Chapter 226: A Moment to Breathe

Chase’s P.O.V

I kept staring toward the forest long after Lysander disappeared back into the glowing fae mansion.

The shadowy figure remained standing there between the trees for another second, completely motionless beneath the darkness, and I narrowed my eyes slightly, trying to make out somethi...

Chapters

1. Chapter 1: Devil’s Lake High

2. Chapter 2: The Mystery of the Marshall Mansion

3. Chapter 3: Hungry Eyes

4. Chapter 4: The Taste of Terror

5. Chapter 5: Terror and Betrayal

6. Chapter 6: Almost Got Eaten

7. Chapter 7: The Whole Story

8. Chapter 8: Haven’t Thanked Me Yet

9. Chapter 9: One Night

10. Chapter 10: The First Night

11. Chapter 11: The Morning After

12. Chapter 12: Mine Now

13. Chapter 13: Was I Fooled?

14. Chapter 14: Reason Behind the Manipulation

15. Chapter 15: Slave to Mortal Desires

16. Chapter 16: Temporary Relief

17. Chapter 17: Trust Her?

18. Chapter 18: In My World

19. Chapter 19: Trapped and Helpless

20. Chapter 20: None of it was Real

21. Chapter 21: A Father’s Laughter

22. Chapter 22: The Body Remembers

23. Chapter 23: Tangled in the Shower

24. Chapter 24: Can’t Get Enough

25. Chapter 25: How to get Rid of a Vampire?

26. Chapter 26: Daphne Synclair

27. Chapter 27: Jealousy?

28. Chapter 28: You Are Mine

29. Chapter 29: The Call

30. Chapter 30: In My Way

31. Chapter 31: You’ve Got it Wrong

32. Chapter 32: Healing

33. Chapter 33: Getting Outta Here

34. Chapter 34: Never Felt this Way

35. Chapter 35: Avoiding the Truth

36. Chapter 36: Sweet New Ride

37. Chapter 37: Change of Heart

38. Chapter 38: Vaughan

39. Chapter 39: Seeing Through Me

40. Chapter 40: In Danger

41. Chapter 41: Brutal Survival

42. Chapter 42: Claim on Me

43. Chapter 43: Tension Between Us

44. Chapter 44: Accusations

45. Chapter 45: Just want to Disappear

46. Chapter 46: Secrets

47. Chapter 47: Naive Little Human

48. Chapter 48: Want Something in Return

49. Chapter 49: Something Off

50. Chapter 50: An Accidental Kiss

51. Chapter 51: Ready for the Change

52. Chapter 52: Out of Mind

53. Chapter 53: Not Even Human

54. Chapter 54: Needed Answers

55. Chapter 55: Out of Place

56. Chapter 56: Don’t Leave Me

57. Chapter 57: Emotional Fool

58. Chapter 58: I’m Here Now

59. Chapter 59: Unholy Obsessions

60. Chapter 60: Denial

61. Chapter 61: Real Monsters

62. Chapter 62: Don’t I Deserve the Truth?

63. Chapter 63: Remembering

64. Chapter 64: An Unexpected Confrontation

65. Chapter 65: Owning up to My Past

66. Chapter 66: Half-What?

67. Chapter 67: Owning Up to my Mistakes

68. Chapter 68: Not You Again

69. Chapter 69: Changing Feelings

70. Chapter 70: Warmth and Hunger

71. Chapter 71: Who Do I Belong To?

72. Chapter 72: Confessions and Questions

73. Chapter 73: Tracking

74. Chapter 74: The Truth About That Night

75. Chapter 75: The Bride

76. Chapter 76: Blue Blood

77. Chapter 77: Understanding

78. Chapter 78: Jealousy and Confusion

79. Chapter 79: Apologies and Acceptance

80. Chapter 80: White Carnations

81. Chapter 81: Shattered Glass

82. Chapter 82: A Threat and a Warning

83. Chapter 83: It’s Complicated?

84. Chapter 84: Crossed Lines

85. Chapter 85: About the Truth

86. Chapter 86: Speak the Truth

87. Chapter 87: Decades Long Secret

88. Chapter 88: Calling In a Favor

89. Chapter 89: What Kind of Fae? Part 1

90. Chapter 90: What Kind of Fae? Part 2

91. Chapter 91: Awakening my Powers

92. Chapter 92: Confrontation

93. Chapter 93: End for Good

94. Chapter 94: True Feelings Revealed

95. Chapter 95: Need to Let Him Know

96. Chapter 96: Desperate Search Part 1

97. Chapter 97: Desperate Search Part 2

98. Chapter 98: I Think I’m…

99. Chapter 99: Open and Vulnerable

100. Chapter 100: Tender Love and Care

101. Chapter 101: Gone

102. Chapter 102: Call of the Lake

103. Chapter 103: The Calling

104. Chapter 104: Close Call

105. Chapter 105: Is Something Wrong?

106. Chapter 106: Why Don’t You Leave? Part 1

107. Chapter 107: Why Don’t You Leave? Part 2

108. Chapter 108: What He Knows

109. Chapter 109: Trying to Get In

110. Chapter 110: Who Are You?

111. Chapter 111: Threats and Promises

112. Chapter 112: Realization

113. Chapter 113: Revelation

114. Chapter 114: Not Who I Thought He Was

115. Chapter 115: It All Began at the Lake

116. Chapter 116: The Hunter’s Den

117. Chapter 117: Finding Chase Part 1

118. Chapter 118: Finding Chase Part 2

119. Chapter 119: Something Wrong With Chase

120. Chapter 120: Say Something

121. Chapter 121: Finally Awake

122. Chapter 122: Facing Alex

123. Chapter 123: Losing Control

124. Chapter 124: Letting Him Know

125. Chapter 125: You’re My Bride

126. Chapter 126: Hunters Have Good Hearing

127. Chapter 127: A Warning

128. Chapter 128: Nowhere to Run

129. Chapter 129: Myths and Legends

130. Chapter 130: Calling my Mom Part 1

131. Chapter 131: Calling my Mom Part 2

132. Chapter 132: A Short-Term Solution Part 1

133. Chapter 133: A Short-Term Solution Part 2

134. Chapter 134: Transitioning

135. Chapter 135: Completely Masked

136. Chapter 136: One Hour

137. Chapter 137: Out of Time

138. Chapter 138: Burning Within

139. Chapter 139: Step on It

140. Chapter 140: Temporary Relief

141. Chapter 141: Getting Better

142. Chapter 142: “Adult Conversations”

143. Chapter 143: An Understanding

144. Chapter 144: What’s Waiting for Us

145. Chapter 145: Worse than Before

146. Chapter 146: Vampire Venom

147. Chapter 147: Whatever It Takes

148. Chapter 148: The Warning

149. Chapter 149: The Trap

150. Chapter 150: The Choice Is Made

151. Chapter 151: The Transfer

152. Chapter 152: Behind Cold Walls

153. Chapter 153: A Cruel Fate

154. Chapter 154: Somewhat Back to Normal

155. Chapter 155: A Mother’s Warning

156. Chapter 156: Need to Get There

157. Chapter 157: Not What We Expected

158. Chapter 158: Running Out of Time

159. Chapter 159: A Diversion

160. Chapter 160: Left Broken

161. Chapter 161: No More Waiting

162. Chapter 162: Preparing for Encounter

163. Chapter 163: A Mother’s Protectiveness

164. Chapter 164: The Real Threat

165. Chapter 165: The Return

166. Chapter 166: The Invasion

167. Chapter 167: The Crimson Coven

168. Chapter 168: Cornered

169. Chapter 169: Don’t Fight It

170. Chapter 170: Rescue and Rapture

171. Chapter 171: Surrounded

172. Chapter 172: A Narrow Escape

173. Chapter 173: Not Leaving You Behind

174. Chapter 174: What I was Afraid Of

175. Chapter 175: The Tunnel

176. Chapter 176: Properties of a Fae Halfling

177. Chapter 177: Clash of Wills

178. Chapter 178: An Opening

179. Chapter 179: Help on the Way

180. Chapter 180: Interference

181. Chapter 181: Father and Son

182. Chapter 182: No One but Me

183. Chapter 183: Was this the End?

184. Chapter 184: The Tide that Took Him

185. Chapter 185: What the Lake Made of Him

186. Chapter 186: The Thing That Answered Back

187. Chapter 187: The Eyes That Didn’t Know Me

188. Chapter 188: The Stranger in His Eyes

189. Chapter 189: The Light That Broke Him

190. Chapter 190: The Awakening Beneath the Veil

191. Chapter 191: The Space Between Waking

192. Chapter 192: The One Who Remains

193. Chapter 193: Into the Abyss of His Mind

194. Chapter 194: The Shadow Within

195. Chapter 195: The Choice That Binds Us

196. Chapter 196: When Light Breaks Through

197. Chapter 197: What We Still Have

198. Chapter 198: The Blood That Calls

199. Chapter 199: The Weight of a Crown

200. Chapter 200: Beneath the Surface

201. Chapter 201: The Table of Truths

202. Chapter 202: The Ones Who Stayed

203. Chapter 203: A Queen’s Greatest Mistake

204. Chapter 204: A Truth Too Late

205. Chapter 205: Truths That Burn

206. Chapter 206: The Truth That Stayed Hidden

207. Chapter 207: A Fragile Calm

208. Chapter 208: The Most Normal Thing in the World

209. Chapter 209: Echoes That Don’t Fade

210. Chapter 210: The One You Can’t Ignore

211. Chapter 211: What Lurks Beneath the Crown

212. Chapter 212: A Breath Between Storms

213. Chapter 213: The Chase

214. Chapter 214: On Top of Me

215. Chapter 215: The Things We Refuse to See

216. Chapter 216: The Difference Between Wanting and Loving

217. Chapter 217: The Mansion That Wasn’t There

218. Chapter 218: Behind Closed Doors

219. Chapter 219: The Invitation

220. Chapter 220: Marked

221. Chapter 221: Blood and Rank

222. Chapter 222: The Crown

223. Chapter 223: The Queen’s Heir

224. Chapter 224: Cracks in the Kingdom

225. Chapter 225: Shadows at the Edge of the Forest

226. Chapter 226: A Moment to Breathe

227. Chapter 227: A New Kind of Exploration

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