Chapters
1. CHAPTER ONE: THE RUTHLESS KING
2. CHAPTER TWO: A RISKY OFFER
3. CHAPTER THREE: THE COST OF LIVING
4. CHAPTER FOUR: RESTRICTED BY AN AGREEMENT
5. CHAPTER FIVE: THE INITIAL ALLIANCE
6. CHAPTER 6: A POWER OF LESSON
7. CHAPTER 7: THE THIN LINE
8. CHAPTER 8: SECRET CONVERSATION AT WORK
9. CHAPTER 9: A GLIMPSE OF WISDOM
10. CHAPTER 10: THE TEST OF GALA
11. CHAPTER 11: THE THIN LINE
12. CHAPTER 12: THE UNPREDICTABLE GUARDIAN
13. CHAPTER 13: HIS ACQUISITION
14. CHAPTER 14: A MAN WITHOUT MERCY
15. CHAPTER 15: CAUTION
16. CHAPTER 16: USING FIRE TO PLAY
17. CHAPTER 17: THE BETRAYAL IN SHADOWS
18. CHAPTER 18: AN IN MOTION TRAP
19. CHAPTER NINTEEN: THE UNWARRANTED KISS
20. CHAPTER 20: THE REVISED CONTRACT
21. CHAPTER 21: AN UNRETURNABLE NIGHT
22. CHAPTER 22: DESIRE’S PRICE
23. CHAPTER 23: THE ENEMY AT THE GATE
24. CHAPTER 24: THE POTENTIALLY DESTRUCTIVE WOMAN
25. CHAPTER 25: DECISIONS AND THIER EFFECT
26. CHAPTER 26: BETRAYAL AS A GAME
27. CHAPTER 27: ENSNARED IN HIS UNIVERSE
28. CHAPTER 28: A NEGATIVE CHIOCE
29. CHAPTER 29: THE FALL OF THE EMPIRE
30. CHAPTER 30 THE MAN LEFT BEHINED
31. CHAPTER 31: AN EXILED KING
32. CHAPTER 32: THE HAUTING GUILT
33. CHAPTER 33: THE REIGN OF VICTOR
34. CHAPTER 34: AN ALERT IN THE SHADOWS
35. CHAPTER 35: THE RETURN OF A GHOST
36. CHAPTER 36: THE HUNTERS TURNS INTO THE HUNTED
37. CHAPTER 37: THE INDIVIDUAL HE WILL NOT PARDON
38. CHAPTER 38: A PERILOUS PARTNERSHIP
39. CHAPTER 39: THE INITIAL ATTACK
40. CHAPTER 40: THE SURPRISING MEETING
41. CHAPTER 41: A CONTACT STARTS
42. CHAPTER 42: THE DEVIL’S TRAP
43. CHAPTER 43: THE HISTORICAL MAN
44. CHAPTER 44: VENTURE INTO UNCHARTED TERRITORY
45. CHAPTER 45: THE DEVIL'S AGREEMENT
46. CHAPTER 46: A LAST-DITCH BET
47. CHAPTER 47: SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY
48. CHAPTER 48: THE MASK COMES
49. CHAPTER 49: DIVIDED BETWEEN TWO MONARCHIES
50. CHAPTER 50: BETRAYAL’S COST
51. CHAPTER 51: THE LIES THAT CHAIN
52. CHAPTER 52: A PERILOUS FIXATION
53. CHAPTER 53: USING LOVE AND POWER
54. CHAPTER 54: HISTORICAL SHADOWS
55. CHAPTER 55: A POWER BATTLE
56. CHAPTER 56: THE FINE LINE THAT SEPERATED HATRED AND LOVE
57. CHAPTER 57: CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE
58. CHAPTER 58: FREEDOM’S COST
59. CHAPTER 59: BREAKING THE CHAINS
60. CHAPTER 60: THE LAST BETRAYAL
61. CHAPTER 61: BETRAYAL AND BLOOD
62. CHAPTER 62: MAKING AN AGREEMENT WITH SATAN
63. CHAPTER 63: THERE’S NO ESCAPE
64. CHAPTER 64: THE INTERNAL ENEMY
65. CHAPTER 65: PLAYING WITH FIRE
66. CHAPTER 66: FINAL CAUTIOUS
67. CHAPTER 67: TAINTED LOVE
68. CHAPTER 68: CRAFTING DECEIT
69. CHAPTER 69: WHEN THINGS BREAK
70. CHAPTER 70: A LIE’S PRICE
71. CHAPTER 71: A FATAL CHANCE
72. CHAPTER 72: HISTORICAL SHADOW
73. CHAPTHER 73: CONFIDENTIALLY RESTRAINS
74. CHAPTER 74: THE FLAVOR OF RETALIATION
75. CHAPTER 75: A RUINED LOVE
76. CHAPTER 76: THE LAST CONFRONTATION
77. CHAPTER 77: AFTER THE DUST HAS BEEN DISPELLED
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CHAPTER 41: A CONTACT STARTS
"You thought he'd come for you?"
Victor's voice was brimming with laughter as his fingers leisurely swirled the amber liquid in his glass.
His cold eyes stared at me like a predator playing with its victim as he leaned on the bar. I didn't inch.
My heart pounded, but I remained completely indifferen...
