Gilded Lies

I married the wrong man.

I chose safety-until my soulmark flared to life at my sister's Infernal Union and shattered the illusion.

It didn't burn for my husband.

It burned for a stranger with a devil's grin and blood on his hands.

Owen Duvain is a demon cloaked in charm, a walking curse dressed in tailored control. His touch ignites the mark on my skin. His gaze sees the parts of me I've hidden from everyone else.

But he's dangerous. Secretive. Bound to deals inked in darkness and debts still waiting to be paid.

Every instinct tells me I made vows-and I shouldn't break them.

Even if I'm starting to forget why I made them in the first place.

Now my certainty is slipping, my world splintering, and the man I married is becoming someone I don't recognize.

Owen doesn't ask me to choose him.

The bond already has.