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Chapter 1

Seven days after the coronation, Lucien Arden finally came to Silverleaf Palace.He wore the gold-and-ivory robes of the emperor, tall and immaculate, and he stood in the middle of the hall like a pine on a snowfield—magnificent and entirely removed from everything around him.“Evelyn.” His voice wa

Chapter 2

Evelyn spent the entire night on the cloak.White fox fur, lined and edged with fine embroidery—warm enough for the coldest month and handsome enough for an empress.At first light she carried it to Aurelia Palace herself.Rosalind was seated before her mirror while her attendants dressed her hair.

Chapter 3

Evelyn's eyes flew open.“Your Majesty—”She struggled up onto one arm and caught the hem of his robe with cold, shaking fingers.“Maeve was only—she was only trying to protect me. Please. Spare her.”Lucien looked down at her.Her face was the color of paper. There was blood at the corner of her mo

Chapter 4

Every head in the hall turned.Evelyn was as stunned as any of them.Lucien took the evidence, glanced through it, and his face darkened.Then he threw it in hers.“Evelyn.” His voice was ice. “You disappoint me. That you would dare go after the empress again, and again, and again—”He stopped, and

Chapter 5

Evelyn's head came up. She stared at him, unable to believe it.Lucien avoided her eyes. His voice dropped.“My intelligence service isn't as useless as all that. I know perfectly well who's been stirring the water.”He knew. He knew Rosalind had staged the whole thing from start to finish.The word

Chapter 6

What woke her the second time was the wind—cold, and screaming past her ears.Evelyn got her eyes open with an effort and found herself very high above the ground, her hands lashed behind her with coarse rope, unable to move.Beside her, bound the same way, was Rosalind—in full imperial dress, and s

Chapter 7

“Hah! Wonderful! What a devoted man you are!”Cassian threw his head back and howled, then signaled his men. Rosalind's ropes were cut and she was shoved toward the narrow door that led down to safety.She half ran, half fell down the stair, and threw herself into Lucien's arms, sobbing.Cassian tur

Chapter 8

The maids and attendants had gone down onto their knees the length of the room. The crying hadn't even started before the doors were slammed open by main force.Lucien came through them.He shoved aside the physician kneeling at the bedside—so hard the old man staggered and went down.“What false re

Chapter 9

Still nothing.Lionel watched his emperor sit there holding the cooling body of his consort, undone, with nothing left of his bearing at all, and was horrified—and made himself go forward anyway, because someone had to.“Your—Your Majesty.” It came out thinner than a thread. “Her ladyship's funeral

Chapter 10

Memory came at him the way a flood comes through a broken gate—all at once, carrying an old pain with a fresh edge on it, and it went over his head.He thought of their wedding night.The bridal candles burning tall. Evelyn in white, sitting quietly on the edge of the bed.He had lifted the veil and

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