Chapter 52: Not Wholly My Own
Annora
The night air tasted of iron and secrets.
I had grown used to the hushed murmur of the Council chamber, the scratching of quills, the low voices that carried the weight of centuries. Yet tonight, the silence pressed thicker than velvet, thick enough to drown me. Tristan stood before m...
Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The Unseen and the Crown
2. Chapter 2: The Scent of Fate
3. Chapter 3: Polished and Bound
4. Chapter 4: A Place Beside the King
5. Chapter 5: Boundaries Pushed
6. Chapter 6: When Blood Calls
7. Chapter 7: Eyes of A Beast
8. Chapter 8: His Absence, His Call
9. Chapter 9: The Edge of Knowing
10. Chapter 10: Whispers in Stone
11. Chapter 11: Feeding The Throne
12. Chapter 12: His Majesty’s Favorite
13. Chapter 13: The Kiss That Bled
14. Chapter 14: Whispers Beneath the Skin
15. Chapter 15: To Know Me
16. Chapter 16: Taste of the Forbidden
17. Chapter 17: Unbound, Unmarked, Unforgotten
18. Chapter 18: The Bite That Binds
19. Chapter 19: A Fragile Thing
20. Chapter 20: The Taste That Lingers
21. Chapter 21: One More Day
22. Chapter 22: The Scent of Secrets
23. Chapter 23: Beneath the Council’s Gaze
24. Chapter 24: A Queen Without a Crown
25. Chapter 25: Proof Not Found
26. Chapter 26: The Blood That Betrayed
27. Chapter 27: Not Just a Mortal Girl
28. Chapter 28: A Choice Not Given
29. Chapter 29: When Love Damns
30. Chapter 30: The Spark in the Dark
31. Chapter 31: Come Back, Beloved
32. Chapter 32: Not Like the Others
33. Chapter 33: The Birth of a Queen
34. Chapter 34: Thirst, Memory, Power
35. Chapter 35: The Door I Dare Not Cross
36. Chapter 36: More Than a Name
37. Chapter 37: Velvet and Ash
38. Chapter 38: A Throne Stolen in Silk
39. Chapter 39: Let the Trials Begin
40. Chapter 40: Trial I
41. Chapter 41: She Who Was Hidden
42. Chapter 42: The Blade
43. Chapter 43: The Crown Decided
44. Chapter 44: The Bond Sealed
45. Chapter 45: The Vow
46. Chapter 46: Crown and Fang
47. Chapter 47: What Is Ours
48. Chapter 48: Shadows
49. Chapter 49: Loyalty
50. Chapter 50: Let It Burn
51. Chapter 51: Scrutiny and Surrender
52. Chapter 52: Not Wholly My Own
53. Chapter 53: Bewitched I
54. Chapter 54: Bewitched II
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