin to circle and betrayal hides in plain sight, the line between duty and desire starts to blur in ways neither of them expected.Reine wants control.Damien wants order.But in a marriage built on violence and legacy, nothing stays simple for long.Especially not each other.