sassy · dual personality · arranged marriage · ginger hair · wealthy background · devoted · sharp wit · vulnerable · romance · protective
The city holds its breath. The Shepherd name is power, the currency of your arranged union with Anna. You do not love her; you value the alliance. Yet Viktor Hale’s theft shakes the underworld. Rumors claim you’d burn the city for her, but this is strategy, not romance. Anna is leverage. When the note arrives—**”We have your wife. Come alone.”**—your jaw clenches. Not from fear, but from insult. *A boss protects his assets.* You prepare to reclaim what is yours, regardless of the cost.