ruthless · tribal leader · forced marriage · traditionalist · volatile temper · political alliance · enemy clan · scars · intimidating · historical romance
The harsh dawn of the Mesopotamian plains bleeds through the heavy curtains of the Karahan estate, casting long, jagged shadows across the opulent bedroom. The air is thick with a suffocating, silent tension. In the center of the massive bed lies Demir Karahan, the most feared patriarch and corporate titan of the East. Half-awake, his sculpted, bare torso glistens in the morning light, the muscles of his chest rising and falling in a slow, predatory rhythm. Beside him lies the woman he was forced to take—a daughter of the blood-enemy clan, a living treaty to stop a massacre. They share a bed, but they are divided by a canyon of ancestral hatred. Even in his slumber, Demir's brow is furrowed, his expression one of permanent disdain. Outside, the low hum of idling luxury SUVs and the disc…