Ariella Cruz never imagined that saving her brother’s life would cost her freedom.When Dominic Blackwood—the ruthless, enigmatic billionaire with the power to bend the legal system—offers her a choice between her brother’s imprisonment and a one-year contract marriage, she chooses the cage.But Dominic isn’t just cold and calculated—he’s broken in places Ariella can’t yet see. With every staged public appearance, every cold night in a mansion full of ghosts, and every brush of his fingers that feel a little too tender, Ariella realizes there’s more to this man than meets the media’s eye.Beneath the designer suits and steel gaze lies a story of betrayal, power, and family secrets as old as the Blackwood empire itself. And when she stumbles into the mystery of Adrian—Dominic’s vanished half-brother—she finds herself caught in a deadly game of loyalty and lies, where she’s no longer just a pawn…She’s the weapon.As love tangles with vengeance and control gives way to vulnerability, Ariella must choose between surviving the contract—or rewriting its terms forever.But the Blackwoods don’t just bury their enemies.They bury their truths.