MATURE CONTENT: The content of this novel is not suitable for readers under the age 18

I thought I was finally choosing my own life—graduation behind me, the future ahead, and a man I believed I loved waiting at the altar.

I was wrong.

The truth shattered everything I thought I knew: my stepbrother didn’t protect me—he sold me. A debt he couldn’t pay, sealed with my name, my body, my future. And the man I was promised to?

Sinclair Kavanagh.

A government-sanctioned assassin. A ghost wrapped in human skin. A man I had once seen kill without hesitation—and without remorse.

I am not only afraid of what Sinclair does for a living. I am terrified of what he wants from me.

His attention isn’t affection. His desire isn’t love. It’s possession—cold, calculated, inescapable. He watches me like a target. Claims me like a contract. And no matter how hard I fight, how far I run, the truth remains the same:
Sinclair Kavanagh does not let go.

He is ruthless in his work, brutal in his methods, and utterly unhinged in his obsession with me. And when I realize that marriage to him is not a choice but a sentence, I begin to wonder if death is the only form of escape left.

Because being Sinclair Kavanagh’s wife may be far more terrifying than being his victim.

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Short Excerpt (Sinclair’s Dialogue):

“I’ve ended wars with a single bullet, Daphne. Do you really think I’d fail to keep what belongs to me?”

“You cannot escape what belongs to you. I am yours, Daphne. Irrevocably. Obsessively. Until the sun burns out and time decays. 'Til death do us part?' No, my sweet... death is far too kind for what I intend to do with you.”





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TAGS:  #ArrangedMarriage #ObsessiveML #MafiaBoss #ForcedProximity #HeFallsFirst #Possessive #AgeGap


~ Male protagonist displaying psychopath tendencies


~ Use of blood (like smearing and licking) in intimate or violent contexts.


Chapter 1 - Trigger Warning