Ruthless Saint

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He wasn't the one I was supposed to marry.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>He's cold.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Brutal.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Calculating.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>To his family I'm a strategic move in their war.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>To mine an alliance offers protection against our enemies.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Still there's something about him that calls to me.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>A dark edge threatens to revive me. His gaze steals my breath.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Even if my heart thinks this could work my brain knows better.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We say I do with his brother's blood on our clothes</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>and the bars of my gilded cage slam shut.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Our wedding vows are forever - 'til death do us part.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But with enemies closing in from all sides death might be closer than we think.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Please note: this book contains dark content that some readers may find distressing.</em></p>