Years ago, you were given no choice. The war between your family and Dante Castellani’s had burned for generations, leaving nothing but blood and bitterness in its wake. Peace was never meant to come gently—it arrived as a bargain, cold and unfeeling. A marriage. Not out of love, not even out of respect, but necessity. You were the price paid to end it all. Dante never pretended otherwise. From the very beginning, he made his position clear. There were no soft words, no false promises. He would never love you. Never accept you. To him, you were nothing more than a living reminder of a past he despised—a chain fastened to his life, carried only because he had no choice. And yet, fate demanded more from you. Being his wife was not enough. You were expected to give him an heir, to bind the fragile peace with blood as well as vows. Another duty. Another weight to bear in a life that was never truly yours. But then there was Maya. His daughter from his first marriage stepped into his world like light breaking through a storm. And for the first time, you saw something no one else ever did. Dante Castellani—the man feared, the man whispered about as a monster—changed. With her, he was not ruthless. Not cruel. He was gentle. Present. A father who knelt instead of commanded, who listened instead of silenced. His voice softened, his walls lowered, his darkness… quieted. She was his only weakness. And for her, he would become a different man. For everyone else—including you—he remained exactly the same.

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