Vows Under Fire

er meant safety

en away. Ava had learned that lesson early-on battlefields soaked in blood, in a

nforced walls, biometric locks, and the low, constant hum of security systems powerful enough to erase

rble floor. She wore dark tactical fabric instead of white silk, a concealed blade r

t lay open

efings. Asset mergers. Shared intelligence. Mutual retaliation clauses. Eme

t a marriag

laration of

ent, watching. Most people flinched und

eparation between us. Legally, financially, or in b

t hesitation. "Good," she

n under the Drake banner. Recognition by every syndicate, carte

elonged to

tte black titanium, engraved with an ancient s

name," he said. "I

solid honesty in her palm. H

ne ignores it

in promise. "Then they disappear. Along

the ring ont

able,"

oss the paper. One si

aty was

ing her not as a bride, but

said quietly, "you are the most

ze, eyes cold

"Because I intend to