A promise broken. A heart shattered. A marriage of silence.
Aria Wistera and Aiden Walther were madly in love. Despite the caste differences, years of resistance, and endless struggle to convince their families — they finally stood on the edge of forever.
Until everything collapsed.
Just moments before the wedding, news arrived: Aiden was dead.
Shock turned to horror. Grief turned to cruelty. The same people who once celebrated their love now spat venom — calling Aria cursed, unlucky, a black cat who brought death before the vows.
As chaos erupted, one man stepped forward - Austin Walther Aiden’s younger brother. Her best friend, her partner-in-crime, the one who always made her laugh.
And without asking, he married her.
To save her dignity. To silence the world. To fulfill a duty.
But the boy who once joked beside her is gone. In his place stands a cold, silent stranger — haunted by loss and burdened with responsibility.
As Aria is thrown into a marriage she never wanted with a man she once adored, hidden truths begin to unravel — about Aiden’s pain, and a love that may be waiting to bloom in the ashes.
Is this marriage her prison... or her unexpected second chance?