HIS LAW IS THE ONLY LAW THAT MATTERS AT LANYON. I arrived at Lanyon Manor with my books, my virtue, and a corset laced tight enough to hide my fear. Earl Lewis is a man of cold steel and absolute order. He demands total obedience from everyone under his roof. I am merely a tutor to his ward. I expected a life of quiet service. I found a master who demands my soul. When a rival aristocrat tried to ruin my reputation, the Earl did not fight a duel. He invoked an ancient right to claim me as his own. He broke my pride in the Great Hall before the entire household. The sting of his correction marked me as his exclusive property. The shame should have destroyed me. Instead, it awakened a dark and forbidden hunger. The high society of London wants to see me cast out in scandal. They do not realize that the Earl’s protection is a cage I never want to leave. He is stripping away my defenses one lesson at a time. He does not want an equal partner. He wants a wife who exists only for his pleasure and his command. I will surrender everything to remain the object of his dark obsession.