Chapter 38 Someone else's backstory
Lina’s POV
Carlino still didn’t answer. He kept mute. I waited. Ten seconds. Fifteen.
But nothing.
A strange sound left my throat — not quite a laugh. “Okay. Good talk.”
“Lina—” he finally decided to speak.
“Don’t.” I held up a hand, but it trembled, so I curled it into a fist. “You don’t get t...
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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 When loyalty breaks
26. Chapter 26 Blood doesn't mean loyalty
27. Chapter 27 The weight of my name
28. Chapter 28 Confession
29. Chapter 29 Lines I will not cross
30. Chapter 30 Shield and cage
31. Chapter 31 The distance we don't cross
32. Chapter 32 Standing too close
33. Chapter 33 Another parcel
34. Chapter 34 The distance we couldn't keep
35. Chapter 35 From hurt to hard
36. Chapter 36 No more almost
37. Chapter 37 Daughter of the enemy
38. Chapter 38 Someone else's backstory
39. Chapter 39 A secret with good manners
40. Chapter 40 The space between us
41. Chapter 41 Reality struck at dawn
42. Chapter 42 Consequences of that night
43. Chapter 43 Something soft in a violent world
44. Chapter 44 Something soft in a violent world (second half)
45. Chapter 45 Seventeen percent
46. Chapter 46 Something defenseless
47. Chapter 47 The first blow
48. Chapter 48 Counting exits
49. Chapter 49 The only way out
50. Chapter 50 The quiet between us
51. Chapter 51 The quiet between us (second half)
52. Chapter 52 Thirty seconds before freedom
53. Chapter 53 I wanted a choice
54. Chapter 54 I wanted a choice (second half)
55. Chapter 55 Mistake restraint for weakness
56. Chapter 56 The board isn't empty
57. Chapter 57 Queen's gambit
58. Chapter 58 Consequences are not negotiable
59. Chapter 59 Measured restraints
60. Chapter 60 Behind the mask
61. Chapter 61 Behind the mask (second half)
62. Chapter 62 Not yet his to command
63. Chapter 63 Not yet his to command (second half)
64. Chapter 64 The glided cage breaks
65. Chapter 65 The run
66. Chapter 66 He did it
67. Chapter 67 The council's chain
68. Chapter 68 The crown under fire
69. Chapter 69 The crown calculates
70. Chapter 70 What the fire might have not taken
71. Chapter 71 Blood does not bend
72. Chapter 72 The weight of shadows
73. Chapter 73 The birth of leverage
74. Chapter 74 It tightens
75. Chapter 75 The next move was me
76. Chapter 76 Threads of revenge
77. Chapter 77 The queen who was placed
78. Chapter 78 A kingdom built to cage me
79. Chapter 79 The cruelty of false mercy
80. Chapter 80 The silence after the last heartbeat
81. Chapter 81 Repercussion
82. Chapter 82 The signature
83. Chapter 83 The wife in the shadows
84. Chapter 84 Trust carefully
85. Chapter 85 A King's weakness
86. Chapter 86 The estate under siege
87. Chapter 87 The moles
88. Chapter 88 The king calls the council
89. Chapter 89 Black chamber
90. Chapter 90 Silent precision
91. Chapter 91 Before the war begins
92. Chapter 92 Blood at the black river
93. Chapter 93 Through the forest of betrayal
94. Chapter 94 Before dawn breaks
95. Chapter 95 The price of betrayal
96. Chapter 96 The law of betrayal
97. Chapter 97 The man who refuses to break
98. Chapter 98 Something like hate
99. Chapter 99 Malder
100. Chapter 100 The ghost with my face
101. Chapter 101 You don't get answers
102. Chapter 102 Brother turned enemy
103. Chapter 103 The curse of the crown
104. Chapter 104 The truth my body kept
105. Chapter 105 The heartbeat I thought I lost
106. Chapter 106 It was always you
107. Chapter 107 Love isn't enough
108. Chapter 108 Safe but shattered
109. Chapter 109 No longer his Donna
110. Chapter 110 I didn't come back alone
111. Chapter 111 When his name was spoken
112. Chapter 112 Moving out
113. Chapter 113 Dismantling
114. Chapter 114 The abdication
115. Chapter 115 Happiness had a face
116. Chapter 116 Victor
117. Chapter 117 I have to end this
118. Chapter 118 The knock that followed
119. Chapter 119 A name they won't write
120. Chapter 120 He gave it up
121. Chapter 121 A protector or another predator?
122. Chapter 122 Got caught
123. Chapter 123 Carlino?
124. Chapter 124 Collision with the past
125. Chapter 125 Burned into my mind
126. Chapter 126 Met again
127. Chapter 127 I want you
128. Chapter 128 Do you still want me?
129. Chapter 129 Was it a dream?
130. Chapter 130 Between memory and madness
131. Chapter 131 Author's note
132. Chapter 132 The man at the park
133. Chapter 133 There's no we anymore
134. Chapter 134 The cruelty of finally letting go
135. Chapter 135 From the shadows
136. Chapter 136 Ruciano came back
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