Chapter
Chapters
Chapter 1: Accidental Ties
Chapter 2: True Lies
Chapter 3: Snap Decisions
Chapter 4: Fated Meetings
Chapter 5: Forced Submission
Chapter 6: In A Bind
Chapter 7: Conflicting Sides
Chapter 8: A Lifetime Ago
Chapter 9: Owned And Used
Chapter 10: Unexpected Help
Chapter 11: Inward Reflections
Chapter 12: Practice Perfect
Chapter 13: Accidental Plans
Chapter 14: Fear and Gunfire
Chapter 15: Marked For Dead
Chapter 16: A Diversion In the Road
Chapter 17: A Warning In The Shadows
Chapter 18: The Past Unraveling
Chapter 19: Gilded Cage of Lies
Chapter 20: The Price of Power
Chapter 21: Lining Up The Shot
Chapter 22: A War On Two Fronts
Chapter 23: Between A Man And A Lie
Chapter 24: Thinly Veiled Promise
Chapter 25: A Different Kind Of Use
Chapter 26: Fire Beneath The Lace
Chapter 27: Body As A Bargaining Chip
Chapter 28: The Line Crossed
Chapter 29: The Bridal Suite And The Breakdown
Chapter 30: Checkmate In White Lace
Chapter 31: Terms Of Survival
Chapter 32: Death March
Chapter 33: Unfiltered Truths
Chapter 34: Fight And Fire
Chapter 35: After The Fall
Chapter 36: A New Deal With The Devil
Chapter 37: Another Dangerous Offer
Chapter 38: Chasing Ghosts
Chapter 39: Sticking Together
Chapter 40: Threats In The Shadows
Chapter 41: Shadows Of Doubt
Chapter 42: No Choice At All
Chapter 43: Chess Pieces In Play
Chapter 44: A Dangerous Game Of Survival
Chapter 45: Bruises
Chapter 46: The Countdown Begins
Chapter 47: Veiled Intentions
Chapter 48: A Dangerous Offer
Chapter 49: A Door Cracked Open
Chapter 50: Red Snow
Chapter 51: A Counter Offer
Chapter 52: In Name Only
Chapter 53: Long Standing
Chapter 54: Too Many Avenues
Chapter 55: name
Chapter 56: Noted and Authorized
Chapter 57: Round The Clock
Chapter 58: name
Chapter 59: Back Home
Chapter 60: Breathe Him In
Chapter 61: Wrapping In Perfect Promises
Chapter 62: Par For The Course
Chapter 63: Waiting In The Shadows
Chapter 64: Russian Nesting Doll
Chapter 65: A Liar’s Threat
Chapter 66: Perfect Laid Plans
Chapter 67: Disconnected Futures
Chapter 68: Gone In The Wind
Chapter 69: Gone
Chapter 70: A New Player
Chapter 71: A Gilded Cage
Chapter 72: Abide By No Rules
Chapter 73: Back To Square One
Chapter 74: Severed Ties
Chapter 75: An Unexpected Discovery
Chapter 76: Finding Her
Chapter 77: The Waiting Game
Chapter 78: To Ashes
Chapter 79: Another Deal Set In Blood
Chapter 80: Best Laid Plans
Chapter 81: After Everything
Chapter 82: The Last Illusion Broken
Chapter 83: Allies Aligned Once More
Chapter 84: A Plan Set In Motion
Chapter 85: New Plans
Chapter 86: Moving Pieces
Chapter 87: Set In Motion
Chapter 88: Charged Arms
Chapter 89: Best Laid Plans
Chapter 90: Caught
Chapter 91: Before The Storm
Chapter 92: Tightrope
Chapter 93: Tightening The Noose
Chapter 94: Blood On The Asphalt
Chapter 95: Coming Clean
Chapter 96: Truth’s Dilemma
Chapter 97: A Fragile Pact
Chapter 98: Changing Tunes
Chapter 99: A Final Truce
Chapter 100: Before The Fire
Chapter 101: Destined For Blood
Chapter 102: Live Wire
Chapter 103: Acting On Instinct
Chapter 104: Chaos Reigns
Chapter 105: name
Chapter 106: Tightly Wound
Chapter 107: Haunted
Chapter 108: Tightly Wound
Chapter 109: A Righted Debt
Chapter 110: Tense Discussions
Chapter 111: Outside The Bounds
Chapter 112: When The Past Walks In
Chapter 113: Bridges Rebuilt
Chapter 114: A Future Beyond
Chapter 115: Cracks In The Cage
Chapter 116: The First Steps Forward
Chapter 117: White Lace And Trouble
Chapter 118: Veil of Thorns
Chapter 119: Curtain Call
Chapter 120: Finally Home
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Chapter 11: Inward Reflections
Aurora POV
For a brief, fleeting moment, everything stops.
The weight of the world, the suffocating pressure of expectation from my family, the reality of my situation… it all fades into the background like it never existed at all in the first place. I can’t remember what I’d been worried about only...