Chapter 172 WHERE IT STARTED

ELLE'S POV - The morning after the funeral

I woke at five.

Not because of the twins, not because of any noise. Just woke up the way I'd been waking up since Mom died. My body had decided on its own new schedule and hadn't asked me about it.

Kai was still asleep beside me.

I lay there for a minute l...

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Chapters

1. Chapter 1 THE WAITRESS AND THE KING

2. Chapter 2 THE PRICE OF BREATHING

3. Chapter 3 WHEN MONSTERS WEAR SKIN

4. Chapter 4 BLOOD ON THE FLOOR

5. Chapter 5 THE ESTATE OF GHOSTS

6. Chapter 6 WAITING FOR MIRACLES

7. Chapter 7 BACK TO REALITY

8. Chapter 8 LESSONS IN CONTROL

9. Chapter 9 WHILE THE CAT'S AWAY

10. Chapter 10 LINES IN THE SAND

11. Chapter 11 CRACKS IN THE ARMOR

12. Chapter 12 BREAKING POINTS

13. Chapter 13 THE MONSTER'S TRUTH

14. Chapter 14 BREAKING THE SILENCE

15. Chapter 15 FORBIDDEN CHANCES

16. Chapter 16 THE SLOW COLLAPSE

17. Chapter 17 BREAKING POINT

18. Chapter 18 THE DRIVE

19. Chapter 19 THE COMPETITION

20. Chapter 20 THE FINALS

21. Chapter 21 AFTER THE WIN

22. Chapter 22 BLOOD AT THE GATES

23. Chapter 23 TRUTH AND WAR

24. Chapter 24 BEFORE THE STORM

25. Chapter 25 MORNING AFTER

26. Chapter 26 CROSSING THE LINE1

27. Chapter 27 LINES CROSSED

28. Chapter 28 CHANGES THINGS

29. Chapter 29 WAR ROOM

30. Chapter 30 THE MOTHER'S JUDGEMENT.

31. Chapter 31 CLAIMING WHAT'S HIS

32. Chapter 32 MINE TO PROTECT

33. Chapter 33 POWER AND POSSESSION

34. Chapter 34 ALL MINE

35. Chapter 35 BREAKFAST WARS

36. Chapter 36 GHOSTS IN THE WALLS

37. Chapter 37 SHATTERED

38. Chapter 38 THE KING'S REGRET

39. Chapter 39 BREAKING POINT

40. Chapter 40 THE MORNING AFTER THE MISTAKE

41. Chapter 41 WHEN A MOTHER GOES TO WAR

42. Chapter 42 THE ARCHITECTURE OF A MONSTER

43. Chapter 43 EVERYTHING HE WON'T SAY

44. Chapter 44 THE CHOICE NO ONE MAKES

45. Chapter 45 WHEN THE KING GOES TO WAR

46. Chapter 46 BLOOD AND BAPTISM

47. Chapter 47 THE DEAD MAN'S MESSAGE

48. Chapter 48 DEAD MAN'S MESSAGE 2

49. Chapter 49 CHOOSING THE MONSTER

50. Chapter 50 THE CROWN OF THORNS

51. Chapter 51 WHEN OLD WOLVES BARE THEIR TEETH

52. Chapter 52 THE WEIGHT OF CROWNS

53. Chapter 53 STRATEGIES

54. Chapter 54 BREAKING BREAD

55. Chapter 55 THE PRICE OF INNOCENCE

56. Chapter 56 BIRTH CERTIFICATE

57. Chapter 57 BLOOD DOESN'T LIE

58. Chapter 58 THE EMPIRE FRACTURES

59. Chapter 59 TOO STUBBORN

60. Chapter 60 WHEN LAWYERS BECOME WEAPON

61. Chapter 61 STALLING

62. Chapter 62 THE WEAKNESS IN THE ARMOR

63. Chapter 63 PROVE RIGHT

64. Chapter 64 COLLEGE APPLICATION

65. Chapter 65 THE PUPPET WITH STRINGS

66. Chapter 66 THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING

67. Chapter 67 THE PRICE OF VICTORY

68. Chapter 68 BEGINNING

69. Chapter 69 WHEN THE FEDS TAKE NOTICE

70. Chapter 70 THE AGENT AT THE DOOR

71. Chapter 71 THE INNOCENT STUDENT

72. Chapter 72 CORRUPTION RUNS DEEP

73. Chapter 73 WHEN ENEMIES BECOME ALLIES

74. Chapter 74 THE DEVIL'S BARGAIN

75. Chapter 75 HANDWRITING PALAVA

76. Chapter 76 REMEBER ME?

77. Chapter 77 GHOSTS FROM THE PAST

78. Chapter 78 THE TRUTH IN THE RUINS

79. Chapter 79 THE DEAL

80. Chapter 80 THE SHADOW

81. Chapter 81 SLOANE

82. Chapter 82 BLOOD DOESN'T LIE

83. Chapter 83 BLOOD LOYALTY

84. Chapter 84 THE TRAP

85. Chapter 85 THE SUMMONS

86. Chapter 86 THE TEST

87. Chapter 87 THE FIRST BLOOD

88. Chapter 88 THE WEIGHT OF CROWNS

89. Chapter 89 TRAITOR

90. Chapter 90 TRAITOR GONE

91. Chapter 91 FINALLY HOME

92. Chapter 92 THE QUESTION

93. Chapter 93 WHAT DO YOU THINK?

94. Chapter 94 FEELS RIGHT

95. Chapter 95 THE HIT

96. Chapter 96 SHOT

97. Chapter 97 EVERYTHING TO LOSE

98. Chapter 98 AWAKENING

99. Chapter 99 YOU'RE HAVING...

100. Chapter 100 COMING HOME

101. Chapter 101 THE GUEST LIST

102. Chapter 102 THE DAY

103. Chapter 103 ALLIANCES ON DISPLAY

104. Chapter 104 OUR WEDDING NIGHT

105. Chapter 105 DANGEROUS ATTRACTION

106. Chapter 106 LINES CROSSED

107. Chapter 107 SUSPICIOUS

108. Chapter 108 VULNERABILITY

109. Chapter 109 EXPOSED

110. Chapter 110 WORKING TOGETHER

111. Chapter 111 STRENGTH IN VULNERABILITY

112. Chapter 112 CRACKS IN THE COALITION

113. Chapter 113 NINETEEN TO TWENTY

114. Chapter 114 CROSSING THE LINE

115. Chapter 115 BALANCING ACTS

116. Chapter 116 UNLIKELY ALLIES

117. Chapter 117 BURIED TRUTHS

118. Chapter 118 BURIED TRUTHS (2)

119. Chapter 119 THE WEIGHT OF SECRETS

120. Chapter 120 IF I COULD

121. Chapter 121 FRACTURED

122. Chapter 122 LIVE WITH EITHER ONE

123. Chapter 123 LINES AND BOUNDARIES

124. Chapter 124 MEETING THE CHENS

125. Chapter 125 LEGACY IN RUINS

126. Chapter 126 DITCH EM

127. Chapter 127 THE IMPOSSIBLE

128. Chapter 128 SHIFTING FOUNDATIONS

129. Chapter 129 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

130. Chapter 130 BALANCE AND GROWTH (1)

131. Chapter 131 ALWAYS TOGETHER

132. Chapter 132 SHOWER OF POWER

133. Chapter 133 SUSPICIOUS BEHAVIOR

134. Chapter 134 CONFESSION

135. Chapter 135 DECISIONS

136. Chapter 136 TRUST BROKEN

137. Chapter 137 NEW BLOOD

138. Chapter 138 REBUILDING TRUST

139. Chapter 139 THE LEVERAGE

140. Chapter 140 BROKEN WATER

141. Chapter 141 DELIVERY

142. Chapter 142 GRANDMOTHER

143. Chapter 143 THREE WEEKS OF PEACE

144. Chapter 144 TAKEN

145. Chapter 145 IMPOSSIBLE CHOICES

146. Chapter 146 NO SURRENDER

147. Chapter 147 WAR PLANNING

148. Chapter 148 EXTRACTION

149. Chapter 149 COMING HOME

150. Chapter 150 THE BOSS

151. Chapter 151 WORKING

152. Chapter 152 POWER STRUGGLE

153. Chapter 153 EQUAL

154. Chapter 154 UNDERNEATH

155. Chapter 155 FORGOTTEN

156. Chapter 156 DON'T

157. Chapter 157 WALLS

158. Chapter 158 REEVES

159. Chapter 159 THECALL

160. Chapter 160 SIX MONTHS

161. Chapter 161 COMING HOME

162. Chapter 162 THE LIST

163. Chapter 163 SAN MARINO STREET

164. Chapter 164 ANTONIO

165. Chapter 165 STORIES

166. Chapter 166 DECLINING

167. Chapter 167 ALL TOGETHER

168. Chapter 168 HOLD ON

169. Chapter 169 FOUR DAYS LATER

170. Chapter 170 THE LAST GATHERING

171. Chapter 171 LOVE AND LEGACY

172. Chapter 172 WHERE IT STARTED

173. Chapter 173 THE DANCE

174. Chapter 174 AFTER

175. Chapter 175 AS SHE ALWAYS SAID

176. Chapter 176 AFTER EVERYTHING

177. Chapter 177 ASK ME AGAIN

178. Chapter 178 FIVE YEARS

179. Chapter 179 THE GODMOTHER AND THE LAWYER

180. Chapter 180 SMALL AMOUNTS

181. Chapter 181 THE TRAIL

182. Chapter 182 THE CONSORTIUM

183. Chapter 183 What She Became (1)

184. Chapter 184 WHAT SHE BECAME (PART 2)

185. Chapter 185 DAY TEN

186. Chapter 186 THE LAWYER

187. Chapter 187 MARCO'S SON

188. Chapter 188 MARCO'S SON(2)

189. Chapter 189 THE FOUNDATION

190. Chapter 190 STAND TALLER

191. Chapter 191 WHAT MAYA SAW

192. Chapter 192 COLLAPSE

193. Chapter 193 THE QUESTION OF JOSEPH

194. Chapter 194 AFTERNOON

195. Chapter 195 THE CHOICE

196. Chapter 196 STRONGER

197. Chapter 197 THE ROOM

198. Chapter 198 TWO THINGS AT ONCE

199. Chapter 199 TOKYO

200. Chapter 200 ORDINARY

201. Chapter 201 CEMENTARY

202. Chapter 202 TWO THINGS AT ONCE

203. Chapter 203 WHAT COMES NEXT

204. Chapter 204 ONE THING

205. Chapter 205 GROUNDBREAKING

206. Chapter 206 LUNCH

207. Chapter 207 THE CALL

208. Chapter 208 Thursday

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