Ruby

I'm Sophie White, an orphan who was arranged to marry Bay City's most powerful devil—the ruthless, dangerous, and devastatingly handsome Adam Foster.
"Adam, please..." I whimpered as his touch set my body aflame. From the bathroom to his massive bed, he claimed me relentlessly until dawn, leaving me breathless and burning with desire.
But beneath our passionate nights lurked a terrifying reality. My fairy tale marriage became a nightmare of obsession and control. He monitored my every move, threatened my unborn child, and kept me prisoner in his golden cage.
Everything changed the night he led me to his secret basement—a chamber of horrors where his own father had tortured him for five years. As I stared at the chains and shadows of his past, I finally glimpsed the broken soul behind those cold eyes.
Was this vulnerability real? Or was I falling deeper into the trap of Bay City's most dangerous predator?
Just when I thought I knew all his secrets, I discovered something that would shatter both our worlds forever...

"Your body craves me even as you deny it," Dominic growled, his fingers tracing the mark on my neck. "I can smell how wet you get when I'm near you."
"Fuck you," I hissed, fighting the electricity his touch sent through me. "Just because you marked me doesn't mean I belong to you."
His smile turned predatory. "Yet your pulse races whenever I'm close, Elise."
When my mate Noah abandoned me for his true mate, I made a desperate choice—a contract bond with Dominic Blackwood, the most feared Alpha in the region. Our arrangement was simple: his protection for becoming his Luna. No emotions involved.
But after countless times he risked everything to keep me safe, my heart betrayed me. I was falling for the man I swore to never love.
Then my world shattered. Accused of serial murders I didn't commit, I discovered the truth as silver chains bit into my wrists—it was Dominic who investigated me, arrested me, tortured me for confessions.
Now I must decide: is the man I've grown to love my greatest protector or my ultimate betrayer?