Chapter 20 Shifting shadows
Lina’s POV
The halls smelled faintly of polish and cold air, the kind that seemed to settle over power like a second skin. Guards walked past silently, their eyes flicking toward me, unreadable. Some lingered a second too long, then looked away. The air felt heavier than usual, as though my presenc...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Too late
2. Chapter 2 The debts I never owed
3. Chapter 3 What I was worth
4. Chapter 4 The kingdom I woke in
5. Chapter 5 Mistaking curiosity for freedom
6. Chapter 6 The old law
7. Chapter 7 Lines already drawn
8. Chapter 8 The quiet knife
9. Chapter 9 It's now or never
10. Chapter 10 Punishment
11. Chapter 11 Dressed for the wolves 
12. Chapter 12 The look in his eyes
13. Chapter 13 A crown she never asked for
14. Chapter 14 The crown is a cage
15. Chapter 15 Under watch
16. Chapter 16 The cost of a voice
17. Chapter 17 A seat at the table
18. Chapter 18 Things I wasn't meant to see
19. Chapter 19 Not afraid of him
20. Chapter 20 Shifting shadows
21. Chapter 21 Damage without fingerprints
22. Chapter 22 Blinded
23. Chapter 23 Already inside
24. Chapter 24 This is what you built
25. Chapter 25 Chapter 25: When loyalty breaks
26. Chapter 26 Blood doesn't mean loyalty
27. Chapter 27 The weight of my name
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