Crown of the Abyss

Everyone believed Serena had married a worthless man. Until she was driven to the edge—and the quiet husband who had always stood half a step behind her finally looked up. To the world, Ronan is a powerless son-in-law who endures every insult without fighting back. But every time he lowers his head, it is not submission. It is restraint—the last barrier holding back a darkness powerful enough to bring the entire city to its knees. Serena defends him before everyone, while behind closed doors, her family, her company, and their silent marriage slowly tear her apart. When her late father’s ring falls into the enemy’s hands, she is forced to trade her husband’s life for her family’s future. She slips a sedative into his coffee, hides a blade against her body, and prepares to walk into death alone.