Synopsis
I am no longer his silent puppet.
The Queen's throne is under siege.
“Choose wisely, or lose everything,” he warns.
Sharp glances spark hidden desires.
His heart is a locked vault.
I know the truth: he is my greatest enemy.
Night after night, the tension thickens.
Her whispers haunt me, stirring forbidden thoughts.
A power play unfolds in shadows.
I can’t tell if he wants to save me or destroy me.
“Love is weakness,” he says coldly.
Yet, I stand ready to defy him.
What if passion is the only weapon I have left?
Will I be his downfall or his salvation?
Can I reclaim my heart from the tyrant who holds it hostage?
Chapters
1.1
Chapter 1 - Please — Part 1 of 2
659 words
1.2
Chapter 1 - Please — Part 2 of 2
659 words
2.1
Chapter 2- The Kingdom He Leaves Behind — Part 1 of 3
1,298 words
2.2
Chapter 2- The Kingdom He Leaves Behind — Part 2 of 3
1,298 words
2.3
Chapter 2- The Kingdom He Leaves Behind — Part 3 of 3
1,298 words
3.1
Chapter 3 - The Road — Part 1 of 3
703 words
3.2
Chapter 3 - The Road — Part 2 of 3
703 words
3.3
Chapter 3 - The Road — Part 3 of 3
703 words
4.1
Chapter 4 - The Beast a House Full of Children — Part 1 of 3
749 words
4.2
Chapter 4 - The Beast a House Full of Children — Part 2 of 3
749 words
4.3
Chapter 4 - The Beast a House Full of Children — Part 3 of 3
749 words
5.1
Chapter 5 - My Wife — Part 1 of 2
685 words
5.2
Chapter 5 - My Wife — Part 2 of 2
685 words
6.1
Chapter 6 - The manor — Part 1 of 2
791 words
6.2
Chapter 6 - The manor — Part 2 of 2
791 words
7.1
Chapter 7 - The Kingdom Beneath the Kingdom — Part 1 of 3
899 words
7.2
Chapter 7 - The Kingdom Beneath the Kingdom — Part 2 of 3
899 words
7.3
Chapter 7 - The Kingdom Beneath the Kingdom — Part 3 of 3
899 words
8.1
Chapter 8 - The Blade That Does Not Break — Part 1 of 3
765 words
8.2
Chapter 8 - The Blade That Does Not Break — Part 2 of 3
765 words
8.3
Chapter 8 - The Blade That Does Not Break — Part 3 of 3
765 words
9.1
Chapter 9 - Sugar and Scars — Part 1 of 3
1,015 words
9.2
Chapter 9 - Sugar and Scars — Part 2 of 3
1,015 words
9.3
Chapter 9 - Sugar and Scars — Part 3 of 3
1,015 words
10.1
Chapter 10- The Things He Keeps Hidden — Part 1 of 2
700 words
10.2
Chapter 10- The Things He Keeps Hidden — Part 2 of 2
700 words
11.1
Chapter 11 - The Scent of Something Wrong — Part 1 of 2
967 words
11.2
Chapter 11 - The Scent of Something Wrong — Part 2 of 2
967 words
12.1
Chapter 12 - Questions — Part 1 of 3
833 words
12.2
Chapter 12 - Questions — Part 2 of 3
833 words
12.3
Chapter 12 - Questions — Part 3 of 3
833 words
13.1
Chapter 13 - The Things a Man Finally Fears — Part 1 of 3
734 words
13.2
Chapter 13 - The Things a Man Finally Fears — Part 2 of 3
734 words
13.3
Chapter 13 - The Things a Man Finally Fears — Part 3 of 3
734 words
14.1
Chapter 14 - You will be fine — Part 1 of 2
759 words
14.2
Chapter 14 - You will be fine — Part 2 of 2
759 words
15.1
Chapter 15 - Rumors of a King — Part 1 of 2
748 words
15.2
Chapter 15 - Rumors of a King — Part 2 of 2
748 words
16.1
Chapter 16 - The Song That Died With Him — Part 1 of 2
818 words
16.2
Chapter 16 - The Song That Died With Him — Part 2 of 2
818 words
17.1
Chapter 17 - I love him — Part 1 of 2
999 words
17.2
Chapter 17 - I love him — Part 2 of 2
999 words
18.1
Chapter 18- What Tomorrow Carries — Part 1 of 2
701 words
18.2
Chapter 18- What Tomorrow Carries — Part 2 of 2
701 words
19.1
Chapter 19-Just A Day — Part 1 of 3
869 words
19.2
Chapter 19-Just A Day — Part 2 of 3
869 words
19.3
Chapter 19-Just A Day — Part 3 of 3
869 words
20.1
Chapter 20 - The Boy Beside the Grave — Part 1 of 3
799 words
20.2
Chapter 20 - The Boy Beside the Grave — Part 2 of 3
799 words
20.3
Chapter 20 - The Boy Beside the Grave — Part 3 of 3
799 words
21.1
Chapter 21 - say please — Part 1 of 2
777 words
21.2
Chapter 21 - say please — Part 2 of 2
777 words
22
Chapter 22 - A king's jealousy
900 words
23.1
Chapter 23 - The Box — Part 1 of 3
826 words
23.2
Chapter 23 - The Box — Part 2 of 3
826 words
23.3
Chapter 23 - The Box — Part 3 of 3
826 words
24.1
Chapter 24- The Most Dangerous Signature — Part 1 of 2
685 words
24.2
Chapter 24- The Most Dangerous Signature — Part 2 of 2
685 words
25.1
Chapter 25- One Dead Man — Part 1 of 2
782 words
25.2
Chapter 25- One Dead Man — Part 2 of 2
782 words
26.1
Chapter 26- A terrible plan — Part 1 of 2
690 words
26.2
Chapter 26- A terrible plan — Part 2 of 2
690 words
27.1
Chapter 27 - The Peasant — Part 1 of 2
741 words
27.2
Chapter 27 - The Peasant — Part 2 of 2
741 words
28.1
Chapter 28 - Their secret — Part 1 of 2
987 words
28.2
Chapter 28 - Their secret — Part 2 of 2
987 words
29.1
Chapter 29- Two Spycopaths — Part 1 of 2
889 words
29.2
Chapter 29- Two Spycopaths — Part 2 of 2
889 words
30.1
Chapter30-The Walk to Court — Part 1 of 2
686 words
30.2
Chapter30-The Walk to Court — Part 2 of 2
686 words
31.1
Chapter 31 - The Queen — Part 1 of 3
738 words
31.2
Chapter 31 - The Queen — Part 2 of 3
738 words
31.3
Chapter 31 - The Queen — Part 3 of 3
738 words
32.1
Chapter 32- The Empress — Part 1 of 3
679 words
32.2
Chapter 32- The Empress — Part 2 of 3
679 words
32.3
Chapter 32- The Empress — Part 3 of 3
679 words
33.1
Chapter 33- The Emperor's Law — Part 1 of 2
883 words
33.2
Chapter 33- The Emperor's Law — Part 2 of 2
883 words
34.1
Chapter 34 - The Beast She Married — Part 1 of 2
908 words
34.2
Chapter 34 - The Beast She Married — Part 2 of 2
908 words
35.1
Chapter 35- The Problem With Innocent Women — Part 1 of 3
1,047 words
35.2
Chapter 35- The Problem With Innocent Women — Part 2 of 3
1,047 words
35.3
Chapter 35- The Problem With Innocent Women — Part 3 of 3
1,047 words
36.1
Chapter 36 - Mom and Dad — Part 1 of 2
794 words
36.2
Chapter 36 - Mom and Dad — Part 2 of 2
794 words
37.1
Chapter 37-The Man Who Stayed — Part 1 of 2
786 words
37.2
Chapter 37-The Man Who Stayed — Part 2 of 2
786 words
38.1
Chapter 38 - The Problem With Fairytales — Part 1 of 2
843 words
38.2
Chapter 38 - The Problem With Fairytales — Part 2 of 2
843 words
39.1
Chapter 39 - Guilty — Part 1 of 2
635 words
39.2
Chapter 39 - Guilty — Part 2 of 2
635 words
40.1
Chapter 40- The Empty Throne — Part 1 of 2
603 words
40.2
Chapter 40- The Empty Throne — Part 2 of 2
603 words
41.1
Chapter 41-Like father, like son — Part 1 of 3
787 words
41.2
Chapter 41-Like father, like son — Part 2 of 3
787 words
41.3
Chapter 41-Like father, like son — Part 3 of 3
787 words
42.1
Chapter 42-No longer a princess — Part 1 of 2
785 words
42.2
Chapter 42-No longer a princess — Part 2 of 2
785 words
43.1
Chapter 43-The rain — Part 1 of 2
799 words
43.2
Chapter 43-The rain — Part 2 of 2
799 words
44.1
Chapter 44-Refusing to Die — Part 1 of 3
737 words
44.2
Chapter 44-Refusing to Die — Part 2 of 3
737 words
44.3
Chapter 44-Refusing to Die — Part 3 of 3
737 words
45.1
Chapter 45- This Is Madness — Part 1 of 2
940 words
45.2
Chapter 45- This Is Madness — Part 2 of 2
940 words
46.1
Chapter 46-You Didn't Come — Part 1 of 2
932 words
46.2
Chapter 46-You Didn't Come — Part 2 of 2
932 words
47.1
Chapter 47- waiting — Part 1 of 3
681 words
47.2
Chapter 47- waiting — Part 2 of 3
681 words
47.3
Chapter 47- waiting — Part 3 of 3
681 words
48.1
Chapter 48- Husband — Part 1 of 3
719 words
48.2
Chapter 48- Husband — Part 2 of 3
719 words
48.3
Chapter 48- Husband — Part 3 of 3
719 words
49.1
Chapter 49 - The girl — Part 1 of 3
1,141 words
49.2
Chapter 49 - The girl — Part 2 of 3
1,141 words
49.3
Chapter 49 - The girl — Part 3 of 3
1,141 words
50.1
Chapter 50- A mouse trap — Part 1 of 3
867 words
50.2
Chapter 50- A mouse trap — Part 2 of 3
867 words
50.3
Chapter 50- A mouse trap — Part 3 of 3
867 words
51.1
Author's Note - Scania Achille 🖤 — Part 1 of 2
530 words
51.2
Author's Note - Scania Achille 🖤 — Part 2 of 2
530 words
52.1
Chapter 51- The Place I Stopped Escaping — Part 1 of 3
694 words
52.2
Chapter 51- The Place I Stopped Escaping — Part 2 of 3
694 words
52.3
Chapter 51- The Place I Stopped Escaping — Part 3 of 3
694 words
53.1
Chapter 52- Things We Never Ask — Part 1 of 3
1,010 words
53.2
Chapter 52- Things We Never Ask — Part 2 of 3
1,010 words
53.3
Chapter 52- Things We Never Ask — Part 3 of 3
1,010 words
54.1
Chapter 53- Elias — Part 1 of 2
914 words
54.2
Chapter 53- Elias — Part 2 of 2
914 words
55.1
Chapter 54 - A room for a princess — Part 1 of 3
1,374 words
55.2
Chapter 54 - A room for a princess — Part 2 of 3
1,374 words
55.3
Chapter 54 - A room for a princess — Part 3 of 3
1,374 words
56.1
Chapter 55- Roses — Part 1 of 3
1,023 words
56.2
Chapter 55- Roses — Part 2 of 3
1,023 words
56.3
Chapter 55- Roses — Part 3 of 3
1,023 words
57.1
Chapter 56- A know Stranger — Part 1 of 3
1,399 words
57.2
Chapter 56- A know Stranger — Part 2 of 3
1,399 words
57.3
Chapter 56- A know Stranger — Part 3 of 3
1,399 words
58.1
Chapter 57- A Daughter — Part 1 of 3
1,666 words
58.2
Chapter 57- A Daughter — Part 2 of 3
1,666 words
58.3
Chapter 57- A Daughter — Part 3 of 3
1,666 words
59.1
Chapter 58 - A Gentle Hand Can Still Hold a Sword — Part 1 of 3
1,396 words
59.2
Chapter 58 - A Gentle Hand Can Still Hold a Sword — Part 2 of 3
1,396 words
59.3
Chapter 58 - A Gentle Hand Can Still Hold a Sword — Part 3 of 3
1,396 words
60.1
Chapter 59- The Portrait Above the Fire — Part 1 of 3
1,879 words
60.2
Chapter 59- The Portrait Above the Fire — Part 2 of 3
1,879 words
60.3
Chapter 59- The Portrait Above the Fire — Part 3 of 3
1,879 words
61.1
Chapter 60- Sleepless Nights — Part 1 of 3
936 words
61.2
Chapter 60- Sleepless Nights — Part 2 of 3
936 words
61.3
Chapter 60- Sleepless Nights — Part 3 of 3
936 words
62.1
Chapter 61- Home — Part 1 of 3
1,068 words
62.2
Chapter 61- Home — Part 2 of 3
1,068 words
62.3
Chapter 61- Home — Part 3 of 3
1,068 words
63.1
Chapter 62- Garden — Part 1 of 3
1,573 words
63.2
Chapter 62- Garden — Part 2 of 3
1,573 words
63.3
Chapter 62- Garden — Part 3 of 3
1,573 words
64.1
Chapter 63- Don't panick — Part 1 of 3
1,315 words
64.2
Chapter 63- Don't panick — Part 2 of 3
1,315 words
64.3
Chapter 63- Don't panick — Part 3 of 3
1,315 words
65.1
Chapter 64- I Am Here — Part 1 of 3
1,053 words
65.2
Chapter 64- I Am Here — Part 2 of 3
1,053 words
65.3
Chapter 64- I Am Here — Part 3 of 3
1,053 words
66.1
Chapter 65- Completed family — Part 1 of 3
875 words
66.2
Chapter 65- Completed family — Part 2 of 3
875 words
66.3
Chapter 65- Completed family — Part 3 of 3
875 words
67.1
Chapter 66-Enemies at First Sight — Part 1 of 3
1,283 words
67.2
Chapter 66-Enemies at First Sight — Part 2 of 3
1,283 words
67.3
Chapter 66-Enemies at First Sight — Part 3 of 3
1,283 words
68.1
Chapter 67-Lysandra and Elowen — Part 1 of 3
1,376 words
68.2
Chapter 67-Lysandra and Elowen — Part 2 of 3
1,376 words
68.3
Chapter 67-Lysandra and Elowen — Part 3 of 3
1,376 words
69.1
Chapter 68- princess — Part 1 of 3
1,198 words
69.2
Chapter 68- princess — Part 2 of 3
1,198 words
69.3
Chapter 68- princess — Part 3 of 3
1,198 words
70.1
Chapter 69-The world best tasting wine — Part 1 of 3
1,881 words
70.2
Chapter 69-The world best tasting wine — Part 2 of 3
1,881 words
70.3
Chapter 69-The world best tasting wine — Part 3 of 3
1,881 words
71.1
Chapter 70- The woman I Love — Part 1 of 3
1,967 words
71.2
Chapter 70- The woman I Love — Part 2 of 3
1,967 words
71.3
Chapter 70- The woman I Love — Part 3 of 3
1,967 words
72.1
Chapter 71- Every Fairy Tale Buries Someone Outside Its Pages — Part 1 of 3
955 words
72.2
Chapter 71- Every Fairy Tale Buries Someone Outside Its Pages — Part 2 of 3
955 words
72.3
Chapter 71- Every Fairy Tale Buries Someone Outside Its Pages — Part 3 of 3
955 words
73.1
Chapter 72- I'm not sorry — Part 1 of 3
1,557 words
73.2
Chapter 72- I'm not sorry — Part 2 of 3
1,557 words
73.3
Chapter 72- I'm not sorry — Part 3 of 3
1,557 words
74.1
chapter 73- twin chaos — Part 1 of 3
1,259 words
74.2
chapter 73- twin chaos — Part 2 of 3
1,259 words
74.3
chapter 73- twin chaos — Part 3 of 3
1,259 words
75.1
Chapter 74- Fear — Part 1 of 3
1,191 words
75.2
Chapter 74- Fear — Part 2 of 3
1,191 words
75.3
Chapter 74- Fear — Part 3 of 3
1,191 words
76.1
Chapter 75- My baby — Part 1 of 3
1,036 words
76.2
Chapter 75- My baby — Part 2 of 3
1,036 words
76.3
Chapter 75- My baby — Part 3 of 3
1,036 words
77.1
Chapter 76- I love him, but I don't like him — Part 1 of 3
885 words
77.2
Chapter 76- I love him, but I don't like him — Part 2 of 3
885 words
77.3
Chapter 76- I love him, but I don't like him — Part 3 of 3
885 words
78.1
Epilogue- The Queen Who Outlived Her King — Part 1 of 3
1,017 words
78.2
Epilogue- The Queen Who Outlived Her King — Part 2 of 3
1,017 words
78.3
Epilogue- The Queen Who Outlived Her King — Part 3 of 3
1,017 words
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