Countdown
The moment Skye’s voice brushed through my mind—"We’re coming, baby,”—my knees nearly buckled mid‑stride. It wasn’t just relief; it was a tidal wave crashing through every nerve, so fierce it almost stole the air from my lungs.
For a heartbeat, I wanted to stop, to fold in on myself and let the tea...
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Chapters
1. Tyranni
2. The Ring
3. Sentencing
4. Lashing
5. Bad News
6. The Accident
7. Lilacs
8. Cornered
9. The Bonfire
10. Vulnerable
11. Cantenol
12. My Truth
13. The Drive Home
14. The Hard Truth
15. Rescued
16. Your Father is a Criminal
17. Dismissed
18. The Smell of You in My Sheets
19. The Proposal
20. The Rejection
21. Last Night with Nana
22. Contracts
23. Naiveté
24. Heavy Goodbyes
25. Lovers and Wives
26. Left Behind
27. A New Home
28. Clove
29. Hard Pills To Swallow
30. Home Again
31. Found
32. Ashes
33. Limbo
34. Poppy
35. Voyeurism
36. "I don't need anything from you, Skye!"
37. Injury
38. Obviously Broken
39. Aversion to Nudity
40. Apprehension
41. Nana's Betrayal
42. Shifted
43. Aftereffects
44. A Different Kind of Bath
45. Skye's Choice
46. Sudden Shift
47. Uncertainty
48. Worries
49. The Morning Of
50. Anticipation
51. Beneath the Moon
52. Lucid
53. Skye's Night
54. Afterglow
55. Kairn's Morning
56. Extended Offer
57. "You have responsibilities that come before me."
58. Too Close For Comfort
59. One Last Hug
60. Spiraling
61. Pleasant Distractions
62. Small Setbacks
63. Shadows
64. Invitation
65. Exhibition
66. Hunted
67. Useless
68. The Gala
69. Mistake
70. Regret
71. Nana's Final Words
72. Facing the Music
73. Rainfall
74. Jars of Poison
75. Pushed Boundaries
76. Reassurances
77. A New Experience
78. Lingering Threats
79. Know Your Place
80. Blue Skye
81. Newfound Intimacy
82. The Inevitable
83. Hell Broken Loose
84. Captive
85. Spilled Truths
86. Shattered
87. Alone
88. The Otherworld
89. "If the Goddess demands blood, it will be theirs.”
90. More Than Coincidence
91. Debts and Damages
92. Avoidance
93. The Offer
94. Calm Before The Storm
95. Heavy Conversations
96. The Clearing
97. Alarm Bells
98. Black Night
99. Levi's Story
100. No Way Out
101. Saviors
102. A Wet Reunion
103. Bath For Three
104. Broken Lunas
105. Another Funeral
106. Mourning
107. The Watcher
108. Closure
109. Steam
110. Much To Do
111. Kairn's Refusal
112. Bound
113. Union
114. Coffee and Compromise
115. Skye's Support
116. Fire in The Ring
117. Out of The Shadows
118. Snowfall
119. Winter Wonderland
120. Unexpected Arrival
121. Risks
122. Decorations and Detective Work
123. Willow's Story
124. Interrupted
125. Broken Tension
126. Stagnance
127. Life Isn't Fair
128. Yule
129. Tipsy
130. "Did you miss me?”
131. Unanswered
132. Always Yours
133. Denied
134. Seeking Answers
135. A Guest
136. Midnight Unease
137. Christmas Morning
138. Presents
139. Scattered Plans
140. Of Loss and Love
141. Outing
142. Stormy Outing
143. The Blackwells
144. Burning
145. Locked In
146. Clear Skies
147. Livid
148. Broken Home
149. All That's Left
150. Foreign Familiarity
151. Cryptic Conversation
152. Coming Home
153. Begging
154. Southeast Border
155. Coincidence or Fate?
156. Ultimatum
157. Anxious Aftermath
158. Complete
159. Trapped
160. The Betrayal
161. Imprisoned
162. Her Alphas
163. No Other Choice
164. Just A Tool
165. “He gave me a choice, and you didn’t.”
166. Bargaining Chip
167. “Now, why on earth would I be here to gloat?”
168. Close Call
169. Countdown
170. Clash of Claws
171. Retreat
172. The Haze
173. Lethal
174. Every Piece of Me
175. Mourning
176. Hollow
177. 'How quickly things shifted.'
178. “And where are the Shadowthornes?”
179. "I’m just a dumb blonde, ready to blindly agree."
180. Small Victory, Big News
181. Nomination
182. A Seed of Hope
183. "How could I think about the future when the present was slipping through my fingers?"
184. Just Maybe
185. The Weight of The Future
186. “To the Silverstones,”
187. The Fog
188. "It's not over,"
189. The End... For Now
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