Chapter 44 Chapter 44: The Calm Before the Storm
I leaned back against the high wooden chair, the tension slowly draining out of me. It felt like someone had unplugged a machine. One second, I was humming with adrenaline and focus; the next, I was just a woman with a sore chest and an aching arm.
My muscles were twitching, a nervous aftershock. T...
Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Smell of Payback
2. Chapter 2 Signed In Blood
3. Chapter 3 The Taste Of Submission
4. Chapter 4 The Vow of Possession
5. Chapter 5 The Serpent's Lair
6. Chapter 6 The Lioness at Breakfast
7. Chapter 7 The Forbidden Study
8. Chapter 8 The Price of Proximity
9. Chapter 9 The Scarlet Claim
10. Chapter 10 The Serpent's Brand
11. Chapter 11 The Lie of Certainty
12. Chapter 12 The Test of Weakness
13. Chapter 13 The Scapegoat's Vault
14. Chapter 14 The Unspoken Lie
15. Chapter 15 This Ends Tomorrow
16. Chapter 16 The Final Proof
17. Chapter 17 The Gaze of Certainty
18. Chapter 18 The Cost of Justice
19. Chapter 19 The Midnight Return
20. Chapter 20 The Cost of the Game (The Confession)
21. Chapter 21 The Price of Betrayal
22. Chapter 22 The Debt
23. Chapter 23 The Alliance
24. Chapter 24 The Drive to Tuscany
25. Chapter 25 The Interrogation
26. Chapter 26 The Breaking Point
27. Chapter 27 The Claiming
28. Chapter 28 Marked
29. Chapter 29 The Hunt Begins
30. Chapter 30 Blood and Betrayal
31. Chapter 31 Between Life And Death
32. Chapter 32 The Price of Survival
33. Chapter 33 Chapter 33: The Last Betrayal
34. Chapter 34 Chapter 34: The First Night Home
35. Chapter 35 Chapter 35: Breaking Point
36. Chapter 36 Chapter 36: External Pressure and Internal Resistance
37. Chapter 37 Chapter 37: Breakthrough
38. Chapter 38 Chapter 38: The First Panic Attack
39. Chapter 39 Chapter 39: Elena's Apology
40. Chapter 40 Chapter 40: Dr. Fontana and Failed Intimacy
41. Chapter 41 Chapter 41: The Weight of the Bullet
42. Chapter 42 Chapter 42: Preparation for Testimony
43. Chapter 43 Chapter 43: Facing the Monster
44. Chapter 44 Chapter 44: The Calm Before the Storm
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