Chapter 99 — Under the Crane’s Shadow
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The plane kissed wet tarmac and shuddered to a stop, Rotterdam’s morning a slab of iron sky pressed down over steel. Freight cranes stalked the horizon beyond the terminal windows—long-necked skeletons pacing the waterline. I stepped out into the cold and the weather bit. Diesel and brin...
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Chapters
1. Prologue-prison walls
2. Chapter 1 – Under His Shadow
3. Chapter 2 – The Warden’s Curiosity
4. Chapter 3 – His Reach
5. Chapter 4 – A Kind Offer
6. Chapter 5 — This One’s Free, Kitten
7. Chapter 6 — Blood and Betrayal
8. Chapter 7 – Marked and Found
9. Chapter 8 Truths and Tremors
10. Chapter 9: Secrets in the Smoke
11. Chapter 10: Torn Between Monsters
12. Chapter 11 – Killian’s Shadow
13. Chapter 12 — Torn Between Fear and Fire
14. Chapter 13: Deals and Desires
15. Chapter 14 Haunted by Her
16. Chapter 15: A Favor for a Favor
17. Chapter 16: Letters and lies
18. Chapter 17: Blood And Silence
19. CHAPTER 18 – WHISPERS IN THE WALLS
20. CHAPTER 19 – THE PRICE OF SILENCE
21. Chapter 20 Smoke and Blood
22. Chapter 21 – Fire and Flesh
23. Chapter 22 – A Toast to Control
24. Chapter 23: Torn Open – The Truth Bleeds Out
25. Chapter 24: The Devil’s Crossroads
26. Chapter 25: Collateral Comfort
27. Chapter 26 – The Cell and the Past
28. Chapter 27 This Little Piggy
29. Chapter 28: Mine to Control
30. Chapter 29: Freedom’s Edge
31. Chapter 30 — Trapped with Monsters
32. Chapter 31 – Bloodlines and Confessions
33. Chapter 32: Punishment Shared
34. Chapter 33 – Blue Moon
35. Chapter 34: The Devil’s Bargain
36. Chapter 35: Playing His Game
37. Chapter 36— The Whip’s Song
38. Chapter 37: Blood and Brotherhood
39. Chapter 38: Chains of Choice
40. Chapter 39: Leash and Lessons
41. Chapter 40 – Taming the Fire
42. Chapter 41: Broken, Not Gone
43. Chapter 42 — Blood and Resolve
44. Chapter 43- The Ghost Of Lilly
45. Chapter 44: Becoming the Villain
46. Chapter 45 – The Lesson
47. Chapter 46 beneath my command
48. Chapter 47 The Gilded Cage
49. ⚜️ Chapter 48 – A Punishment Worth Living For
50. Chapter 49 Blueprints of Madness
51. Chapter 50 The Price Of Obedience
52. Chapter 51: Branding the Soul
53. Chapter 52: Breaking The Silence
54. Chapter 53: The Calm Before the Ambush
55. Chapter 54: Lessons in Survival
56. ⚔️ Chapter 55: The Trap (Liam POV)
57. 💀 Chapter 56: Brothers in Blood
58. ⚡ Chapter 57: Bound by Survival
59. Chapter 58: Bound by Blood and Fire
60. Chapter 59 — Blood and Ashes
61. Chapter 60: Bound by Need
62. Chapter 61: The House of the Damned
63. Chapter 62 – Into the Lion’s Den
64. Chapter 63 – House of Chains
65. Chapter 64 Missing Something
66. Chapter 65 The Game of Survival
67. Chapter 66 The Last Breath Before the Fall
68. Chapter 67 — Blood for Blood
69. Chapter 68 — Breaking the Chains
70. Chapter 69— Beast Of Her Making
71. Chapter 70 — The Maze of Madness
72. Chapter 71 — The Wolf and the Devil
73. Chapter 72 – The Monster Beneath the Rose
74. Chapter 73 – Funeral for the Fallen
75. Chapter 74 – Fractured Mind
76. Chapter 75 – The Beast Beneath the Grief
77. Chapter 76: The Weight of Blood
78. Chapter 77 Three Little Mice
79. Chapter 78 — Red Silence
80. Chapter 79 — Shadows and Sawdust
81. Chapter 80 — Echoes in the Silence
82. Chapter 81 — The Healer’s Hands
83. Chapter 82 — Ice And Ash
84. Chapter 83 — Porcelain and Fire
85. Chapter 84 — The Quiet March
86. Chapter 85 — Cage of Vows
87. Chapter 86 — The Queen’s Move
88. Chapter 87 — Ghosts Don’t Sleep
89. Chapter 88 — Crown of Ashes
90. Chapter 89 — The Art of Pretending
91. Chapter 90 — Debt of the Living
92. Chapter 91 — The Needle and the Smile
93. Chapter 92 — One Throne Between Us Killain / Amara POV
94. Chapter 93 — Hollow Crown
95. Chapter 94 — Borrowed Morning
96. Chapter 95 — Paper Trails
97. Chapter 96 — When Masks Bleed
98. Chapter 97 — Marked in Fire
99. Chapter 98 — Feast of the Damned
100. Chapter 99 — Under the Crane’s Shadow
101. Chapter 100 — Night Run: The White Rose
102. Chapter 101 — When She Drew the Sky
103. Chapter 102 — In the Silence Between Cameras
104. Chapter 103 — The Rehearsal Dinner (Part One)
105. Chapter 104 — The Rehearsal Dinner (Part Two)
106. Chapter 105 — Blind Spots
107. Chapter 106 — Queen of Ash
108. Chapter 107 – The Wedding Part 1
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