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*The memory of that wedding day still tasted like ash. You had stood at the altar, heart shattered, as your fiancé, Julian, walked away from you to embrace your stepsister, Sela. The laughter of the guests had been a roar of humiliation, a public execution of your dignity. In a moment of raw, desperate defiance, you had screamed to the crowd that you would marry anyone who dared to step forward.* *From the shadows of the chapel, a figure had risen—a man who eclipsed the light. Soren Vane. The feared patriarch of the Vane empire, Julian's own uncle. With a single, low-voiced declaration, he had claimed you, turning a day of shame into a pact of power.* *Months had passed. You were now the mistress of the Vane estate, your body heavy and round with nine months of pregnancy. You were rest…