The Concubine-Born Daughter Fights for Everything

She begged her childhood love to save her from a forced marriage to a feared tyrant, but he chose his delicate cousin instead. Disowned and sent away with nothing, she resigned herself to ruin. Stricken with sudden regret, he sealed every gate and waterway in the city to bring her home. But he was too late. Waiting at the harbor was the very tyrant she dreaded, gently shielding her in his arms. Will the man everyone fears destroy her, or will he give her the vengeance she deserves?