She walked out after one final argument with her arranged husband, not knowing it would be the last time she'd walk free.
Charlotte thought marrying Cassian was the price she had to pay to honor her grandfather's dying wish. What she didn't expect was a husband who mocked her scars, chained her body, and turned her vows into a prison. Until she finally had enough and left.
But before she could start over, her father found her first. He had her quietly committed to a psych ward, where she was drugged, erased, and kept hidden from the world. Cassian never knew she was taken. All he knew was that she had disappeared. And for the first time, the cold, calculated heir to the Moretti cartel felt something he'd never allowed himself to feel: fear.
Now, he's tearing the world apart to find her—driven by guilt, madness, and a love he never deserved because the woman he once dismissed is the only one who ever truly owned him.
And when he finds her, he won't let her slip away. Even if she hates him. Even if she burns him. Even if she never forgives him.
He's ready to grovel. To bleed. To be hated.
As long as he gets to love her again