Chapter 42 Consequences of that night
Lina’s POV
Pregnant.
The word wouldn’t sit still in my head. It ricocheted, loud and wrong, like someone else’s diagnosis pinned to the wrong file.
Bella was still in front of me, still calm, still far too certain.
I let out a short laugh. “No. I'm not.”
She didn’t blink. “Donna—”
“No,” I repe...
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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
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