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Chapters
Chapter 1: Normal Life, Fragile Peace
Chapter 2: Whispers of Doom
Chapter 3: The Cracks Begin to Show
Chapter 4: The Sky Darkens
Chapter 5: The Invasion Reaches Them
Chapter 6: The Offering
Chapter 7: The Alien Homeworld
Chapter 8: A Cold Fortress
Chapter 9: Silent Struggles
Chapter 10: The Alien King’s Torment
Chapter 11: Conflicted Heart
Chapter 12: The Struggle Within
Chapter 13: The Heated Clash
Chapter 14: Wait, what?
Chapter 15: The Storm Breaks
Chapter 16: Growing Interest
Chapter 17: A World of Traditions
Chapter 18: A Growing Resentment
Chapter 19: Feelings That Shouldn’t Exist
Chapter 20: The Assassination
Chapter 21: Is that Vulnerability?
Chapter 22: Fragile Bonds
Chapter 23: The Advisor's Shadow
Chapter 24: Glimpses of Freedom
Chapter 25: A Heated Debate
Chapter 26: The First Gesture of Trust
Chapter 27: Whispers of Rebellion
Chapter 28: The Arrival of Lord Draxis
Chapter 29: Veiled Threats
Chapter 30: The Protector's Dilemma
Chapter 31: Draxis's Ultimatum
Chapter 32: Isolation Behind Walls
Chapter 33: Resentment and Reflection
Chapter 34: The Cost of Distance
Chapter 35: A Kingdom at the Brink
Chapter 36: The Gathering Storm
Chapter 37: Draxis’s Coup
Chapter 38: Desperation Sets In
Chapter 39: The Brutal Rescue
Chapter 40: The Decision That Shakes the Empire
Chapter 41: Unwanted Attention
Chapter 42: Tensions Behind Closed Doors
Chapter 43: The Public Test
Chapter 44: The Offer That Shakes Aeliana
Chapter 45: Lines Are Drawn
Chapter 46: Unrest in the Empire
Chapter 47: The First Move
Chapter 48: Aeliana’s First Political Victory
Chapter 49: The Shadows Strike Back
Chapter 50: The Line in the Sand
Chapter 51: The Emperor’s Weakness
Chapter 52: The Kiss That Shouldn’t Have Happened
Chapter 53: Give Me a Reason to Stay
Chapter 54: Losing Control
Chapter 55: The Breaking Point
Chapter 56: The Fractured Council
Chapter 57: The First Strike
Chapter 58: The Council’s Betrayal
Chapter 59: Captured
Chapter 60: The War Begins
Chapter 61: The Emperor’s Wrath
Chapter 62: The Decision That Shakes the Empire
Chapter 63: The Court’s Uprising
Chapter 64: The Proposal & The Crowning Ceremony
Chapter 65: A Throne Built on Blood
Chapter 66: The Queen’s First Decree
Chapter 67: A Throne Under Siege
Chapter 68: A Kingdom of Strangers
Chapter 69: The Softening of a Tyrant
Chapter 70: The Wedding of War and Fire
Chapter 71: The Wedding Night
Chapter 72: A New Dynasty
Chapter 73: The Strength of a Queen
Chapter 74: The Art of Conquest
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Chapter 57: The First Strike
The explosion ripped through the eastern district just as the sun began to rise. A deafening blast, followed by the sound of shattering stone and screams that carried through the morning air. Smoke curled into the sky, thick and acrid, staining the horizon.
Aeliana bolted upright from her bed at the...
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