HE OWNS EVERY BREATH I TAKE. I was a pawn in a game of debts and cruelty. My guardian sold me to a monster to pay for his sins. Every day, the laces of my corset were pulled tighter. I was a bird in a cage of whalebone and silk. I expected a life of misery. Then the new stable master arrived. Malcolm Flores has the hands of a laborer and the soul of a predator. He took over my lacing, his touch commanding my body to obey. He saw the submissive heart beating beneath my ribs. He did not just want to save me. He wanted to master me. The stable master is a prince in disguise. He shattered my marriage contract and bought my life with a single word. Now, I am hidden away in his private world of luxury and restraint. He dresses me in the finest gowns and the most punishing stays. I am his secret prize, a woman defined by the strength of his grip. Jealous rivals and vengeful men circle us. They think they can expose my shame and tear me from his side. They do not understand the depth of a royal obsession. Malcolm has destroyed my past to ensure I have no future without him. I am his private property, bound forever by his sovereign command.