All Chapters of The Queen's Gambit Of Ashes : Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

I had imagined this moment so many times that I had forgotten how impossible it was to prepare for something you never truly believed would happen. "Miss Westwood," I said, forcing my voice to remain steady. "Leander Knox." I extended my hand. She looked at it briefly before placing hers in mine.

~ Aveline's Pov ~ "You're pale." Ivan's voice reached me before I could prepare myself for his presence. I turned my head and found him standing a few steps away, his ice-blue eyes fixed on my face. Behind him, the terrace door remained open, allowing the music and conversation from the ballroom

The Whitmores had not recognised me. Leander had come close, but he had no proof, and I had given him no reason to believe his suspicions. Everything had gone according to plan. So why did I feel as though I had lost something all over again? The sound of the front door opening pulled me from my

I didn't sleep last night. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw the girl in the footage. Her face was mine, her features almost perfect, and her movements close enough to fool anyone who had known me only from a distance. Yet, the longer I thought about the video, the more certain I became that someo

"Could it have been done recently?" I asked. "Some of the processing may have happened later, but the evidence suggests the audio was prepared as part of the same overall operation as the video. I can't give you an exact date for every edit yet, but whoever assembled it had access to several record