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Chapters
CHAPTER 1: THE BLOOD-SOAKED BRIDE
CHAPTER 2: THE LAST GLIMPSE OF FREEDOM
CHAPTER 3: THE DEVIL IN A SUIT
CHAPTER 4: GOLDEN CAGE
CHAPTER 5: FIRST NIGHT IN HELL
CHAPTER 6: THE DEVIL'S DOMAIN
CHAPTER 7: DENIAL
CHAPTER 8: THE SPIDER AUNT 1
CHAPTER 9: THE SPIDER AUNT 2
CHAPTER 10: ASHES AND WHISPERS
CHAPTER 11: THE WAKE
CHAPTER 12: THE PRISON WALLS
CHAPTER 13: FIRST BLOOD
CHAPTER 14: Rules of the Game 1
CHAPTER 15: Rules of the Game 2
CHAPTER 16: Beneath the Mask 1
CHAPTER 17: Beneath the Mask 2
CHAPTER 18: Wolves at the Door
CHAPTER 19: Fire Meets Ice
CHAPTER 20: Gilded Handcuffs 1
CHAPTER 21: Gilded Handcuffs 2
CHAPTER 22: MIDNIGHT CONFESSION
CHAPTER 23: SOCIETY WOLVES
CHAPTER 24: BATTLE LINE DRAWN
CHAPTER 25: BLOOD AND SHADOWS
CHAPTER 26: ISLAND SANCTUARY
CHAPTER 27: SHATTERED ILLUSIONS
CHAPTER 28: SHATTERED SANCTUARY
CHAPTER 29: NIGHTFALL ESCAPE
CHAPTER 30: FORTRESS WALLS
CHAPTER 31: UNWELCOME GUESTS
CHAPTER 32: THE OTHER SIDE
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CHAPTER 8: THE SPIDER AUNT 1
~NICHOLAS'S POV~
The moment I heard Irene's car on the driveway, I was twelve years old again.
I straightened my tie, an unconscious sign born from years of her critical gaze.
Even now, twenty-five years after she had taken me in, her arrival still triggered the same automatic response....sp...