Emilian stood in the center of a dark room, perfectly still, his hands relaxed at his sides. Only the tension in his jaw betrayed the storm building beneath the surface.His family had interfered.Again.The Becker family had always followed the same tradition. The youngest son of the head of the family inherited the darker side of their empire—the part built in shadows, where power was maintained through control, information, and silence.It was not something given freely. It had to be earned.To inherit, one had to separate from the family name, build an identity, and prove superiority.That was why he became Emilian Sanders.Not to hide.To qualify.To take what was his.Part of that process required a match. A bride. Someone chosen not for affection, but for comparison. Someone to surpass publicly, to demonstrate absolute dominance.His father had chosen Amber Asher.At first, she had been nothing more than a benchmark, a variable in a system he intended to master.But over time,
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