Chapters
1. Chapter One: Abduction
2. Chapter Two: Doppelganger
3. Chapter Three: Playing Damsel is Distressing
4. Chapter Four: The Savage Ways of Royals
5. Chapter Five: No Rest for the Wicked, save some Sexy Nightmares
6. Chapter Six: It Tastes as Good as it Looks
7. Chapter Seven: Why Stop at a Kiss?
8. Chapter Eight: Neither Conquest nor Concubine
9. Chapter Nine: The Blustering of Barbarians
10. Chapter Ten: Feelings, a Good Way to Jeopardize a Job
11. Chapter Eleven: Take My Breath Away
12. Chapter Twelve: Unlucky Lady Rouge
13. Chapter Thirteen: The Assassin in Bed with her Target
14. Chapter Fourteen: He “Dreamt” She Tried to Choke him to Death
15. Chapter Fifteen: Two Down. One to Go.
16. Chapter Sixteen: Revelation in the Rose Garden
17. Chapter Seventeen: I Think I Love You
18. Chapter Eighteen: Sickening Attraction
19. Chapter Nineteen: A Liar and a Fool
20. Chapter Twenty: To Save or to Punish the Backstabbing Bastard?
21. Chapter Twenty One: No Second Chances
22. Chapter Twenty Two: No Grudge Beyond the Grave
23. Chapter Twenty Three: Fear the Lover Scorned
24. Chapter Twenty Four: My Dearest Unhinged Charlotte
25. Chapter Twenty Five: An Absolute Failure
26. Chapter Twenty Six: The Treachery of Marseir
27. Chapter Twenty Seven: I Owe You an Imprisonment
28. Chapter Twenty Eight: I Owe You a Strangling
29. Chapter Twenty Nine: A Good Assassin Does NOT Cry Over Spilt Blood
30. Chapter Thirty: A Frightened Little Dove
31. Chapter Thirty One: A Shirtless Standoff
32. Chapter Thirty Two: When Beauty Sees the Beast
33. Chapter Thirty Three: A Pleasurable Act of Hate
34. Chapter Thirty Four: A Taste of Your Own Poison
35. Chapter Thirty Five: I Own You, Aya Ronin
36. Chapter Thirty Six: Did You Just Lick Me?
37. Chapter Thirty Seven: Somewhat Cute, yet Infuriating
38. Chapter Thirty Eight: Playing Bride
39. Chapter Thirty Nine: Love is a Festering Poison
40. Chapter Forty: Most Treacherous Yearning
41. Chapter Forty One: A Stolen Kiss
42. Chapter Forty Two: A Demon in the Sheets
43. Chapter Forty Three: Drowning and Desire
44. Chapter Forty Four: The Sweetest of Threats
45. Chapter Forty Five: More Damage than a Heart Can Take
46. Chapter Forty Six: The Tragic Truth of Love at First Sight
47. Chapter Forty Seven: Your Promised Prize
48. Chapter Forty Eight: A Step Toward Liberation
49. Chapter Forty Nine: In Bed With the Beast, Our Final Farewell
50. Chapter Fifty: A Lady's Preference Be Damned
51. Chapter Fifty One: My Destined Bride
52. Chapter Fifty Two: A Love Unrequited
53. Chapter Fifty Three: A Most Stubborn Rescue
54. Chapter Fifty Four: Objection
55. Chapter Fifty Five: I Will Wade Through Filth and Walk Through Fire to Prove My Love
56. Chapter Fifty Six: I Know You Love a Good Strangling
57. Chapter Fifty Seven: Intoxicating Hate
58. Chapter Fifty Eight: A Rat in Need of a Caging
59. Chapter Fifty Nine: To Quiet the Turmoil
60. Chapter Sixty: I Love You Both
61. Chapter Sixty One: The Need for Vengeance, A Dying Flame
62. Chapter Sixty Two: A Most Agreeable Match of Most Disagreeable Terms
63. Chapter Sixty Three: Home is Where the Heart Is
64. Final Chapter: Bound by Betrayal
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Chapter Forty Eight: A Step Toward Liberation
As deadly as she was, Aya could not exactly go storming the capital with nothing but a single dagger and a single, unarmed ally. And she could certainly make no attempt to even slip through the city gates still dressed in nothing but a ripped, silk night-shift.
“We must get you covered up before ...
