The Ruby Revenge

The sea took my parents on my eighth birthday, leaving me with nothing but a pigeon-blood ruby and a soul forged in the heart of a storm. They think I’m just a fragile heiress, a broken girl who hides behind Paris couture and psychiatric reports, but they’ve mistaken my silence for weakness. Lucas Lockwood wants to reject our alliance, and his lover, Scarlett, thinks she can claw the ring from my finger while mocking the trauma that haunts my dreams. They believe they can drown me in the same dark waters that claimed my family. Let them try. My grandfather didn't just raise me to rule an empire; he raised me to survive, and he trained my hands to break more than just hearts. I’ve spent a lifetime drowning in grief, but today, I’m finally coming up for air—and I’m not leaving until everyone who ever touched me is dragged beneath the waves.