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CHAPTER 36: The Siege Begins
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BOUGHT BY THE BEAST CHAPTER 40: Outplayed
Silvaine.The pieces clicked together."Morgessa's proxy," I said. "She's still working for her. Trying to finish what Morgessa started.""But Morgessa's in the dungeons," Caspian said. "She can't be giving orders.""Can't she?" Ezra pulled out another document. "Prison guard reports. Silvaine's visited her twice in the last three days. Claimed she needed to discuss transition of magical authority.""She's taking orders," I said. "Morgessa's directing this from her cell.""Then we need to stop it. Now." Caspian stood. "If we can prove Silvaine is acting on behalf of a traitor, her vote is void. That's one less vote against you.""And if we expose the blackmail, Isolde's vote might flip.""That's four votes supporting you," Ezra calculated. "Five if Stephen comes through.""What did Stephen say?" I asked Seraphine."He'll support you if you can prove the vote was corrupted. Show him evidence of blackmail and conspiracy, and he'll vote yes."I looked at the note in Ezra's hand. At the h
BOUGHT BY THE BEAST CHAPTER 39: Allies and Enemies
"We need to start with Isolde," Ezra said.We'd gathered in the war room. Me, Caspian, Ezra, and Seraphine. The four of us against whatever conspiracy was brewing in the Council."Isolde voted to support the coronation," I said. "What changed her mind?""Fear," Seraphine said simply. "She's pragmatic. Calculates risks. And right now, supporting you looks riskier than opposing you.""So we change the calculation.""How?" Ezra asked.I thought about it. "We show her that removing me creates more problems than keeping me. That the instability of a succession crisis is worse than the chaos I've supposedly caused.""That might work if she's acting rationally," Caspian said. "But what if she's being coerced? Threatened? What if someone's forcing her hand?""Then we find out who and eliminate the threat.""In three days.""In three days."Seraphine leaned back. "There's something else you should know. Isolde's daughter was at the east wall during the siege. Injured but alive. The girl's only
BOUGHT BY THE BEAST CHAPTER 38: Vote of No Confidence
I stared at the messenger. "They what?""The Council has called for a vote of no confidence in your rule, Your Majesty. The session begins in one hour.""On what grounds?" Caspian demanded."Negligence. Endangerment of the kingdom. Inciting violence through reckless reforms." The messenger looked miserable. "Lady Isolde invoked the emergency protocol. It requires your immediate attendance.""Isolde?" I sat up. "She supported me at the coronation.""Not anymore, apparently," Caspian said grimly.The messenger bowed and fled.I dressed quickly, my mind racing. A vote of no confidence. If it passed, I'd be stripped of the crown. Exiled, probably. Or executed if they could justify it."This is Draven's work," Caspian said, pacing. "He must have had contingencies in place. Allies on the Council who'd move against you if he was captured.""Can they actually remove me?""Technically, yes. If enough Council members vote against you, they can declare you unfit to rule. It's never been done bef
BOUGHT BY THE BEAST CHAPTER 37: Interrogation
The dungeons beneath Thorncross Keep smelled like desperation and old stone.I descended the spiral stairs slowly, my ribs still aching from the battle. Caspian wanted to come but I'd refused.This was something I needed to do alone.Two guards stood outside Morgessa's cell. They bowed when they saw me."Your Majesty. Are you sure you want to--" "Open it."They exchanged glances but obeyed.The cell door swung open with a rusty groan.Morgessa sat on a stone bench, wrapped in silver chains covered in suppression runes. She looked up when I entered."Your Majesty," she said mockingly. "Come to gloat?""Come to get answers.""I have nothing to say to you.""You attacked my kingdom. Sided with the Shadow Court. Nearly got hundreds of people killed." I leaned against the cell wall. "You're going to die for this. The only question is whether you talk first."She laughed. "Threatening me? How delightfully predictable.""Not threatening. Stating facts." I studied her. "What did they promise
BOUGHT BY THE BEAST CHAPTER 36: The Siege Begins
The throne room was chaos.Warriors running in every direction. Healers setting up triage stations. Council members shouting conflicting orders.I limped in still pulling on armor, Caspian at my side."Report!" he barked.A guard captain turned. "Three breach points. East wall, south gate, and they're tunneling under the west tower. Shadow Court mages are creating portals. We can't stop them all.""Morgessa?" I asked."Leading the assault on the east wall. Your Majesty, she's summoning things. Creatures from the void. Untouchable creatures."Just like the Shade.Perfect."How long can we hold?" Caspian demanded."Hours. Maybe less if they keep opening portals.""Evacuate the civilians. Seal the--"Another explosion cut him off. The entire building shook.Through the bond, I felt Caspian's cold calculation. We were outmatched. Outnumbered. And fighting enemies we barely understood."We need to close the portals," Ezra said, appearing with a bloody sword. "That's their supply line. Cut
BOUGHT BY THE BEAST CHAPTER 35: The Price of Survival
The power felt like being torn apart from the inside.Not pain exactly. Worse. Like every cell in my body was being rewritten. Replaced. Transformed into something else entirely.I couldn't stop screaming.Through the bond, I felt Caspian's terror. His desperate need to intervene."Don't move," Nyx called out to wherever he was hiding. "If you disrupt the ritual now, she dies. Painfully."The ritual circle pulsed brighter. The symbols on the ground began to crawl up my legs like living things.The void corruption in my arm reacted violently. The frozen shadows started moving again, fighting against whatever Nyx was doing.Two types of darkness warring inside me."That's it," Nyx murmured. "Let them fight. Let the void burn out against the shadow. That's how purification works.""You said... you said you'd cure me," I gasped between screams."I am curing you. The void will be gone. Completely." She circled the ritual space, chanting in a language I didn't recognize. "But nature abhors
BOUGHT BY THE BEAST CHAPTER 9: Breaking Point
Caspian's phone rang at three in the morning.I jerked awake, disoriented, reaching for a gun that wasn't there. The safe house bedroom was dark except for the glow of Caspian's screen as he answered."Talk," he said, voice rough with sleep.I couldn't hear the other side of
最終更新日 : 2026-03-17BOUGHT BY THE BEAST CHAPTER 7: The Hunt Begins
Getting ready to hunt people who wanted us dead turned out to involve a lot more weapons than I expected.David arrived an hour later with a duffel bag that looked like it could arm a small militia. He dumped it on the kitchen table and started pulling out guns, knives, and things I didn't even hav
最終更新日 : 2026-03-17BOUGHT BY THE BEAST CHAPTER 17: Preparations
The next morning, I woke up sore.Not the bad kind of sore. The kind that came from Caspian proving, repeatedly, that he was very happy about me agreeing to be his queen.Worth it.I stretched, felt muscles protest, and immediately decided I didn't care.Caspian was already awake, sitting shirtless
最終更新日 : 2026-03-17BOUGHT BY THE BEAST CHAPTER 19: Trial by Combat
The hall erupted.Voices shouting. Some supporting Morgessa's challenge. Others protesting. The noise was deafening.Caspian's rage exploded through the bond so violently I actually stumbled."No." His voice cut through the chaos like a blade. "Absolutely not.""You cannot refuse a formal challenge
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