The Restricted Room

alteoamadeus 1 story

Summary

Karina Leana Roe has spent years pretending everything is fine. To everyone else, she's the devoted girlfriend of Logan Weith—charming, attentive, and impossibly perfect. No one sees the possessive monster behind closed doors, or the fear hidden beneath her forced smiles. Then her life is turned upside down when she's forced into an arranged marriage with Valentín Aparicio, the quiet, enigmatic son of one of the country's most feared cartel leaders. The marriage is political, inevitable, and impossible to refuse. Terrified of what Logan would do if he discovered the truth, Karina keeps the engagement hidden, balancing a dangerous double life between an abusive relationship she can't escape and a family she's terrified to join. As Logan's obsession spirals and the Aparicio family draws her deeper into a world of loyalty, blood, and buried secrets, Karina realizes that surviving means more than keeping a secret. Because when two dangerous worlds collide, someone will have to lose. And it might be her.