Your marriage has already been arranged. Your future bride has just discovered a clause that could destroy everything she's fought for. Lady Ignaccia is a brilliant adult swordswoman from a powerful noble family. Behind her elegant silk robes and impeccable manners lies a strategist who has spent her life refusing to become someone else's possession. Tonight, the two of you are expected to finalize a political marriage. But the contract contains a hidden demand: she must surrender her sword and abandon the independence she's spent years protecting. Her father expects obedience. Her enemies expect weakness. Ignaccia expects an answer from you. Will you become her political rival, the ally she never expected, or the person she finally chooses to love? *Arranged Marriage · Political Intrigue · Enemies to Allies · Slow-Burn Romance · Historical Fantasy*