Chapter 23 The Claiming Awaits
The afternoon light turned golden, shifting through the high windows and throwing its shadows far off across the chamber floors. I stood before the mirror again, but this time I was no longer looking at bruises or bandages.
I was looking back at a Queen.
The gown they had brought me was unlike any...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Auction Block
2. Chapter 2 The Beast's Territory
3. Chapter 3 Blood Debts
4. Chapter 4 The Claiming
5. Chapter 5 Blood on the Walls
6. Chapter 6 The First Morning
7. Chapter 7 The Hunt Begins
8. Chapter 8 Blood in the Penthouse
9. Chapter 9 Breaking Point
10. Chapter 10 The Baltimore Safehouse
11. Chapter 11 Symptoms
12. Chapter 12 Fractured Bond
13. Chapter 13 The Breaking Point
14. Chapter 14 Homecoming
15. Chapter 15 The Rescue
16. Chapter 16 The Tunnel
17. Chapter 17 The King and the Girl He Bought
18. Chapter 18 Ambush
19. Chapter 19 The Border
20. Chapter 20 The Arrival
21. Chapter 21 The Pet
22. Chapter 22 Clean
23. Chapter 23 Morning
24. Chapter 24 The Table
25. Chapter 25 The Council
26. Chapter 26 The Sorceress
27. Chapter 27 Territory
28. Chapter 28 The Short List
29. Chapter 29 Listening
30. Chapter 30 Let Her Listen
31. Chapter 31 The Performance Begins
32. Chapter 32 What She Built
33. Chapter 33 The Salt
34. Chapter 34 Routine
35. Chapter 35 Almost
36. Chapter 36 Static
37. Chapter 37 The Ghost in the Bed
38. Chapter 38 Cracks
39. Chapter 39 The Knife
40. Chapter 40 The Cage
41. Chapter 41 The Threshold
42. Chapter 42 The Anchor
43. Chapter 43 Morning
44. Chapter 44 The Game
45. Chapter 45 The Yard
46. Chapter 46 Bruises
47. Chapter 47 The Breaking Point
48. Chapter 48 The Earring
49. Chapter 49 The Aunt
50. Chapter 50 The First Lesson
51. Chapter 51 The Gala
52. Chapter 52 The Empty Bed
53. Chapter 53 The Return
54. Chapter 54 The Morning After
55. Chapter 55 Weekly Inspection
56. Chapter 56 The Door
57. Chapter 57 The Weight of Knowing
58. Chapter 58 Carrying It Alone
59. Chapter 59 The Suite
60. Chapter 60 The Scratch of the Pen
61. Chapter 61 The Council
62. Chapter 62 The Selection
63. Chapter 63 The Vote
64. Chapter 64 The Night Before
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