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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
Chapter 75: A Festival of Victory
Chapter 76: Blood and Temptation
Chapter 77: The Emperor’s Rage
Chapter 78: A Queen Unraveled
Chapter 79: The Future They Never Expected
Chapter 80: The Weight of an Heir
Chapter 81: A Queen Without a Sword
Chapter 82: Tharx’s Overprotection
Chapter 83: The Future of an Empire
Chapter 84: The Weight of a Queen
Chapter 85: The Naming of an Heir
Chapter 86: The Shadows That Linger
Chapter 87: The Poison in the Palace
Chapter 88: The Emperor’s Wrath
Chapter 89: The Final Weeks
Chapter 90: The Birth of an Heir
Chapter 91: The Name of a Future Ruler
Chapter 92: A Mother’s First Days
Chapter 93: The Emperor as a Father
Chapter 94: The Heir’s First Days
Chapter 95: Introducing the Heir to the Court
Chapter 96: The Weight of the Crown
Chapter 97: The Future of the Empire
Chapter 98: A Threat in the Shadows
Chapter 99: A Celebration of Legacy
Chapter 100: Whispers of Dissent
Chapter 101: A Court of Lies
Chapter 102: The Vanishing Servants
Chapter 103: The Letter That Changes Everything
Chapter 104: Aeliana’s Private Investigation
Chapter 105: The Traitor Among Them
Chapter 106: A Failed Attempt
Chapter 107: The Name Behind the Plot
Chapter 108: The Assassin Enters the Palace
Chapter 109: The Assassination Attempt
Chapter 110: The Hunt for the Mastermind
Chapter 111: The Enemy Among Them
Chapter 112: A Throne Secured
Chapter 113: A Family Reunited
Chapter 114: The Future of the Empire
115: The Weight of an Heir
116: The Throne Awaits
117: A Daughter’s Question
Chapter 118: The Emperor’s Resistance
119: Courtly Opposition
120: Malik’s Warning
Chapter 121: Aeliana’s Support
Chapter 122: The Emperor’s Ultimatum
123: The People React
Chapter 124: A Final Conversation
Chapter 125: The Decision is Made
Chapter 126: The Emperor’s Silence
Chapter 127: Leaving the Only Home She Has Ever Known
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Chapter 79: The Future They Never Expected
The air in the chamber was thick with silence as Aeliana lay against the mountain of pillows Tharx had forced upon her. Despite her protests, she was still too weak to argue properly, so she let him fuss over her in his quiet, infuriating way.
She had just begun to drift into an uneasy rest when the...
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