Chapter 229: Before the Lions
Chapter 229: Before the Lions
Power has a smell in this world.
It isn’t blood, though plenty has been spilled for it. It isn’t money, though it oils the gears of every empire. It’s colder, sharper—like steel polished with the breath of tyrants. Like marble floors underneath men who think themse...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1: The Summons
2. Chapter 2: The Gilded Cage
3. Chapter 3: Silk Cages and Whispered Commands
4. Chapter 4: Poison in Paradise
5. Chapter 5: Dance of Deception
6. Chapter 6: Controlled Chaos
7. Chapter 7: The Warning
8. Chapter 8: Beautiful Darkness 
9. Chapter 9: Midnight Games
10. Chapter 10: Midnight Shadows
11. Chapter 11: Glided Chains
12. Chapter 12: Breaking Point
13. Chapter 13: Villa of Shadows
14. Chapter 14: Dark Dreams
15. Chapter 15: Dangerous Games
16. Chapter 16: Power Play
17. Chapter 17: Shadows and Secrets
18. Chapter 18: Dangerous Bargains
19. Chapter 19: Marcos sister
20. Chapter 20: The Bargain, The Betrayal, The Escape
21. Chapter 21: Price of Freedom
22. Chapter 22: Dark Declarations
23. Chapter 23: Shattered Illusions
24. Chapter 24: Blood Ties
25. Chapter 25: Shattered Truths
26. Chapter 26: Awakening
27. Chapter 27: Price of Truth
28. Chapter 28: Blood Ties
29. Chapter 29: Ghosts and Shadows
30. Chapter 30: Midnight Truth
31. Chapter 31: Blood and Smoke
32. Chapter 32: Judgement Day
33. Chapter 33: Dawn's Promise
34. Chapter 34: Queen's Gambit
35. Chapter 35: Reckoning
36. Chapter 36: Blood and Truth
37. Chapter 37: Shadows of Legacy
38. Chapter 38: Born in Blood
39. Chapter 39: Baptism by Fire
40. Chapter 40: Blood Covenant
41. Chapter 41: Ashes and Rebirth
42. Chapter 42: Blood of the Covenant
43. Chapter 43: Shadows of Betrayal
44. Chapter 44: Huntress Awakened
45. Chapter 45: Fire and Shadows
46. Chapter 46: Blood and Silver
47. Chapter 47: Dangerous Games
48. Chapter 48: Devil's Bargain
49. Chapter 49: Blood and Betrayal
50. Chapter 50: Fire and Fate
51. Chapter 51: Devil's Embrace
52. Chapter 52: Blood Ties
53. Chapter 53: Calculated Risks
54. Chapter 54: Dangerous Gambit
55. Chapter 55: Deadly Charade
56. Chapter 56: Deadly Intimacy
57. Chapter 57: Sanctuary and Shadows
58. Chapter 58: Shadow of Betrayal
59. Chapter 59: Descent Into Darkness
60. Chapter 60: Blood Ties
61. Chapter 61: Devil's Bargain
62. Chapter 62: Betrayal's Kiss
63. Chapter 63: Blood and Desire
64. Chapter 64: Dangerous Truths
65. Chapter 65: Desperate Measures
66. Chapter 66: Blood and Fire
67. Chapter 67: Awakening
68. Chapter 68: Rise of the Queen
69. Chapter 69: Rise of the Queen
70. Chapter 70: Ghosts and Truths
71. Chapter 71: Blood and Betrayal
72. Chapter 72: Sins of the Fathers
73. Chapter 73: Into the Lion's Den
74. Chapter 74: Blood and Desire
75. Chapter 75: Dangerous Desires
76. Chapter 76: Tunnel Vision
77. Chapter 77: Dangerous Truths
78. Chapter 78: Forbidden Flames
79. Chapter 79: Devil's Dance
80. Chapter 80: Devil's Bargain
81. Chapter 81: Deadly Dance
82. Chapter 82: Blood Ties
83. Chapter 83: Ashes and Embers
84. Chapter 84: Dangerous Haven
85. Chapter 85: Dangerous Haven
86. Chapter 86: Freefall
87. Chapter 87: Sins of the Flesh
88. Chapter 88: Beneath the Surface
89. Chapter 89: The Devils Choice
90. Chapter 90: The Fire Between Us
91. Chapter 91: The Price of Power
92. Chapter 92: The Blood Pact
93. Chapter 93: Crown of Ruin
94. Chapter 94: Queenmaker
95. Chapter 95: Vows in the Dark
96. Chapter 96: The Blood Price
97. Chapter 97: Offerings of Blood
98. Chapter 98: The Hunt Begins
99. Chapter 99: Blood in the Shadows
100. Chapter q00: The Queens Oath
101. Chapter 101: A Kingdom of Ash and Fire
102. Chapter 102: The Price of Peace
103. Chapter 103: The Ashes of Victory
104. Chapter 104: Smoke in the Blood
105. Chapter105: Blood in the Water
106. Chapter 106: Firestarter
107. Chapter 107: The Red Queens Gambit
108. Chapter 107: Queenslayer
109. Chapter 109: The Art of War and Want
110. Chapter 110: A Pact in Blood
111. Chapter 111: Beneath the Ashes
112. Chapter 112: The Summit of Shadows
113. Chapter 113: Smoke and Steel
114. Chapter 114: Blood Crown
115. Chapter 115: The Weight of Silence
116. Chapter 116: Ashes in the Veins
117. Chapter 117: Shattered Reflections
118. Chapter 118: Ghosts in the Smoke
119. Chapter 119: Blood Ties, Broken Chains
120. Chapter 120: Embers of a New Empire
121. Chapter 121: Only Ours
122. Chapter 122: Ashes and Embers
123. Chapter 123: Ashes Beneath Our Feet
124. Chapter 124: Smoke and Skin
125. Chapter 125: The Unraveling Thread
126. Chapter 126: Fire in the Blood
127. Chapter 127: Shadows Beneath the Surface
128. Chapter 128: A Scar for a Scar
129. Chapter 129: Tethered in silence
130. Chapter 134: Bound in Smoke and Silk
131. Chapter 131: Dangerous Surrender
132. Chapter 132: Beneath the Gilded Cage
133. Chapter 133: Blood on Velvet
134. Chapter 134: All the King's Men
135. Chapter 135: Blood in the Water
136. Chapter 136: The Price of Fire
137. Chapter 128: The Weight of Wanting
138. Chapter 138: A Symphony of Knives
139. Chapter 139: Shadows Between Us
140. Chapter 140: Shadows and Promises
141. Chapter 141: The Weight of Tomorrow
142. Chapter 142: Shadows and Promises
143. Chapter 143– Bound in Shadows
144. Chapter 144– The Edge of Surrender
145. Chapter 145– The Edge of Control
146. Chapter 146 – A Bargain in the Dark
147. Chapter 147– The Edge of the Blade
148. Chapter 148: A Tangled Devotion
149. Chapter 149: Shadows of the Throne
150. Chapter 150: Shadows Between Us
151. Chapter 151: Tangled Loyalties
152. Chapter 152: Fractured Shadows
153. Chapter 153: Fire and Oaths
154. Chapter 154: Shadows and Promises
155. Chapter 155: A Kingdom of Ashes and Fire
156. Chapter 156: The Edge of Surrender
157. Chapter 157: Shadows of the Oath
158. Chapter 158: The Edge of Temptation
159. Chapter 153: Tides of Fire
160. Chapter 160: A Fracture in the Veil
161. Chapter 161: Shadows of the Council
162. Chapter 162: Shadows Between Them
163. Chapter 163: Bound by Fire
164. Chapter 164: After the Blood
165. Chapter 165: The Edge of Forgiveness
166. Chapter 166: Between Shadows and Light
167. Chapter 167: The Price of Loyalty
168. Chapter 168: Shadows of Trust
169. Chapter 169: Tangled Fates
170. Chapter 170: Fault Lines
171. Chapter 172: Embers in the Streets
172. Chapter 172: The Weight of Shadows
173. Chapter 173: Broken Promises
174. Chapter 174: Shadows Between Us
175. Chapter 175: Fire Between Us
176. Chapter 176: The First Strike
177. Chapter 177: The Council’s Shadow
178. Chapter 178: Strike Before Dawn
179. Chapter 179: Shadows of Retaliation
180. Chapter 180: Fractures in the Sanctuary
181. Chapter 181: Shadows Stirring
182. Chapter 182: Echoes of the Past
183. Chapter 183: Ashes and Silk
184. Chapter 184: Flames at the Docks
185. Chapter 185: Shadows of Alliance
186. Chapter 186: Ashes of Retribution
187. Chapter 187: The Counterstrike
188. Chapter 188: Teeth of the Serpent
189. Chapter 189: The Fracture of Certainty
190. Chapter 190: Shadows Between Us
191. Chapter 191: The Price of Loyalty
192. Chapter 192: The Trap
193. Chapter 193: The Weight of His Touch
194. Chapter 194: Morning Shadows
195. Chapter 195: Cracks in the Fortress
196. Chapter 196: The First Strike
197. Chapter 197: Fire and Confession
198. Chapter 198: A Fragile Morning
199. Chapter 199: The Gathering Storm
200. Chapter 200: The Edge of War
201. Chapter 201: Shadows Before Dawn
202. Chapter 202: Ashes and Oaths
203. Chapter 203: The Weight of Tomorrow
204. Chapter 204: Ashes and Allegiances
205. Chapter 205: The Fire We Keep
206. Chapter 206: What We Choose to Protect
207. Chapter 207: The Fire Between Them
208. Chapter 208: The Edge of Morning
209. Chapter 209: The Weight of Fire
210. Chapter 210: The Fire Between Us
211. Chapter 211: Ashes of Rome
212. Chapter 212: The Silent Hour
213. Chapter 213: Ashes of Rome
214. Chapter 214: The Weight of Fire
215. Chapter 215: The Ashes Between Us
216. Chapter 216: Shadows Over Naples
217. Chapter 217: Beneath the Ashes
218. Chapter 218: The Edge of Dawn
219. Chapter 219: The Weight of Silence
220. Chapter 220: The Ash Between Stars
221. Chapter 221: The Signal at Dawn
222. Chapter 222: Ashes and Echoes
223. Chapter 223: The Signal in the Snow
224. Chapter 224: A War We Chose
225. Chapter 225: The Safe House Siege
226. Chapter 226: The Cost of Power
227. Chapter 227: Where Fire Learns Restraint
228. Chapter 228: The Weight of Crown and Crossroads
229. Chapter 229: Before the Lions
230. Chapter 230: The Fire and the Oath
231. Chapter 231: The Morning of Reckoning
232. Chapter 232: Shadows of the New Dawn
233. Chapter 233: Ashes and Oaths
234. Chapter 234: Blood in the Rain
235. Chapter 235: The Weight of Crowns
236. Chapter 236: The Shape of Power
237. Chapter 237: Ashes and Iron
238. Chapter 238: The Cost of Crowns
239. Chapter 239: The Fire We Pretend Not to Feel
240. Chapter 239: Dawn After the Storm
241. Chapter 241: Into the Lion’s Teeth
242. Chapter 244: The Things We Carry
243. Chapter 243: The Weight of What Comes Next
244. Chapter 244: Lines We Don’t Come Back From
245. Chapter 245: The Weight of Choosing War
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