Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The Funeral She Witnessed
2. Chapter 2: A Desperate Bargain
3. Chapter 3: Bound to the Devil
4. Chapter 4: Trapped In His Web
5. Chapter 5: The Chains of the Past
6. Chapter 6: The Devil's Bargain
7. Chapter 7: The Cost of Defiance
8. Chapter 8: The Breaking Point
9. Chapter 9: A Deal with the Devil
10. Chapter 10: Blood in the Water
11. Chapter 11: Into the Fire
12. Chapter 12: A Bullet for a Kiss
13. Chapter 13: No Mercy, No Escape
14. Chapter 14: The Price of Power
15. Chapter 15: The Blood Price
16. Chapter 16: The Ghosts of Their Past
17. Chapter 17: The Lies We Told
18. Chapter 18: The Price of the Truth
19. Chapter 19: The Council's Ultimatum
20. Chapter 20: The Last Goodbye
21. Chapter 21: The Price of Love
22. Chapter 22: The Trial of Devereaux
23. Chapter 23: The Devil's Bargain
24. Chapter 24: A Debt in Blood
25. Chapter 25: The Shadow King's Betrayal
26. Chapter 26: The Truth She Hid
27. Chapter 27: When Trust is Dead
28. Chapter 28: The Last War
29. Chapter 29: The Final Betrayal
30. Chapter 30: The Cost of Revenge
31. Chapter 31: The Rescue Mission
32. Chapter 32: The Final War
33. Chapter 33: The Man He's Becoming
34. Chapter 34: The Price of Peace
35. Chapter 35: The Ghost of Luca's Past
36. Chapter 36: The War of Bloodlines
37. Chapter 37: The Breaking Point
38. Chapter 38: A Future Worth Fighting For
39. Chapter 39: The Final Test
40. Chapter 40: The Epilogue – A Love That Endured
41. Chapter 41: The Legacy of Love
42. Chapter 42: The Final Goodbye
43. Chapter 43: Shadows in the Light
44. Chapter 44: The Retaliation
45. Chapter 45: The Reckoning
46. Chapter 46: Rebuilding the Empire
47. Chapter 47: The Price of Power
48. Chapter 48: The Price of Victory
49. Chapter 49: The Return of Darkness
50. Chapter 50: The Final Hour
51. Chapter 51: The Price of Peace
52. Chapter 52: The Cost of Betrayal
53. Chapter 53: The Final Gamble
54. Chapter 54: The Long Road Ahead
55. Chapter 55: The Final Reckoning
56. Chapter 56: The Darkest Hour
57. Chapter 57: The Final Betrayal
58. Chapter 58: The Road to Redemption
59. Chapter 59: The Long Road Ahead
60. Chapter 60: The Price of Redemption
61. Chapter 61: The Last Gamble
62. Chapter 62: The Edge of Darkness
63. Chapter 63: A New Dawn
64. Chapter 64: The Final Choice
65. Chapter 65: The Devil Behind the Mask
66. Chapter 66: The Child in the Shadows
67. Chapter 67: A Name He’d Never Spoken
68. Chapter 68: Smoke and Mirrors
69. Chapter 69: The Enemy’s Hand
70. Chapter 70: The Pact of Shadows
71. Chapter 71: What Love Asks of the Broken
72. Chapter 72: Lions in Training
73. Chapter 73: The Sound of Glass Before It Shatters
74. Chapter 74: Thrones Built on Bones
75. Chapter 75: The Lion’s Den Rebuilt
76. Chapter 76: The Quiet Between the Battles
77. Chapter 77: The Story That Should Have Been Safe
78. Chapter 78: Memory is a Weapon Too
79. Chapter 79: The Contingency of Names
80. Chapter 80: The Paper Cuts of Power
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Chapter 74: Thrones Built on Bones
The palace alarms were no longer subtle. Sirens shrieked through ancient halls, bouncing off golden arches and silk-hung corridors like the cries of ghosts unearthed too soon. What was meant to be Xavier’s coronation had become a live confession—his empire hemorrhaging secrets to the entire world...
