Corrupt Promises

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He's standing at the altar to end a brutal war.</strong></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But she's the wrong bride.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Cian O'Rourke</strong></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>There's a reason they call me The Beast.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My loved ones betrayed me leaving me </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>scarred </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>inside and out.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I never wanted a wife but to end this war I'll marry my </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>enemy's daughter</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But she's only a means to an end.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Once she gives me an heir I'll lock her away and never have to see her again.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>My </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>beautiful bride</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> who I'll kill if she ever deceives me.</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Ravenna Pontrelli</strong></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I was never supposed to be his wife.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When my identical twin sister doesn't appear for her </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>arranged marriage</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> I take her place.</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Secretly.</strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>No one can ever learn of my deception least of all my new husband.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When my sister reappears revealing my </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>false identity</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)></span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I must endure my husband's wrath.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But his threats are at odds with his passionate kisses.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Does he really hate me? Or does he hate how much he wants me?</span></p><p></p><p></p>