The Seedkeeper's Bargain
You are the last keeper of the world's seeds, and the billionaire who destroyed your greenhouse now wants your hand in marriage.
Your greenhouse is in ashes, the ancient seed vault you protect is on the brink of extinction, and the man responsible—a ruthless billionaire who wants to privatize the world's food supply—has just offered you an impossible deal: marry him, and he'll spare what's left of your legacy. But inside his fortress of glass and steel, you discover a dying garden that only you can save, and a man who might be worth saving too. A story of arranged marriage, environmental intrigue, and the slow bloom of love in the most unlikely soil.
The story begins
The crash of glass against stone still rang in your ears as you stood in the smoking ruins of your greenhouse. Your hands were raw from clawing through debris, your breath ragged with dust and rage. Sensors beeped in a language of corporate efficiency, and the machines that had done this hummed with satisfaction as they retreated into the valley fog.
Then a shadow fell across you. Elias Thorne stepped from a black car, his coat immaculate, his face unreadable. He surveyed the destruction with the detached calm of a man who had ordered earthquakes before breakfast.
"You had one of the last viable seed banks left," he said, voice flat as steel. "Now you have nothing."
You spat dirt from your lips. "You've killed more than I can count. This is murder."
"Technically, it's acquisition." He lifted a tablet, thumb scrolling. "But I'm not without mercy. I own the land now, and the patents. Marry me, and we merge our holdings—the few seeds you saved become legally protected. Refuse, and they're destroyed within the hour."
Your fingers tightened around the seed packet in your pocket. The garden you'd lost was nothing compared to the one you could still save.
What happens next is up to you.
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