Sera Bellamy had a life that was entirely her own — quiet, warm, ordinary in all the ways she had come to love.Then she walked into Aldric Mancini’s world.He was not a man who wanted things. He was a man who decided them. Empires bent to his will, enemies disappeared at his word, and the women in his life knew better than to linger. He had never looked twice.Until her.He didn’t know her name the night he first saw her. But by morning, he had decided she was his — and in Aldric Mancini’s world, what he decided had a way of becoming permanent.She would learn that belonging to him came with no negotiation, no escape, and no going back.Some men ask. Some men take. Aldric Mancini simply decides — and God help you if he decides on you.

He had everything—power, wealth, control. Feelings were a weakness he never allowed himself. Until one woman. Rafael doesn’t chase. He doesn’t beg. He doesn’t fall. He takes. Now he doesn’t just want her. He wants to claim her. What started as a glance turns into obsession, possession, and a dangerous promise— she is his now.