Chapter 1: Sold with a Vow
The church bells rang like a death sentence.
Isabella stood at the altar, her hands trembling as she stared at the man she was about to marry—the man who destroyed her family.
Luca De Santis didn't look at her with love. He looked at her like a possession already owned.
"From today," he whispered coldly, "you belong to me."
The crowd gasped. Isabella's heart raced. She had no choice, yet in her mind, a plan was already forming.