Some secrets are worth dying for.
Some loves are worth killing for.
My brothers raised me to be untouchable.
Protected.
The Kastaris princess no man dares approach.
Then Niko looked at me from across a crowded room with a smile that promises the kind of beautiful ruin I should run from.
And everything changed.
One secret meeting led to stolen moments in different cities.
His promises whispered against my skin.
For the first time in my life, I felt free.
But when the lines between loyalty and love begin to blur, a devastating truth comes to light and our forbidden love becomes a death sentence.
Now we’re caught between feuding families, and I’ve made a choice that will change everything. Because when you’re born into this world, there are only two options: be the weapon or be the target.
And I refuse to be anyone’s victim.
Soon, they’ll all learn,
Sometimes the gods don’t choose warriors. They choose daughters.