Chapter 157: Not What We Expected
Alex’s P.O.V
The room felt like it was shrinking. Each second that passed felt like time was slipping through my fingers like fine sand.
I watched Chase from across the room. He was on the bed, his knees pulled tight to his chest, his whole body rocking back and forth in that slow, rhythmic way ...
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1. Chapter 1: Devil’s Lake High
2. Chapter 2: The Mystery of the Marshall Mansion
3. Chapter 3: Hungry Eyes
4. Chapter 4: The Taste of Terror
5. Chapter 5: Terror and Betrayal
6. Chapter 6: Almost Got Eaten
7. Chapter 7: The Whole Story
8. Chapter 8: Haven’t Thanked Me Yet
9. Chapter 9: One Night
10. Chapter 10: The First Night
11. Chapter 11: The Morning After
12. Chapter 12: Mine Now
13. Chapter 13: Was I Fooled?
14. Chapter 14: Reason Behind the Manipulation
15. Chapter 15: Slave to Mortal Desires
16. Chapter 16: Temporary Relief
17. Chapter 17: Trust Her?
18. Chapter 18: In My World
19. Chapter 19: Trapped and Helpless
20. Chapter 20: None of it was Real
21. Chapter 21: A Father’s Laughter
22. Chapter 22: The Body Remembers
23. Chapter 23: Tangled in the Shower
24. Chapter 24: Can’t Get Enough
25. Chapter 25: How to get Rid of a Vampire?
26. Chapter 26: Daphne Synclair
27. Chapter 27: Jealousy?
28. Chapter 28: You Are Mine
29. Chapter 29: The Call
30. Chapter 30: In My Way
31. Chapter 31: You’ve Got it Wrong
32. Chapter 32: Healing
33. Chapter 33: Getting Outta Here
34. Chapter 34: Never Felt this Way
35. Chapter 35: Avoiding the Truth
36. Chapter 36: Sweet New Ride
37. Chapter 37: Change of Heart
38. Chapter 38: Vaughan
39. Chapter 39: Seeing Through Me
40. Chapter 40: In Danger
41. Chapter 41: Brutal Survival
42. Chapter 42: Claim on Me
43. Chapter 43: Tension Between Us
44. Chapter 44: Accusations
45. Chapter 45: Just want to Disappear
46. Chapter 46: Secrets
47. Chapter 47: Naive Little Human
48. Chapter 48: Want Something in Return
49. Chapter 49: Something Off
50. Chapter 50: An Accidental Kiss
51. Chapter 51: Ready for the Change
52. Chapter 52: Out of Mind
53. Chapter 53: Not Even Human
54. Chapter 54: Needed Answers
55. Chapter 55: Out of Place
56. Chapter 56: Don’t Leave Me
57. Chapter 57: Emotional Fool
58. Chapter 58: I’m Here Now
59. Chapter 59: Unholy Obsessions
60. Chapter 60: Denial
61. Chapter 61: Real Monsters
62. Chapter 62: Don’t I Deserve the Truth?
63. Chapter 63: Remembering
64. Chapter 64: An Unexpected Confrontation
65. Chapter 65: Owning up to My Past
66. Chapter 66: Half-What?
67. Chapter 67: Owning Up to my Mistakes
68. Chapter 68: Not You Again
69. Chapter 69: Changing Feelings
70. Chapter 70: Warmth and Hunger
71. Chapter 71: Who Do I Belong To?
72. Chapter 72: Confessions and Questions
73. Chapter 73: Tracking
74. Chapter 74: The Truth About That Night
75. Chapter 75: The Bride
76. Chapter 76: Blue Blood
77. Chapter 77: Understanding
78. Chapter 78: Jealousy and Confusion
79. Chapter 79: Apologies and Acceptance
80. Chapter 80: White Carnations
81. Chapter 81: Shattered Glass
82. Chapter 82: A Threat and a Warning
83. Chapter 83: It’s Complicated?
84. Chapter 84: Crossed Lines
85. Chapter 85: About the Truth
86. Chapter 86: Speak the Truth
87. Chapter 87: Decades Long Secret
88. Chapter 88: Calling In a Favor
89. Chapter 89: What Kind of Fae? Part 1
90. Chapter 90: What Kind of Fae? Part 2
91. Chapter 91: Awakening my Powers
92. Chapter 92: Confrontation
93. Chapter 93: End for Good
94. Chapter 94: True Feelings Revealed
95. Chapter 95: Need to Let Him Know
96. Chapter 96: Desperate Search Part 1
97. Chapter 97: Desperate Search Part 2
98. Chapter 98: I Think I’m…
99. Chapter 99: Open and Vulnerable
100. Chapter 100: Tender Love and Care
101. Chapter 101: Gone
102. Chapter 102: Call of the Lake
103. Chapter 103: The Calling
104. Chapter 104: Close Call
105. Chapter 105: Is Something Wrong?
106. Chapter 106: Why Don’t You Leave? Part 1
107. Chapter 107: Why Don’t You Leave? Part 2
108. Chapter 108: What He Knows
109. Chapter 109: Trying to Get In
110. Chapter 110: Who Are You?
111. Chapter 111: Threats and Promises
112. Chapter 112: Realization
113. Chapter 113: Revelation
114. Chapter 114: Not Who I Thought He Was
115. Chapter 115: It All Began at the Lake
116. Chapter 116: The Hunter’s Den
117. Chapter 117: Finding Chase Part 1
118. Chapter 118: Finding Chase Part 2
119. Chapter 119: Something Wrong With Chase
120. Chapter 120: Say Something
121. Chapter 121: Finally Awake
122. Chapter 122: Facing Alex
123. Chapter 123: Losing Control
124. Chapter 124: Letting Him Know
125. Chapter 125: You’re My Bride
126. Chapter 126: Hunters Have Good Hearing
127. Chapter 127: A Warning
128. Chapter 128: Nowhere to Run
129. Chapter 129: Myths and Legends
130. Chapter 130: Calling my Mom Part 1
131. Chapter 131: Calling my Mom Part 2
132. Chapter 132: A Short-Term Solution Part 1
133. Chapter 133: A Short-Term Solution Part 2
134. Chapter 134: Transitioning
135. Chapter 135: Completely Masked
136. Chapter 136: One Hour
137. Chapter 137: Out of Time
138. Chapter 138: Burning Within
139. Chapter 139: Step on It
140. Chapter 140: Temporary Relief
141. Chapter 141: Getting Better
142. Chapter 142: “Adult Conversations”
143. Chapter 143: An Understanding
144. Chapter 144: What’s Waiting for Us
145. Chapter 145: Worse than Before
146. Chapter 146: Vampire Venom
147. Chapter 147: Whatever It Takes
148. Chapter 148: The Warning
149. Chapter 149: The Trap
150. Chapter 150: The Choice Is Made
151. Chapter 151: The Transfer
152. Chapter 152: Behind Cold Walls
153. Chapter 153: A Cruel Fate
154. Chapter 154: Somewhat Back to Normal
155. Chapter 155: A Mother’s Warning
156. Chapter 156: Need to Get There
157. Chapter 157: Not What We Expected
158. Chapter 158: Running Out of Time
159. Chapter 159: A Diversion
160. Chapter 160: Left Broken
161. Chapter 161: No More Waiting
162. Chapter 162: Preparing for Encounter
163. Chapter 163: A Mother’s Protectiveness
164. Chapter 164: The Real Threat
165. Chapter 165: The Return
166. Chapter 166: The Invasion
167. Chapter 167: The Crimson Coven
168. Chapter 168: Cornered
169. Chapter 169: Don’t Fight It
170. Chapter 170: Rescue and Rapture
171. Chapter 171: Surrounded
172. Chapter 172: A Narrow Escape
173. Chapter 173: Not Leaving You Behind
174. Chapter 174: What I was Afraid Of
175. Chapter 175: The Tunnel
176. Chapter 176: Properties of a Fae Halfling
177. Chapter 177: Clash of Wills
178. Chapter 178: An Opening
179. Chapter 179: Help on the Way
180. Chapter 180: Interference
181. Chapter 181: Father and Son
182. Chapter 182: No One but Me
183. Chapter 183: Was this the End?
184. Chapter 184: The Tide that Took Him
185. Chapter 185: What the Lake Made of Him
186. Chapter 186: The Thing That Answered Back
187. Chapter 187: The Eyes That Didn’t Know Me
188. Chapter 188: The Stranger in His Eyes
189. Chapter 189: The Light That Broke Him
190. Chapter 190: The Awakening Beneath the Veil
191. Chapter 191: The Space Between Waking
192. Chapter 192: The One Who Remains
193. Chapter 193: Into the Abyss of His Mind
194. Chapter 194: The Shadow Within
195. Chapter 195: The Choice That Binds Us
196. Chapter 196: When Light Breaks Through
197. Chapter 197: What We Still Have
198. Chapter 198: The Blood That Calls
199. Chapter 199: The Weight of a Crown
200. Chapter 200: Beneath the Surface
201. Chapter 201: The Table of Truths
202. Chapter 202: The Ones Who Stayed
203. Chapter 203: A Queen’s Greatest Mistake
204. Chapter 204: A Truth Too Late
205. Chapter 205: Truths That Burn
206. Chapter 206: The Truth That Stayed Hidden
207. Chapter 207: A Fragile Calm
208. Chapter 208: The Most Normal Thing in the World
209. Chapter 209: Echoes That Don’t Fade
210. Chapter 210: The One You Can’t Ignore
211. Chapter 211: What Lurks Beneath the Crown
212. Chapter 212: A Breath Between Storms
213. Chapter 213: The Chase
214. Chapter 214: On Top of Me
215. Chapter 215: The Things We Refuse to See
216. Chapter 216: The Difference Between Wanting and Loving
217. Chapter 217: The Mansion That Wasn’t There
218. Chapter 218: Behind Closed Doors
219. Chapter 219: The Invitation
220. Chapter 220: Marked
221. Chapter 221: Blood and Rank
222. Chapter 222: The Crown
223. Chapter 223: The Queen’s Heir
224. Chapter 224: Cracks in the Kingdom
225. Chapter 225: Shadows at the Edge of the Forest
226. Chapter 226: A Moment to Breathe
227. Chapter 227: A New Kind of Exploration
228. Chapter 228: Lines That Should Never Be Crossed
229. Chapter 229: Things Left Unsaid
230. Chapter 230: Alarm Bells
231. Chapter 231: No Way Out
232. Chapter 232: Breaking Point
233. Chapter 233: Fury Unleashed
234. Chapter 234: Dark Fae
235. Chapter 235: Love, not a Cage
236. Chapter 236: The Weight of the Crown
237. Chapter 237: The Price of Protection
238. Chapter 238: The Order
239. Chapter 239: The Echoes of the Void
240. Chapter 240: The Weight of the Crown
241. Chapter 241: The Ghost in the Room
242. Chapter 242: The Crimson Tether
243. Chapter 243: The Hunger Unleashed
244. Chapter 244: Shadows of the Truth
245. Chapter 245: The Gilded Cage
246. Chapter 246: Shadows in the Silver Wood
247. Chapter 247: Echoes of the Ruined Heart
248. Chapter 248: The Shattered Veil
249. Chapter 249: Shadows in the Blood
250. Chapter 250: The Gilded Web
251. Chapter 251: The Ice and the Tether
252. Chapter 252: The Poison and the Pit
253. Chapter 253: The Ghost in the Palace
254. Chapter 254: The Shattered Mirror
255. Chapter 255: The Gilded Trap
256. Chapter 256: The Ashes of Tradition
257. Chapter 257: The Fracture of Faith
258. Chapter 258: The Mirror of Regret
259. Chapter 259: The Shattered Veil
260. Chapter 260: The Price of a Soul
261. Chapter 261: The Loss of Our Own
262. Chapter 262: The Mirror of Sovereignty
263. Chapter 263: The Price of Sovereignty
264. Chapter 264: The Void and the Vanguard
265. Chapter 265: The Cold Truth
266. Chapter 266: Change in the Air
267. Chapter 267: New Beginnings
268. Chapter 268: The Eternal Promise
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