“If loving you makes me weak, then let me fall. Let it break me. I’d rather be yours and ruined than theirs and whole.” – Ciaran Vireaux She gave him her heart. He gave her a future. But his family took everything else. When Esther Sorrell fell in love with Ciaran Vireaux —the heir to one of the world’s most powerful corporations—she thought she’d finally found something real. But that illusion shatters when she uncovers the truth that the Vireaux Global, the empire behind her lover’s last name, was responsible for the tragedy, causing her parents to die—she runs. Heartbroken. Pregnant. And determined to disappear. Now carrying Ciaran’s child, Esther vanishes into the shadows, determined to protect her baby from the legacy that destroyed her past. Ciaran has no idea why she left. But when he finds her, he’ll stop at nothing to bring her back—even if it means tearing down his own family’s empire to do it. Because some secrets are soaked in blood. And some love stories demand war to survive.