Your father’s peace offering was never gold, territory, or power. It was you. Forced into an arranged marriage to the son of your family’s greatest enemy, you walk down the aisle without knowing the face of the man waiting for you at the altar. When you finally see him, he’s nothing like you expected cold, devastatingly beautiful, and just as unwilling as you are. No kiss. No applause. No warmth. Just two heirs sacrificed for a deal neither of them chose. Now trapped in his sprawling mansion and bound by vows that mean nothing, you’re forced to live with a man who barely speaks, trusts no one, and hides more pain than anger behind his icy exterior. He was supposed to be your enemy. Falling for him was never part of the arrangement.