YuriLoyal. Selfless. Radiant. To the rest of the world, I'm the picture-perfect, devoted fiancé. No one knows the truth: my upcoming marriage isn't a love story. It's a sacrifice. But when the trap begins to close in on me, I have a moment of weakness. I call Gabriel Kayde. He was my friend. The love of my life, and the man who pushed me away. I expected a rescue. Instead, he took me captive. He claims it's for my own protection, but Gabriel is a man built on deadly secrets. How can I trust a man who has done nothing but shut me out? And worse, how can I trust myself around him, when his darkness is the only place I feel safe. GabrielCharismatic. Wealthy. Dangerous. I lived by one rule for years: protect Yuri. To keep her safe from my world, I made the ultimate sacrifice. I pushed her away. Now, she's engaged. She's supposed to be happy. Safe. But one single moment shattered all my illusions. The innocent woman I left behind is gone. The woman standing in front of me now is guarded and hiding secrets just like mine. The lies holding her life together are starting to bleed through. I'm done staying in the background. I let her go once to protect her. I won't do it again. Our secrets might end up destroying us both, but I'm ready to pull her into the darkness-the exact place I know she craves. Book 3 of the Shattered Queens Trilogy-a dark, dual-POV billionaire romance where sacrifice is the ultimate protection.