He's immortal. She's impossible. Together, they're catastrophic. Guardian Dmitri Volkov has exactly one job: protect humanity's right to choose love freely. He's excellent at it-detached, observant, immortal. Maya Patel has exactly one problem: every relationship she touches is falling apart. As Boston's most frustrated wedding planner and dormant Valentine descendant, she's watching love die in real time. Their collision is inevitable. Their connection is forbidden. The explosion when he catches her mid-fall? That's pure, fated-mate chaos neither of them wanted. Maya's latent powers just awakened, marking her for death by an enemy hunting Valentine bloodlines. Dmitri's supposed to observe from the shadows, not claim a soulmate. Every rule says stay away. Every instinct screams the opposite. As love decays across the city and assassins close in, they face an impossible choice. Will they embrace a bond the universe forged-or sacrifice everything to preserve the freedom love demands?