She is gentle and vulnerable, and I’ve drowned in thoughts about her. She is my friend’s daughter. A forbidden line. And yet I am her shield—the one her mother entrusted with her safety. Even if, for that, I’ll have to fight my own feelings. But we’re not alone: all around, people are already circling, trying to get their hands on the young rich heiress and make her their wife. I must protect her from them—and maybe, for her sake, I’ll have to step over my own beliefs and marry her myself. For her. With her.