I thought I escaped hell when I ran from the Sanctuary.

Eden

I was wrong.

Hell found me on a Valentine's Day auction block, where men in black ties bid on virgins like livestock. Where the highest bidder owns you—body, mind, and soul.

Vaughn Sutherland paid more for me than most people see in a lifetime.

He put me in a room with silk sheets and locked doors. He touched me in ways that made me forget my own name. He never took what he bought, only taught me how much my body could betray me.

So I ran.

I made it three days before he found me.

They say the devil is patient. They say he's cruel.

They don't know Vaughn.

He gave me freedom after he dragged me back—a house instead of a cell, choices instead of chains. But every door I open leads back to him. Every breath I take, he owns.

And the worst part?

I'm starting to forget why I wanted to leave.

The Sanctuary stole her childhood. Vaughn Sutherland bought her virginity. And when she runs? He'll hunt her down and teach her that the only freedom she'll ever have is the kind he gives her.

Contains a hero who thinks love is ownership, patience is a weapon, and Valentine's Day is the perfect excuse to buy something priceless.