She thought she was obeying to protect others. He knew she was obeying because she had no way out. Anvitha Ramaswamy's life has never been hers. Groomed under her powerful father's watchful eye, she was raised to lead, to protect... and to forget. But when her sister is kidnapped, and enemies begin circling the empire, Anvitha is offered a cruel bargain. Marriage. To a stranger who knows more about her than she knows about herself. > "I'll help you find your sister," Ryan whispered, slipping the ring onto her trembling finger. "But if you ever try to run-I'll make you forget her all over again." Trapped in a life she doesn't recognize with a husband who is both her savior and captor, Anvitha begins to question everything-her memories, her family, even herself. As their twisted marriage begins, and Anvitha starts to unravel buried memories of pain, betrayal, and torture - she must decide: Will she obey the man who owns her now? Or destroy him once she remembers who she truly is? In a world where loyalty is tested and love is forged in chains, nothing is what it seems. And the girl in the mirror might not be the girl she thought she was. "Is he her protector... or the reason she needed protection in the first place?" "Will remembering set her free-or break her all over again?" "When love is born from control and secrets, can it ever be real?"