She agreed to a contract.She never agreed to fall in love.Lucien Blackwood is a ruthless billionaire CEO who rules with absolute control. When his empire demands a public marriage, he chooses the one woman bold enough to challenge him—his intelligent, defiant assistant.Bound by a contract marriage and forced to live a lie, their fake relationship ignites obsession, desire, and emotional warfare. Power shifts, hearts crack, and control becomes impossible to maintain.Because marrying a ruthless CEO is easy.Surviving loving him is not.

She was never meant to exist.He was never meant to love.And the Veil was never meant to fall.Marked by forbidden Moonfire, Lyra Noctis is hunted by a realm that fears her power. Bound to a cursed guardian born of shadow, she must survive magic, betrayal, and a destiny written in blood.Because beyond the Veil, love is the most dangerous spell of all.