Chapter 144 The Choice in the Ballroom
The music did not stop when the truth entered the room.
That was what unsettled Cassandra most.
Even as voices rose and faces tightened, even as the fragile order of the gala began to crack, the orchestra continued to play from the far end of the ballroom. Violins carried on with stubborn grace, b...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Deal
2. Chapter 2 Pretend Lovers, Real Tension
3. Chapter 3 Cracks in the Façade
4. Chapter 4 When Fake Feels Real
5. Chapter 5 The Choice
6. Chapter 6 The Unraveling
7. Chapter 7 The Confession
8. Chapter 8 The Edge of Surrender
9. Chapter 9 Tangled Hearts
10. Chapter 10 The Weight of Desire
11. Chapter 11 The Dangerous Comfort
12. Chapter 12 Whispers of Ruin
13. Chapter 13 The Love She Cannot Name
14. Chapter 14 The Fire She Could Not Resist
15. Chapter 15 The Scandal
16. Chapter 16 The Disappearance
17. Chapter 17 The Making of a Rogue
18. Chapter 18 The Weight of Silence
19. Chapter 19 The Return
20. Chapter 20 Fire and Fractures
21. Chapter 21 The Wolves Gather
22. Chapter 22 A Queen Among Vultures
23. Chapter 23 The Shadow of His Past
24. Chapter 24 Shattered Trust
25. Chapter 25 The Strike
26. Chapter 26 The Choice
27. Chapter 27 No More Pretending
28. Chapter 28 Blades Behind Smiles
29. Chapter 29 The Knife at Their Table
30. Chapter 30 Masks and Mirrors
31. Chapter 31 A Dangerous Game
32. Chapter 32 The Ghost Returns
33. Chapter 33 The Weight of Devotion
34. Chapter 34 The Surrender
35. Chapter 35 The Gathering Storm
36. Chapter 36 Brother's Shadow
37. Chapter 37 Veiled Threats
38. Chapter 38 Cousin's Ambition
39. Chapter 39 Flames of Yielding
40. Chapter 40 Mentor's Counsel
41. Chapter 41 Forgotten Kin
42. Chapter 42 Allied Pursuits
43. Chapter 43 Balcony Flames
44. Chapter 44 Schemes of Substitution
45. Chapter 45 Digital Shadows
46. Chapter 46 Bound by Fate
47. Chapter 47 Rising Tides
48. Chapter 48 Passion's Reaffirmation
49. Chapter 49 Veiled Resurrection
50. Chapter 50 Brother's Burden
51. Chapter 51 Mentor's Betrayal
52. Chapter 52 Cousin's Greed
53. Chapter 53 Sanctuary's Fire
54. Chapter 54 Echoes of the Past
55. Chapter 55 Rival's Gambit
56. Chapter 56 Allied Fractures
57. Chapter 57 Hidden Heirs
58. Chapter 58 Storm's Embrace
59. Chapter 59 Schemes Unraveled
60. Chapter 60 Veins of Shadow
61. Chapter 61 Echoes in the Blood
62. Chapter 62 Fractured Echoes
63. Chapter 63 Awakened Shadows
64. Chapter 64 Marshland Deceptions
65. Chapter 65 Peaks of Betrayal
66. Chapter 66 Veiled Reckonings
67. Chapter 67 Shadows of Kinship
68. Chapter 68 Tempest of Release
69. Chapter 69 Echoes of the Veil
70. Chapter 70 Fractured Loyalties
71. Chapter 71 Bound by Shadows
72. Chapter 72 Veiled Alliances
73. Chapter 73 Gambits of the Past
74. Chapter 74 Fractured Paths
75. Chapter 75 Rising Storms
76. Chapter 76 Tides of Deception
77. Chapter 77 Embrace of Trust
78. Chapter 78 War’s Dawn
79. Chapter 79 Clashing Fates
80. Chapter 80 Veins of Vengeance
81. Chapter 81 Shattered Veils
82. Chapter 82 Raging Tides
83. Chapter 83 Echoed Clashes
84. Chapter 84 Bound Reckonings
85. Chapter 85 Fractured Thrones
86. Chapter 86 Veiled Storms
87. Chapter 87 Flames of Anchor
88. Chapter 88 Echoes of Kinship
89. Chapter 89 Shadows of Legacy
90. Chapter 90 Fractured Horizons
91. Chapter 91 Veins of Deception
92. Chapter 92 Shadows of the Auction
93. Chapter 93 Echoes in the Capital
94. Chapter 94 Blood at the Gate
95. Chapter 95 The Road to Reckoning
96. Chapter 96 The Return to London
97. Chapter 97 The House of Glass
98. Chapter 98 The Ink and the Blade
99. Chapter 99 Secrets Beneath the Floorboards
100. Chapter 100 Among the Smoke and Gears
101. Chapter 101 The Dinner at Grosvenor Square
102. Chapter 102 The Confession of Ruben Vale
103. Chapter 103 The Night in Fleet Street
104. Chapter 104 The Letters That Could Kill
105. Chapter 105 The Meeting at Charing Cross
106. Chapter 106 The Price of Truth
107. Chapter 107 The Trap at Blackfriars Bridge
108. Chapter 108 The Man from the Foreign Office
109. Chapter 109 The Watchmaker’s Code
110. Chapter 110 A Ball of Masks and Lies
111. Chapter 111 The Betrayer Revealed
112. Chapter 112 The Railway Pursuit
113. Chapter 113 The Ashes of Whitehall
114. Chapter 114 The Silence Before the Storm
115. Chapter 115 The Return of the Prodigal Editor
116. Chapter 116 The Ruins of the Docks
117. Chapter 117 The Child and the Scandal
118. Chapter 118 The Ghost in the Gazette
119. Chapter 119 The Man Who Vanished Twice
120. Chapter 120 In the Shadow of Westminster
121. Chapter 121 The Price of a Name
122. Chapter 122 The Fire at Fleet Street
123. Chapter 123 The Minister’s Affair
124. Chapter 124 The Web Tightens
125. Chapter 125 The Breaking Point
126. Chapter 126 The Alley of Knives
127. Chapter 127 The Spy’s Ledger
128. Chapter 128 A City Divided
129. Chapter 129 The Chamber of Shadows
130. Chapter 130 The Bargain at Dawn
131. Chapter 131 The Arrest of Victoria Hawthorne
132. Chapter 132 The Court of Public Opinion
133. Chapter 133 The Verdict of London
134. Chapter 134 The Price of Freedom
135. Chapter 135 The Ashes of Victory
136. Chapter 136 The Return of Marcus Vale
137. Chapter 137 The Black Ledger
138. Chapter 138 The Journey North
139. Chapter 139 The Estate of Forgotten Names
140. Chapter 140 The Betrayal at Dusk
141. Chapter 141 The Long Night of Lies
142. Chapter 142 The Train to London
143. Chapter 143 The Gala of Masks
144. Chapter 144 The Choice in the Ballroom
145. Chapter 145 The Chase Through the Gardens
146. Chapter 146 The Storm on the Thames
147. Chapter 147 The Weight of the Dead
148. Chapter 148 The Reporter’s Ultimatum
149. Chapter 149 The Memoir of Scandal
150. Chapter 150 The Man in the Gray Coat
151. Chapter 151 The Abduction
152. Chapter 152 The Fire in the Warehouse
153. Chapter 153 The Morning After
154. Chapter 154 The Weight of Survival
155. Chapter 155 The Year of Renewal
156. Chapter 156 The Return of Light
157. Chapter 157 The Parliament Petition
158. Chapter 158 A Marriage of Equals
159. Chapter 159 The Ghosts in the Attic
160. Chapter 160 The Man Who Watched from Afar
161. Chapter 161 The Return to the Coast
162. Chapter 162 The Letter from Lira
163. Chapter 163 The Child Grown Strong
164. Chapter 164 The Exhibition of Truth
165. Chapter 165 Shadows of the Past
166. Chapter 166 The Meeting at Westminster Bridge
167. Chapter 167 The Newspaper Clipping
168. Chapter 168 The Final Page
169. Chapter 169 Whispers of Tomorrow
170. Chapter 170 What Remains
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