I BUILT HER CAGE LONG BEFORE SHE KNEW I EXISTED. My name is Kazimir Abramov . I am a man of meticulous plans, and Clio Marsden was the centerpiece of my grandest design. She thinks her entry into my life was an accident, but the truth is far more calculating. I meticulously orchestrated a crisis to claim her irrevocably. I watched her from the shadows for a year, waiting for the moment to make her mine. Love isn't a choice when you've been engineered to belong to me. Now that the secret is out, I must fight to keep the woman who hates me as much as she desires me. I will single-handedly dismantle my own power structure to save her. My enforcer thinks she is a weakness, but she is the only thing that makes me feel alive. I would burn my own kingdom just to keep her warm. In the end, there is no empire-only us. She has finally accepted my absolute possession of her. ★★★★★ "I wasn't ready for that revelation. Kazimir literally chose her over his entire legacy. It's the most beautiful, dark thing I've ever read." - Reader Review Book 3 of 3 in the Violent Hearts series-the final exploration of a love built on deception and the absolute surrender required to survive it.