Murdered by her brother during his violent coup, she returns to the moment before death claims her. With a second chance in hand, she embarks on a dangerous gambit: manipulate and control the very man who destroyed her. Her plan is simple—tame him enough to survive. What she doesn't anticipate is taming him far too well. "Brother, shouldn't you marry?" she presses, desperate for an escape from castle walls. His silence speaks volumes—the glass in his grip fractures and bleeds. "Why would I marry?" His red eyes smolder with dangerous intensity. "I already have you." Trapped in his embrace as blood drips from his fingers, Sezh grasps the horrifying truth of her manipulation. The brother she sought to control has become something far darker—a consuming obsession that refuses to release her. And when Raytan lowers his head, his words shatter her remaining defenses: "We aren't really siblings." Her survival now demands an entirely different price.