She was never meant to be seen.
Now she may become the most dangerous woman in the room.

Alina Volkov has spent her entire life in the shadows—hidden, ignored, and carefully erased from a world ruled by power and blood. In a family where visibility means value, she was nothing.

Until the night her sister disappears.

When the perfect daughter vanishes without a trace, Alina is forced into her place—offered as a bride in a brutal alliance to Alessandro De Santis, a man known not for mercy, but for control. Cold, calculating, and always ten steps ahead, Alessandro doesn't believe in accidents… and he doesn't accept substitutes.

Yet when he looks at Alina, there is no surprise. Only recognition.

Because this was never a mistake.

As secrets begin to unravel, Alina realizes her sister didn't just disappear—she left behind a path. One designed for her to follow. A path that leads deep into a world of manipulation, surveillance, and silent power struggles where every move is watched… and every weakness is exploited.

The more Alina uncovers, the more the truth distorts everything she thought she knew about herself.

She was never the forgotten daughter.
She was the hidden one.

And now, in a game built on control, Alina must decide—
remain the invisible girl she was raised to be…
or step into the role she was always meant to claim.

Because in this world, survival is not given.
It is taken.

And power…
belongs to the one no one saw coming.

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