He owns the office. She belongs on her knees.Freddy is the kind of boss who never softens—until the day his secretary walks in wearing that tight red blouse and black skirt. One look is enough. The door locks. The blinds close. And the line between professional and possessed disappears.Lizzy already decided she would do whatever it takes to keep her place. She just never expected how far “whatever it takes” would go… or how much she would crave the way he takes control.Power. Possession. No mercy.In a world of closed doors and unspoken rules, desire is the most dangerous thing of all.Dark. Raw. Filthy. And once it starts, there is no going back.

Prince Lucan has taken countless women to his bed… and felt nothing. Until the night he finds Elora — wet, injured, and impossibly beautiful by the royal stream.One touch ruins him. One night is not enough.He claims her completely, only to wake up and find her gone. Now the cold prince is obsessed. He will find her. He will make her his.But Elora is no ordinary maiden. She is a half-mermaid with secrets of her own… and she has already caught the eye of another prince — one who hides a darkness far more dangerous than Lucan’s.Two powerful men. One forbidden girl. And a desire that will burn kingdoms to the ground.

Elena Rossi was never supposed to belong to the man who ruined her family.When her mother’s life hangs by a thread and the debts become impossible to outrun, she signs a one-year marriage contract with Adrian Vale — the cold, ruthless billionaire who destroyed everything the Rossi name once stood for. In exchange for millions, she becomes his wife in name, in public, and under his roof.The rules are clear. No love. No outsiders. No escape.But Adrian Vale doesn’t just want a convenient bride. He wants the daughter of his enemy in his house, wearing his ring, and eventually on her knees. He is patient. Controlled. Filthy in the quietest, most dangerous ways. He peels her pride apart with slow hands and slower words, teaching her that hatred and hunger can share the same breath.Elena tells herself she can survive twelve months of his possession. She tells herself she won’t break. She tells herself the wetness between her thighs means nothing.Adrian knows better.He intends to ruin her thoroughly — in private, against the table, on her back, and in every way that leaves her shaking and ashamed of how much she needs it. By the time the contract ends, Elena may no longer remember where the loathing stopped and the addiction began.A marriage built on hatred. A husband who collects what he’s owed in the most intimate ways. And a year that will leave her marked far deeper than any ring.**Dark. Possessive. Explicit.** This is not a love story. This is a claiming.