Oath of Deceit

How do I know my husband despises me?

He calls me enemy before he calls me wife.

Leonardo Chiaroscuro marries me like it’s an execution.

Cold eyes. Ruthless hands.

A playboy prince forced to bed the daughter of his rival.

He humiliates me in private.

Claims me in public.

And when his control slips, it’s terrifying how much he wants me.

I learn too late that this marriage was never meant to last.

I go home seeking answers.

And am locked inside betrayal.

Told my baby was a mistake.

One they plan to erase after my husband dies.

I escape to warn him.

Gunfire greets me instead.

His father is dead.

His empire is ashes.

And Leonardo looks at me like I pulled the trigger.

He disappears.

I’m taken.

And as the enemy presses a hand to my stomach, they smile…

Because they know exactly what I’m carrying.