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Hannibal Lecter is everything his house requires of him: brilliant, dangerous, impeccably controlled and entirely unwilling to marry. Once deeply in love and thoroughly betrayed, he has long since decided that affection is a liability he can no longer afford. His father, less philosophical and far more practical, eventually loses patience and arranges what Hannibal has so carefully avoided: a suitable match with the House of Graham.
Caterina Graham is everything a young noblewoman should be. Beautiful, educated, quiet, and compliant. She is also not alone.
Accompanying her is her twin brother, William Graham, who is none of those things. He is observant, sharp-tongued, difficult, and entirely uninterested in being agreeable. Where his sister yields, Will pushes back.
This story explores aristocratic pressure, inheritance, and the slow unraveling of control. It is a slow burn, an enemies-to-lovers dynamic rooted in power, rivalry, and reluctant fascination. Alpha/Omega elements are present.