Chapter 51 The serpent’s smile
The night before our departure, Cardan and I shared a quiet dinner in his chambers.
The candles burned low. The Nightbloom pulsed softly on the bedside table. We ate in companionable silence, our hands occasionally brushing, our eyes meeting with the easy intimacy of people who had finally learn...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Princess of Hel
2. Chapter 2 The Farewell
3. Chapter 3 The Portal key
4. Chapter 4 The blinding sunlight
5. Chapter 5 Aurelia Prime
6. Chapter 6 The High King
7. Chapter 7 A cold welcome
8. Chapter 8 Trapped 
9. Chapter 9 The first dinner
10. Chapter 10 Lady Freya
11. Chapter 11 A friend
12. Chapter 12 The vow of chastity
13. Chapter 13 To plan a wedding
14. Chapter 14 The monster underneath the bed
15. Chapter 15 The Aurelian bride
16. Chapter 16 The Shadows Return
17. Chapter 17 The Emissaries from Hel
18. Chapter 18 Goddess of shadow and darkness
19. Chapter 19 The wedding vows
20. Chapter 20 The Wedding night
21. Chapter 21 Queen Consort
22. Chapter 22 Beneath the shadows
23. Chapter 23 The investigating Queen
24. Chapter 24 Cracks in Gold
25. Chapter 25 The human Lord
26. Chapter 26 A Dangerous man
27. Chapter 27 Coronation day
28. Chapter 28 Riding with the enemy
29. Chapter 29 Flirting
30. Chapter 30 The offer
31. Chapter 31 Sorry is a start
32. Chapter 32 The education of a Queen
33. Chapter 33 A decent male
34. Chapter 34 The sunlit banquet
35. Chapter 35 A game of queens
36. Chapter 36 Homesick
37. Chapter 37 The nightbloom
38. Chapter 38 The confession
39. Chapter 39 Truth and Farewells
40. Chapter 40 The shattered flame
41. Chapter 41 The purification ritual
42. Chapter 42 A plea to Solara
43. Chapter 43 Silence of the shadows
44. Chapter 44 Price of a crown
45. Chapter 45 The matyr princess.
46. Chapter 46 The quiet after the storm
47. Chapter 47 An education in seduction
48. Chapter 48 The breaking of dawn
49. Chapter 49 Perfection
50. Chapter 50 Golden days
51. Chapter 51 The serpent’s smile
52. Chapter 52 Valdris
53. Chapter 53 A familiar face
54. Chapter 54 The Dragon Queen
55. Chapter 55 A good gentleman
56. Chapter 56 A fighter
57. Chapter 57 Breaking of the crown
58. Chapter 58 Mourning After
59. Chapter 59 Being Me
60. Chapter 60 Homecoming
61. Chapter 61 Return of a Princess
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