Chapter 49 The Night Before
The hours after the trial dragged like years. Lila sat in her chambers watching shadows lengthen across the floor, counting down to dawn when she'd face the whip. When Adrian would be forced to hurt her to save her life.
Thirty lashes. The number echoed in her mind. Thirty strikes of leather ac...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Wrong Mate
2. Chapter 2 The Invitation
3. Chapter 3 The Queen's Jealousy
4. Chapter 4 Daily Torture
5. Chapter 5 The Performance
6. Chapter 6 Sanctuary and Secret
7. Chapter 7 The First Escape
8. Chapter 8 The Confrontation
9. Chapter 9 False Alarm 
10. Chapter 10 Stolen Moments
11. Chapter 11 The Pregnancy Announcement
12. Chapter 12 Accusations
13. Chapter 13 The plan
14. Chapter 14 Council Decision
15. Chapter 15 Confined
16. Chapter 16 The Failed Escape
17. Chapter 17 Gilded Cage
18. Chapter 18 Healer
19. Chapter 19 The Truth
20. Chapter 20 New Normal
21. Chapter 21 Theo's Birth
22. Chapter 22 Caretaker
23. Chapter 23 Postpartum
24. Chapter 24 The Leverage
25. Chapter 25 Separation Hearing
26. Chapter 26 Six Months later
27. Chapter 27 Alliance
28. Chapter 28 The Search
29. Chapter 29 Mysteries of Betrayal
30. Chapter 30 Suspicion
31. Chapter 31 The threat
32. Chapter 32 The Quiet Betrayal
33. Chapter 33 Shadows behind the Crown
34. Chapter 34 Three years of Silence
35. Chapter 35 Hunt
36. Chapter 36 The Fall
37. Chapter 37 The accusations
38. Chapter 38 The false defense
39. Chapter 39 The Hairpin
40. Chapter 40 Poison and Motive
41. Chapter 41 The Council
42. Chapter 42 The Mate Bond Exposed
43. Chapter 43 Shattered Trust
44. Chapter 44 Adrain's Verdict
45. Chapter 45 The Bond Fractures
46. Chapter 46 Forbidden Passion
47. Chapter 47 A painful Kiss
48. Chapter 48 The Council's Judgement
49. Chapter 49 The Night Before
50. Chapter 50 The Flogging
51. Chapter 51 Maya's Evidence
52. Chapter 52 Reasonable Doubt
53. Chapter 53 The weapon Master
54. Chapter 54 Twisted Truth
55. Chapter 55 The Banishment commuted
56. Chapter 56 The impossible Choice
57. Chapter 57 Lila's advice
58. Chapter 58 The plegue
59. Chapter 59 An awakened Curse
60. Chapter 60 A bond tested by plague
61. Chapter 61 Her fear, his silence
62. Chapter 62 Nightmares and Ghosts
63. Chapter 63 Night of Madness
64. Chapter 64 The Verdict of Councils
65. Chapter 65 Flight in the Darkness
66. Chapter 66 Her Ride into Exile
67. Chapter 67 The Diviner's Arrival
68. Chapter 68 The weight of a Kingdom
69. Chapter 69 The price of Blood
70. Chapter 70 Lone Wolf
71. Chapter 71 Rougues Attack
72. Chapter 72 Hunt and Howls
73. Chapter 73 The Silent Welcome
74. Chapter 74 Echoes of Mourning
75. Chapter 75 Believe Me!
76. Chapter 76 Abandoned
77. Chapter 77 A beautiful sacrifice
78. Chapter 78 Crest Center
79. Chapter 79 The Breaking
80. Chapter 80 A partial rejection
81. Chapter 81 The waking
82. Chapter 82 No Emotions
83. Chapter 83 Forgotten
84. Chapter 84 Unnatural
85. Chapter 85 Rush of Emotions
86. Chapter 86 Obvious satisfaction
87. Chapter 87 Lone Fighter
88. Chapter 88 Please...
89. Chapter 89 No ... Please
90. Chapter 90 Margot is Back !
91. Chapter 91 Faint desires
92. Chapter 92 Conspiracy
93. Chapter 93 Patterns of Errors
94. Chapter 94 Same Enemy
95. Chapter 95 The plan
96. Chapter 96 Keal suspicions
97. Chapter 97 Beneath keal smile
98. Chapter 98 Maya, that lady is stupid!
99. Chapter 99 Aunt Lila?
100. Chapter 100 She loves Keal
101. Chapter 101 Again Lila
102. Chapter 102 Adrain Stop!
103. Chapter 103 The forest
104. Chapter 104 No! I think your weak
105. Chapter 105 The morning After the Tears
106. Chapter 106 Keal's Clinical Assessment
107. Chapter 107 Aria's
108. Chapter 108 Dinner Humiliation
109. Chapter 109 Gerrit
110. Chapter 110 The Library
111. Chapter 111 Adrain's Rage
112. Chapter 112 Nightmare Begins
113. Chapter 113 Maya's Gentle Probing
114. Chapter 114 Margot's Observation
115. Chapter 115 The Breaking Point
116. Chapter 116 Gentle Hands, Harsh Words
117. Chapter 117 The impossible Movement
118. Chapter 118 Gerrit's Interest
119. Chapter 119 Sydney's Request
120. Chapter 120 The Fevered Night
121. Chapter 121 Breaking Control
122. Chapter 122 Keal and Marcus Team work
123. Chapter 123 The Kings Command
124. Chapter 124 Magrot First Move
125. Chapter 125 The Medic's Touch
126. Chapter 126 Maya's Discovery
127. Chapter 127 The hard truth
128. Chapter 128 The Cathedral Flash
129. Chapter 129 The Weapon Master's Gift
130. Chapter 130 Protective Fury
131. Chapter 131 The Aftermath
132. Chapter 132 Sydney's Investigation
133. Chapter 133 The Night mare deepens
134. Chapter 134 Keal's Confession
135. Chapter 135 The Midnight Visit
136. Chapter 136 The Training Shift
137. Chapter 137 The Accidental Cut
138. Chapter 138 Lila
139. Chapter 139 Sydney's Realization
140. Chapter 140 The moment they shared
141. Chapter 141 Prince Theo's Escape
142. Chapter 142 Do you love papa?
143. Chapter 143 The Drawing
144. Chapter 144 Gerrit's Slip
145. Chapter 145 The Garden Memory
146. Chapter 146 But he left
147. Chapter 147 Marcus's Warning
148. Chapter 148 It Terrified Him, But Marcus was right
149. Chapter 149 Adrain's Control shattered
150. Chapter 150 The Almost Kiss
151. Chapter 151 The Scent of Distress
152. Chapter 152 The Training Accident
153. Chapter 153 Healing hands
154. Chapter 154 The Chemical Trail
155. Chapter 155 Sydney's Bold Move
156. Chapter 156 The confession
157. Chapter 157 Keal kissed her Again
158. Chapter 158 Theo Rebellion
159. Chapter 159 Theo was right
160. Chapter 160 Unexpected Skill
161. Chapter 161 Maya's Revelation
162. Chapter 162 The Nightmare Revelation
163. Chapter 163 The scent of vengeance
164. Chapter 164 Aria Assignment
165. Chapter 165 The suffering Night
166. Chapter 166 The Training Breakthrough
167. Chapter 167 Margot Escalation
168. Chapter 168 Lila as requested
169. Chapter 169 I love you too
170. Chapter 170 Gerrite feels threatened
171. Chapter 171 Joint investigation
172. Chapter 172 Keal
173. Chapter 173 The Argument
174. Chapter 174 The Garden with Adrain
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