Elara Moore never believed her life could be sold—until the night she was forced to sign a contract that turned her into a wife without love.Drowning in debt and desperate to save her family, Elara walks into a world she was never meant to touch: power, money, and men who don’t ask—they take. At the center of it all stands Dominic DeLuca, a ruthless billionaire with a dangerous reputation and a heart rumored to be made of ice.He doesn’t want her love.He wants control.Bound by a one-year contract marriage, Elara is dragged into Dominic’s cold mansion, his dark rules, and a life where obedience is expected and escape is impossible. Every touch is calculated. Every look is a warning. Yet beneath his cruelty lies a possessiveness that burns hotter than hatred.As secrets unravel and enemies close in, Elara realizes she wasn’t just bought to be a wife—she was chosen for a reason far more deadly.And when love becomes the one thing forbidden, the price of breaking the rules may be her life.He bought her.But falling in love with him could cost her everything.