Chapter Thirty Five — Iron Bars in Silk Gloves
The moon was high when Elena made her move.
The Moretti estate was quieter than she had ever heard it. No guards patrolling the inner hallway. No servants whispering at doors. No distant echo of her father’s orders ricocheting through the marble corridors.
Too quiet.
A stillness too deliberate to...
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Chapters
1. Chapter One – The Stranger in the Shadows
2. Chapter Two – The Warning
3. Chapter Three – Rumors in the Air
4. Chapter Four – The Encounter at Midnight
5. Chapter Five – The Family’s Warning.
6. Chapter Six – The Devil’s Gift
7. Chapter Seven – The Devil’s Shadow
8. Chapter Eight – Masquerade of Lies
9. Chapter Nine – Fractures in the Dance
10. Chapter Ten – Sparks Before the Inferno
11. Chapter Eleven – Blood and Shadows
12. Chapter Twelve – The Devil’s Bargain
13. Chapter Thirteen–The claim
14. Chapter fourteen–Chains of Blood
15. Chapter Fifteen – Whispers of Warning
16. Chapter sixteen –Dance with the Devil
17. Chapter Seventeen– The Cage Cracks
18. Chapter Eighteen – Ashes in the Dark
19. Chapter Nineteen – Echoes of Fire
20. Chapter Twenty – Smoke and Steel
21. Chapter Twenty one– The Gilded Prison
22. Chapter Twenty Two – The Letter in the Dark
23. Chapter Twenty Three – Whispers of Fire
24. Chapter Twenty Four – The Claim
25. Chapter Twenty Five – The Ultimatum
26. Chapter Twenty six – Shadows in the Walls
27. Chapter Twenty seven – The Wolf at Her Window
28. Chapter Twenty eight – Whispers of Blood
29. Chapter Twenty nine – The First Blow
30. Chapter Thirty – The Forced Hand
31. Chapter Thirty one – The Public Claim
32. Chapter Thirty Two – The Chains of Belonging
33. Chapter Thirty Three — The House That Trembles
34. Chapter Thirty Four — The Weight of Gold
35. Chapter Thirty Five — Iron Bars in Silk Gloves
36. Chapter Thirty Six — The Game You Don’t Understand
37. Chapter Thirty Seven – The Man Who Wouldn’t Break
38. Chapter Thirty Eight – The Walls Close In
39. Chapter Thirty Nine — On the Eve of Ruin
40. CHAPTER Forty — Vows Written in Gunfire
41. Chapter Forty One — The First Night in His Cage
42. CHAPTER Forty Two – The house that watches
43. Chapter Forty Three — Fire After Frost
44. Chapter Forty Four – Shackled by Fire
45. Chapter Forty Five — Possession in Disguise
46. Chapter Forty six– The Ghost in the Library
47. Chapter Forty Seven – Echoes of Her Lullab
48. Chapter Forty Eight – Beneath the Ice
49. Chapter Forty Nine – The Line Between Loyalty and Sin
50. Chapter Fifty – The Quiet Between Storms
51. Chapter Fifty One – The Distance Between Hearts
52. Chapter Fifty Two – Secrets in the Shadows
53. Chapter Fifty Three – Blood and Confessio
54. CHAPTER Fifty Four — The Night He Stayed
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