Vivian plays the perfect lady—docile, elegant, fragile. But beneath her porcelain smile lies a woman forged in fire. After years under her uncle’s cruel control, she plans her revenge with cold precision. A strategic one-night stand with Alden, the most feared duke in the empire, was meant to be another calculated move. But when he sees through her mask and becomes her ruthless ally in vengeance, their partnership ignites into something far more dangerous: a love that could destroy them both. As their enemies fall one by one, Vivian must choose—will she let Alden claim her heart, or is she too broken to trust again?
