Chapter 17: The Queen Mother
- SELENE
I woke up with the smell of rosemary still clinging to my skin, thick and cloying like a funeral shroud. It didn’t matter how many times I scrubbed my wrists or changed my silks; the scent stayed. It felt like a mark.
The morning was gray, the kind of light that makes the mansion look even...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The End of Me
2. Chapter 2: The Morning I Shouldn’t Have Had
3. Chapter 3: The Shadows of The Past
4. Chapter 4: The Woman Who Didn’t Flinch
5. Chapter 5: The Stranger Who Watched Too Closely
6. Chapter 6: The Girl With The Hidden Map
7. Chapter 7: Sharing Burdens
8. Chapter 8: Summoned at Sunrise
9. Chapter 9: Pretended to Care
10. Chapter 10: The Dark Truth
11. Chapter 11: The Unexpected Arrival
12. Chapter 12: The Puppet Master’s Smile
13. Chapter 13: A Motherly Duty
14. Chapter 14: The Sanctuary
15. Chapter 15: The Only Way Out
16. Chapter 16: The Crack in the Wall
17. Chapter 17: The Queen Mother
18. Chapter 18: The Countermove
19. Chapter 19: The Missing Piece
20. Chapter 20: A Little Bit of Light
21. Chapter 21: The Sound of the Rain
22. Chapter 22: Breakfast with the Enemy
23. Chapter 23: The Cold Shoulder
24. Chapter 24: The Lab Report
25. Chapter 25: The Swan Song
26. Chapter 25: The Fever and the Gatekeepers
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