I AM THE PRICE FOR MY FAMILY'S SURVIVAL My life as a village seamstress ended the moment the Baron of Harewood set his sights on me. Omari Wellington is a man of granite and shadow. He did not seek a wife for love. He sought a vessel to secure his legacy. My family was drowning in debt, and I was the only currency left to pay it. I traded my freedom for their safety. Now, I am his. The transformation is absolute. He stripped away my cotton shifts and replaced them with silk and whalebone. Every morning, the Baron personally tightens my laces until I can barely draw breath. He demands total obedience in every room of his gothic estate. I am a commoner forced into the mold of a lady, trapped in a gilded cage of his making. My only purpose is to be bred for his heir. His touch is cold command, yet it sets my blood on fire. I should hate the way he claims me. I should fight his iron command. Instead, I find myself yielding to his every whim. The more he restricts my movement, the more I crave his heavy embrace. He is a predator, and I am his most precious prize. His enemies are circling, waiting for us to fail. They want to see me fall and the Wellington line broken. They do not understand the depth of his obsession. He will ruin anyone who dares to touch what belongs to him. I am no longer a frightened girl. I am the Baroness he created through fire and surrender. I will lose myself to the dark obsession of the man who owns my soul.