The Escaped Bride Reborn Under the Northern Lights

Prologue

Three days before our wedding, I accidentally overheard my fiancé, Julian Vance, talking to his friend.

He admitted that every shred of devotion he had ever shown me was nothing more than an act.

The 365 love letters, the thousands of candid photographs, the custom-designed starry-sky engagement ring—all of it had been carefully calculated just to help my younger sister, Daisy, marry into the prestigious Payne family.

I had loved him for so long, only to find out I was merely a pawn in his grand scheme.