Elias Thorne is the husband everyone calls useless. His wife's family calls him the Anchor, a weight that cannot even hold a tray without breaking it. What no-one knows is that Elias built the machine controlling the city in the sky and his body is now somehow hooked to it. Six hours to disappear or when a rival dynasty finds out who he truly is EreliasThorne has six hours before they rip him to get to what they crave. Seraphine Vale, the wife who only signed their names to the marriage, must decide if she will set her family's empire aflame to save the weak, quiet man she's been falling for more and more.