Chapters
1. The Fall
2. The Deal With The Devil
3. The Announcement
4. The Ice Prince
5. The Power Play
6. The Silent Punishment
7. The First Spark
8. The Enemy Within
9. The Tension Builds
10. The First Battle
11. The Unseen Threat
12. The Mask Slips
13. The Mother-in-Law's Trap
14. The Growing Divide
15. The Decision
16. The Escape
17. The Warning
18. The Trap Is Set
19. The Brutal Lesson
20. The Ice Cracks
21. The Calm Before The Storm
22. Vivienne's Next Move
23. The Public Smear Campaign
24. The Past Unveiled
25. The First Strike
26. The Aftermath Of Defiance
27. The Unseen Puppet Master
28. The Growing Rift
29. The Trap Tightens
30. The Revelation
31. The Desperate Search
32. The Showdown
33. The Aftermath
34. The Unseen Hand
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The First Strike
She looked at the grandfather clock in the hall while smoothing the side of her satin dress. The second hand moved like a whisper across her chest.
Late was he.
But he'd come. He always arrived, notwithstanding attempts by the world to draw him elsewhere.
She slightly turned a fork, fingers wi...
