Twisted Proposal by Zoe Blake

I’m not the hero in this story—I’m the monster who claimed what wasn’t his to take.
I was supposed to sell her to the highest bidder, a marriage that would seal alliances and strengthen her family’s power.
But seeing her bloodied and defiant changed everything.
Her father and brother thought they could use her as a pawn.
They didn’t realize I was playing a different game entirely.
I destroyed them all, leaving her seemingly free—only to chain her to me instead.
She thinks she can escape, build a normal life away from the violence she was born into.
She doesn’t understand that what I protect, I possess completely.
And now, she’s mine.
The problem?
She fights me with every breath, refusing to be anyone’s property…especially mine.
Her fierce defiance only makes me want her more.
What she doesn’t know is that her freedom required blood payment, and that debt is coming due.
As enemies close in, threatening what’s mine, my decision is final.
She will be my wife.
She will wear my mark.
She will surrender to me completely.
Even if I have to break her first.