LOGINGEORGINA'S POV, The safe house was on the outer edge of the city, tucked behind a row of buildings that had been abandoned. It was exactly the kind of place that didn't exist on any map anyone important looked at—unremarkable, forgettable, useful. I had three of them positioned across the kingdom
GEORGINA'S POV, I had known Anil for long enough to understand that his greatest flaw was also the thing that had once made me want him, he actually believed in things. Not strategically, not as performance, but genuinely, the way people believe in things when no one has yet taught them how expensi
ELIAS'S POV, I had been in enough rooms like this one to recognize the architecture of a trap before anyone bothered to spring it. Karlson was the provocateur, that much was obvious within the first few minutes of watching him work. He had the particular gift of people who had spent decades inside
ELIAS'S POV, I was seven years old the first time I saw her. My father had taken me to one of those gatherings. The noble families dressed it up as celebrations but were really just exercises in demonstrating power—who stood where, who spoke first, who had the finest clothes and the most polished
ELENA'S POV, Something shifted before anyone said a word. It wasn't loud or obvious, but I felt it, the way a room changes when danger decides to walk in and make itself comfortable. Andrew's warning still echoed in my ears, low and controlled but sharp enough to cut through everything else. Stay
ANDREW'S POV, Something ate at my nerves once we realised that neither of us were ready to move back. It pulled my mind from them and their smug looks. I thought about the bigger picture, the dirty politics that had ruined this kingdom for years. Every deal hid a knife. Every promise was a trick
But then the voice inside me whispered back, ‘What if she becomes like her one day?’I cried harder when the fear gripped my heart. I didn't want Elena to be cruel like my mother. I was afraid that I might have to live in fear once again. My tears dripped onto my knees, leaving little wet spots on m
ELENA'S POV,“I will love you, my little girl, the same way I have loved you when you were alive.”He looked up at the sky with tears in his eyes. The camera zoomed in on his face to capture his fake emotions for the audience at home to see and sympathise with. It was truly ridiculous, especially wh
When she lifted her hand and pressed it against my chest, everything inside me shattered.“Not now. Not today. Just… promise me we’ll be honest about what we are. With each other at least, even if we can't find it in ourselves to tell Ollie the truth.” Her touch was soft, yet it carried a lot of str
ELENA'S POV,When Olivia finally stopped crying, and only the dried mark of tears remained on her face, I tried to move away from Ryan, but she refused to let me leave her side. She held my hand the whole evening, even when her eyes were already heavy with sleep. She didn't let go of my hand, probab







