Chapters
1. Chapter 1: Old Wounds
2. Chapter 2: Fate's Game
3. Chapter 3: Three Days to Fight Back
4. Chapter 4: Playing Dirty
5. Chapter 5: Deal with the Devil
6. Chapter 6: When Truth Hits Hard
7. Chapter 7: Cooperation and Confrontation
8. Chapter 8: The Price of Trust
9. Chapter 9: Breaking Point
10. Chapter 10: Trust and Betrayal
11. Chapter 11: Confrontation
12. Chapter 12: Dangerous Alliances
13. Chapter 13: Crossed Lines
14. Chapter 14: The Hunter and the Hunted
15. Chapter 15: Unexpected Allies
16. Chapter 16: Playing with Fire
17. Chapter 17: Dangerous Plays
18. Chapter 18: The Bet Resumes
19. Chapter 19: Hunted on Two Mountains
20. Chapter 20: Predators and Protectors
21. Chapter 21: Cornered Predators
22. Chapter 22: Predators at the Door
23. Chapter 23: Wolves Among Sheep
24. Chapter 24: Hunter's Confrontation
25. Chapter 25: Price of Victory
26. Chapter 26: Deadly Alliance
27. Chapter 27: Life or Death
28. Chapter 28: Blood Money
29. Chapter 29: Blood and Headlines
30. Chapter 30: Heartbeats and Deathtraps
31. Chapter 31: Blood and Ashes
32. Chapter 32: Checkmate
33. Chapter 33: Final Confrontation
34. Chapter 34: The Price of Justice
35. Chapter 35: Hard-Won Victory
36. Chapter 36: Smoke and Redemption
37. Chapter 37: Fame's Double-Edged Sword
38. Chapter 38: Back to the Beginning
39. Chapter 39: Hunting Grounds
40. Chapter 40: Welcome Home
41. Chapter 41: Neighbors and Nightmares
42. Chapter 42: Monsters Unmasked
43. Chapter 43: Dark Trap
44. Chapter 44: Blood Games
45. Chapter 45: Ten Seconds to Decide
46. Chapter 46: Desperate Struggle
47. Chapter 47: Sisterly Entanglement
48. Chapter 48: Final Stand
49. Chapter 49: Shadows of Guilt
50. Chapter 50: Dangerous Truths
51. Chapter 51: Blood Ultimatum
52. Chapter 52: Blood Ties and Betrayal
53. Chapter 53: Wolves in Suits
54. Chapter 54: Deadly Deception
55. Chapter 55: Dangerous Truths
56. Chapter 56: Predator's Playground
57. Chapter 57: Poisoned Ultimatum
58. Chapter 58: Fatal Choice
59. Chapter 59: Awakening and Counterattack
60. Chapter 60: Traitor's Game
61. Chapter 61: Betrayal's Edge
62. Chapter 62: Blood Loyalty
63. Chapter 63: Dangerous Refuge
64. Chapter 64: Lethal Devotion
65. Chapter 65: Sweet Surrender, Deadly Game
66. Chapter 66: Genetic Poison
67. Chapter 67: Love's Last Letter
68. Chapter 68: Red Heart Countdown
69. Chapter 69: Blood Bond
70. Chapter 70: Echoes of Trust
71. Chapter 71: Courage in Crisis
72. Chapter 72: Deadly Synchronization
73. Chapter 73: Race Against Extinction
74. Chapter 74: Lethal Countdown
75. Chapter 75: Black City Betrayal
76. Chapter 76: Shadows of Deception
77. Chapter 77: Crisis and Turning Point
78. Chapter 78: Breathing in Crisis
79. Chapter 79: Heartbeats in Darkness
80. Chapter 80: Blood Ties and Broken Trust
81. Chapter 81: Broken Things
82. Chapter 82: Deadly Lies
83. Chapter 83: Heart of the Mirror
84. Chapter 84: Golden Connections and Hidden Threats
85. Chapter 85: Wash Day Currents
86. Chapter 86: Exclusive Revelations
87. Chapter 87: Dangerous Transformation
88. Chapter 88: Mirrored Crisis
89. Chapter 89: Truth Unveiled
90. Chapter 90: Deadly Connection
91. Chapter 91: Dangerous Caller
92. Chapter 92: Bitter Truths
93. Chapter 93: Searching for Truth
94. Chapter 94: Unshakable Faith
95. Chapter 95: Lethal Deception
96. Chapter 96: Shadows of Yesterday
97. Chapter 97: Blood Trap
98. Chapter 98: Facing the Monster
99. Chapter 99: Dark Dealings
100. Chapter 100: Golden Reckoning
101. Chapter 101: Heart's Betrayal
102. Chapter 102: Rising From the Ashes
103. Chapter 103: Heartbeats and Betrayals
104. Chapter 104: Poison Paradise
105. Chapter 105: Waking Nightmares
106. Chapter 106: Shadows of Truth
107. Chapter 107: Hunted Fame
108. Chapter 108: Shattered Trust
109. Chapter 109: Bonds That Break
110. Chapter 110: Blood and Business
111. Chapter 111: Midnight Threats
112. Chapter 112: Betrayal's Aftermath
113. Chapter 113: Cruel Bargains
114. Chapter 114: Walls of Glass
115. Chapter 115: Experiment Trap
116. Chapter 116: Crimson Betrayal
117. Chapter 117: The Poison Within
118. Chapter 118: Public Assassination
119. Chapter 119: Poison in the Blood
120. Chapter 120: Isolated and Abandoned
121. Chapter 121: Nowhere to Hide
122. Chapter 122: Visitation
123. Chapter 123: Desperate Counterstrike
124. Chapter 124: Blood, Lies and Heir
125. Chapter 125: Shattered and Seeking
126. Chapter 126: Blood, Pain and Betrayal
127. Chapter 127: Hope in Darkness
128. Chapter 128: Blood Ties and Bitter Lies
129. Chapter 129: From Ashes to Whispers
130. Chapter 130: Broken Crown
131. Chapter 131: Legacy's Price
132. Chapter 132: Traitors on the Field
133. Chapter 133: Devils and Decisions
134. Chapter 134: Blood Ties and Inheritance Wars
135. Chapter 135: Brave's Choice
136. Chapter 136: Bitter Truths in the Storm
137. Chapter 137: Champagne and Venom
138. Chapter 138: Blood Secrets
139. Chapter 139: Feast of Desperation
140. Chapter 140: Engagement Charade
141. Chapter 141: Secret Codes
142. Chapter 142: Countdown to Ceremony
143. Chapter 143: The Final Preparations
144. Chapter 144: Unwilling Guest
145. Chapter 145: The Ceremony Begins
146. Chapter 146: The Last Stand
147. Chapter 147: Aftershocks
148. Chapter 148: Borrowed Time
149. Chapter 149: Synchronization
150. Chapter 150: Under Fire
151. Chapter 151: Descent
152. Chapter 152: Airborne
153. Chapter 153: Aftermath
154. Chapter 154: Resonance
155. Chapter 155: Severance
156. Chapter 156: Aftermath
157. Chapter 157: The Final Strike
158. Chapter 158: Reckoning
159. Chapter 159: Full Circle
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Chapter 103: Heartbeats and Betrayals
"I want..."
The question hung between James and me, heavier than it should coming from a stranger.
The golden marks on my wrist pulsed beneath my sleeve, a physical reminder of a connection I couldn't escape.
A connection to a man who had both saved and betrayed me.
"You don't have to answer t...
