Chapter 241 – The Price
Damian’s POV
The air was thick with dust and the smell of burnt stone.
Everything was silent. Too silent.
I opened my eyes slowly, my ears ringing from the explosion. All I could see was smoke, falling debris, and broken pieces of what used to be the Elders’ chamber.
“Serene?” My voice cracked as...
Chapters
1. Chapter One: The Night Everything Changed
2. Chapter 2: The Auction
3. Chapter 3 – The Alpha’s Property
4. Chapter 4– The Devil’s Ride
5. Chapter 5: Walls That Watch
6. Chapter 6 – The Meeting
7. Chapter 7 – The Deal
8. Chapter 8– The Great Escape
9. Chapter 9: Silver And Steel
10. Chapter 10 – Queenmakers and Caffeine
11. Chapter 11 – Silence and Stilettos
12. Chapter 12 – Luggage and Leverage
13. Chapter 13 – “Mark Me”
14. CHAPTER 14: unmarked
15. CHAPTER 15: In the Absence of the Mark
16. CHAPTER 16: The Crimson Waltz
17. CHAPTER 17 – Blood, Boundaries, and Becoming
18. CHAPTER 18 — Smoke & Ricotta
19. Chapter 19 – The Woman in the Garden
20. Chapter 20 - “A Whisper Too Old to Die”
21. Chapter 21 – The Forbidden Door
22. Chapter 22 – Just A Little Air
23. Chapter 23: Taken
24. Chapter 24: Shadows and Echoes
25. Chapter 25: The Stranger’s Smile
26. Chapter 26: The Stranger in the Light
27. Chapter 27: The Silence Between Us
28. Chapter 28: Beneath the Surface
29. Chapter 29 Whispers Behind Glass
30. Chapter 30 – The Smoke Before the Storm
31. Chapter 31 – Blood Between Us
32. Chapter 31: Blood Before the Moon
33. Chapter 33: The girl who Bled
34. Chapter 34: The Silence Between Heartbeats
35. Chapter 35 — The Voice He Waited For
36. Chapter 36 — A Quiet Recovery
37. Chapter 37 — “Beneath the Skin”
38. Chapter 38 – “The Shift Beneath the Skin”
39. Chapter 39: The mark
40. Chapter 40: Secrets and Songs
41. Chapter 41: Whispers and Marks
42. Chapter 42: Close Enough to Burn
43. Chapter 43: Red Temptation
44. Chapter 44: In His Arms
45. Chapter 45: In His Arms
46. Chapter 46: whispers Beneath The light
47. Chapter 47: A Night in His Eyes
48. Chapter 48: Shattered Illusions
49. Chapter 49: Say It Again
50. Chapter 50: Yours, completely
51. Chapter 51 – Warm Mornings and Soft Teasing
52. Chapter 52: The City That Raised Me
53. Chapter 53: Full Circle
54. Chapter 54 — The Queen’s Blood
55. Chapter 55 — His Shirt, Our Mess
56. Chapter 56 — Park Dates & Mafia Invitations
57. Chapter 57 — The Ball and the Ghost
58. Chapter 58 – Shadows of the Past
59. Chapter 59 — The Lie Beneath the Silence
60. Chapter 60 — The Birthmark
61. Chapter 61 — The Truth in Whispers
62. Chapter 62 – Blood on His Hands
63. Chapter 63— Collision
64. Chapter 64 — Two Weeks Later
65. Chapter 65 — A Quiet Storm
66. Chapter 66 — Fire Beneath the Skin
67. Chapter 67 — Shadows We Carry
68. Chapter 68 — The Quiet Between Battles
69. Chapter 69 – The Storm Knocks Twice
70. Chapter 70 – I Don’t Belong to You Anymore
71. Chapter 71: Unexpected Reunion
72. Chapter 72 – The Edge of Truth
73. Chapter 73 – The Invitation
74. Chapter 73: The Masked Truth
75. Chapter 74 – The Confrontation, The Letter, and The News
76. Chapter 75 – You Don’t Deserve Me
77. Chapter 77: Broken footage
78. Chapter 78 – Girls, Giggles, and a Bit of Rent
79. Chapter 79 – Soft Days & Subtle Healing
80. Chapter 80 – Pretty Girls, Popcorn Dreams & a Shocking Email
81. Chapter 81 — First Day Blues and Heels That Hurt
82. Chapter 82 — Home Is Where the Bra Comes Off
83. Chapter 83 – First Steps
84. Chapter 84: Park Day and hard Truth
85. Chapter 85 – The Return of the CEO
86. Chapter 86 – Trouble in the Spreadsheet Kingdom
87. Chapter 87: Drunk Confessions and Wrong Addresses
88. Chapter 88: I Told My Boss I’m a Werewolf—Now I Must Disappear
89. Chapter 89: My Boss Is a Werewolf Too?! Somebody Slap Me.
90. Chapter 90: Missed Chances & Moonlit Invitations
91. Chapter 91 – “The Mark”
92. Chapter 92 – “Silent Watchers”
93. Chapter 93 – The Necklace
94. Chapter 94: The Obsession of an Alpha
95. Chapter 95 – Marked and Mad
96. Chapter 96: Torn and Tangled
97. Chapter 97 – “The Voice I Can’t Escape”
98. Chapter 98 – “Watched”
99. Chapter 99 – “I Just Want You”
100. Chapter 100: Bond illness
101. Chapter 101 – Betrayal in the Woods
102. Chapter 102: something Ancient
103. Chapter 103: His Arms, My Chaos
104. Chapter 104: where betrayal burns
105. Chapter 105 – Pieces That Don’t Fit
106. Chapter 106 – Whispers of Her Blood
107. Chapter 107 – Unraveling Shadows
108. Chapter 108 – Crimson Whispers
109. Chapter 109: Velvet Evenings and Unspoken Promises
110. Chapter 110: the heat of midnight
111. Chapter 111: Tensions Return, Truth Awakens
112. Chapter 112: the key
113. Chapter 113 – Before the Gate Falls
114. Chapter 114 – “The Dream That Wasn’t”
115. Chapter 115 — Bloodlines and Ghosts
116. Chapter 116 – The Pull Between Realms
117. Chapter 117 – He’s Still Mine
118. Chapter 118 – Bound by Blood
119. Chapter 119 — The Oath and the Shadow
120. Chapter 120 – Whispers in the Veil
121. Chapter 121 – Between Worlds
122. Chapter 122– “The War Within”
123. Chapter 123– “The Thing That Followed”
124. Chapter 124 – Whispers in the Dark
125. Chapter 125 – Darkness Beneath the Skin
126. Chapter 126 – The Bond That Broke the Chains
127. Chapter 127 – The Heart Remembers
128. Chapter 128 – The Things We Leave Behind
129. Chapter 129 – The Past Holds the Key
130. Chapter 130 – Act Like You Belong
131. Chapter 131 – A Place I Don’t Belong
132. Chapter 132 – The Space Between Time
133. Chapter 133 – The Calm Before the Return
134. Chapter 134 – The Rogue in Her Heart
135. Chapter 135 – The Crimson Truth
136. Chapter 136 – Blood in the Shadows
137. Chapter 137 – Ashes Beneath Gold
138. Chapter 138 – Masks and Shadows
139. Chapter 139 – The Festival of Masks
140. Chapter 140 – Shadows That Follow
141. Chapter 141 – The World Still Moves Without Her
142. Chapter 142 – Silks and Secrets
143. Chapter 144 – Of Rats and Revelations
144. Chapter 145 – Silent Bonds, Secret Flames
145. Chapter 145 – Secrets in the Tower
146. Chapter 146 – The Festival of Lights
147. Chapter 147 – Echoes Beneath the Moon
148. Chapter 148 – A Daughter’s Silence
149. Chapter 149 – Whispers in the Palace Walls
150. Chapter 150 – “Birthday Chaos and Corset Problems”
151. Chapter 151 — Whispers and Faces from Another Time
152. Chapter 152 – Whispers Behind the Curtains
153. Chapter 153 – Of Dreams and Whispers
154. Chapter 154 – The Secret Within
155. Chapter 155 – Banishment
156. Chapter 156 – “The Hollow Days”
157. Chapter 157 – Whispers in Moonlight
158. Chapter 158 – A Promise in the Dark
159. Chapter 159 — A Bump That Changed Everything
160. Chapter 160: the child of ruins
161. Chapter 161 – Poison in the Palace
162. Chapter 162 – Ashes of Blood and Hidden Truths
163. Chapter 163: The War in the Woods
164. Chapter 164: The One Who Vanished
165. Chapter 165: The Knife of Beasts
166. Chapter 166 – For the Sake of the Unborn
167. Chapter 167 – The Chains of Blood and Crown
168. Chapter 168: the silent flame
169. Chapter 170: The Fire They’ll Follow
170. CHAPTER 170: The Forest That Feeds
171. CHAPTER 171: The Forest’s Price
172. Chapter 172 — The Luna He Didn’t Want
173. Chapter 173 – "Seven Months Later"
174. Chapter 174 – "Sabotaging the Engagement"
175. Chapter 175: The Wraiths Awaken
176. Chapter 176 – “The Healer Who Knows”
177. CHAPTER 177: BLOOD AND SECRETS
178. CHAPTER 178: BROKEN CHAINS
179. CHAPTER 179: The Return of Layla
180. CHAPTER 180: The Unwanted Guest
181. CHAPTER 181: The Breaking Point
182. Chapter 182 — Two Weeks of Waiting
183. Chapter 183 — The Elders’ Verdict
184. Chapter 184 — "My Baby"
185. Chapter 186 — “Fire and Shadows”
186. Chapter 187 – Ashes of a Crown
187. Chapter 188 – Blood in the Leaves
188. Chapter 189 – A Week of Quiet Shadows
189. Chapter 190 – The Last Flight
190. Chapter 191 – Fractures in the Dark
191. Chapter 192 – Lies for Survival
192. Chapter 193– The Realm That Remains
193. Chapter 194– A Future Written in Ash
194. Chapter 195: Inner thoughts
195. Chapter 196: Serene?
196. Chapter 197 – Not What You Think
197. Chapter 198– It’s Alright
198. Chapter 199 – The Announcement
199. Chapter 200 – Midnight
200. Chapter 201 – The Morning After
201. Chapter 202 – The Council’s Visit
202. Chapter 203– Whispers in the Shadows
203. Chapter 204– Shadows of Truth
204. Chapter 205 – Broken Truths
205. Chapter 206 – Shadows of Forgiveness
206. Chapter 207 – A Flame in the Dark
207. Chapter 208 – Morning Light and Hidden Truths
208. Chapter 209 – A Taste of Normal
209. Chapter 210 – Clearing the Air
210. Chapter 211 – A Day in the Park
211. Chapter 212 – Midnight Intrusion
212. Chapter 213 – Echoes of the Night
213. Chapter 214 – Revenge and Mercy
214. Chapter 215 – Shadows of Betrayal
215. Chapter 216 – Stories from the Past
216. Chapter 217 – Broken by the Herbs
217. Chapter 218 – A Child's New World
218. Chapter 219 – Distracted Hearts
219. Chapter 220– Cracks in the Calm
220. Chapter 221– Dreams of Betrayal
221. Chapter 222– Breaking Under the Weight
222. Chapter 223 – The Sweet Mask
223. Chapter 224: twisted
224. Chapter 225 – Damian’s Realization
225. Chapter 226 – The Hunt Begins
226. Chapter 227 – A Garden of Dreams
227. Chapter 228 – The Abomination in Their Hands
228. Chapter 229: The chamber
229. Chapter 230 – The MockeryEz
230. Chapter 231 – The Seal
231. Chapter 232 – The Breaking Point
232. Chapter 233: The night I choose to end it all
233. Chapter 234 – The Heart of the Obsidian
234. Chapter 235 – Breaking Point
235. Chapter 236 – The Bargain
236. Chapter 237 – Chains and Truth
237. Chapter 238 – Before Dawn
238. Chapter 239 – Chains and Choices
239. Chapter 240 – The End Begins
240. Chapter 241 – The Price
241. Chapter 242: the weight of an Alpha
242. Chapter 243 – Waiting
243. Chapter 244 – The First Sign
244. Chapter 245 – Blood and Awakening
245. Chapter 246 – The Stranger in Her Skin
246. Chapter 247 – The Voice Inside
247. Chapter 248 – Hunger
248. Chapter 249 – The Sleeping Soul
249. Chapter 250 – The Conversation with Darkness
250. Chapter 251- The deal of blood
251. Chapter 252– The World Between
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