He paid the debt. He claimed the bride.
Industrial baron Silas Vane demands merchant Elara Eldridge's hand in marriage as collateral for her father's ruinous debt. The contract is chillingly simple: Elara is to provide an heir and unquestioning obedience. Her refusal is met with cold, ruthless discipline, physically reminding her of her submission.
Silas is a man of ice, but Elara's compliance ignites a terrifying possessive fury. When she becomes pregnant, the ultimate purpose of their union is realized, and she transforms into the sacred vessel of his legacy.
Trapped in a gilded cage and pregnant with his child, Elara is bound by the ultimate consequence, accepting her absolute dominion by the man whose love is as magnificent as it is terrifying.
