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She could almost taste the future she wanted to build: a grand college in the heart of Mirapur where no girl would ever have to beg for a chance to learn, and a lavish, white-marbled villa for her mother, where the only work Maryam would ever do was tend to a garden of roses. When the doors hissed open, the air of the city hit her—metallic, cold, and bustling with an energy that felt both electric and predatory. Zara stepped onto the platform, gripping her luggage. She looked up, dazed by the sheer scale of the terminal. She didn't know that beneath the polished marble floors of this city, secrets were buried—secrets of a father she never knew and an empire that had been stolen before she co

The threat against the Empire has been dealt with. The Empress, along with her family and the First Prince were sent to be imprisoned. The Empress didn’t manage to fully implement her plan because of me. Everything in and out of the Palace was back to normal after a few days. The guards that pledged their loyalty to the Empress surrendered and they were banished from the Empire. As for me, while I was recovering, I thought about what I needed to do. I pulled out the book that the scholar gave me. As I opened it, the once boring map suddenly jumped to life. There were colors in a few places and my name suddenly appeared at the bottom of the map where our Empire could be found. A few names pop

Chapter 3 Matthew’s POV The pain is absolute, tearing through my veins like liquid fire. As my physical body convulses on the bed, my fading consciousness sinks into a deep, dark abyss. The suffocating gray walls of the present dissolve, and suddenly, the freezing rain of the city turns into the humid, heavy air of a forest from six years ago. I am pulled back. Back to the nightmare. Back to the truth. “You are finished, Your Majesty,” a voice sneers in the dark.

He told himself he had done worse before, and the empire had survived because of it. Still, the name echoed in his head. Sierralya. He pushed away from the table and crossed the room, stopping at the window. From here, the palace grounds looked calm. Orderly. As if nothing beneath them was rotting. As if there weren’t things buried so deep even he pretended not to remember them. “She’s my daughter,” he said aloud, to no one. The words didn’t change anything. “Dismissed.” The councilors filed out slowly. When the doors finally closed, he was left with just Caspian.

I wiped my trembling hands on my dirty apron, straightened my back with majestic slowness, and fixed Chloe with a stare so icy and so laden with an unspoken promise of destruction that the harpy’s smile vanished instantly as she took a step backward toward the safety of the room. Without uttering a single word of apology, I turned around and walked with firm, flawless steps toward the dark basement stairs. Hunter thought he had gotten rid of a simple, troublesome servant, but in his damned ignorance, the Alpha had just broken the chains that had been holding back an Empress. His worst nightmare had only just begun.

I kept my head bowed, my veiled face toward the floor. But Mateo had already caught my scent. He strode forward, ripping away both my veil and scent blockers in one motion. "Caroline," his lip curled in disgust. "Still here begging for money?" Everly's gasp of surprise was perfectly practiced. "Caroline! The former Luna, serving drinks? How... desperate you must be." The whispers started immediately, cutting like knives. "That's the one who abandoned our Alpha King..." "Left him when he lost his power..."

BENEATH THE FACADE Behind the façade of wealth and power, a web of secrets awaits.. Chapter 66 Emily’s POV: The paper trembled between my fingers, the words blurring as tears slipped freely down my cheeks. I hadn’t even made it halfway through, and yet it felt like the ground beneath me had already cracked open. The letter had been tucked inside an old envelope, faded at the edges, as if time itself had tried to erase its contents. But the ink remained stubborn, each word heavy, like it had waited too long to be read.

"What does this have to do with Bianca? Don’t drag innocent people into our problems." So Bianca was innocent, and I was guilty by default? I clenched my fists, reached for the necklace around my neck, and yanked it off with force. "I never liked diamonds. Take your cheap charity and get lost!" This was probably the first time in my life I had ever cursed. I had truly reached my breaking point. Nathan’s expression darkened. "Sienna, don’t go too far." Just as I was about to retort, a cold, low voice sounded from behind me.

Ash’s blood. “Walk.” The Empress said to me, letting go of my arm. I let my hair fall over my face as I followed her. I knew what was about to happen, and yet all I could think about was that Ash was dead; he was gone, and so was the garden, my little haven. I would never be able to escape this place ever again. She stopped before the huge doors that led to her own chambers. She pushed open the door and pulled me into her private space.

I had dog-eared nearly every other page. I turned to a passage I’d read twice already. She didn’t leave because she stopped loving him. She left because she loved herself just enough to know she deserved more than almost. I stared at the words for a long moment before closing the book and setting it face-down on the sheets. A notification lit up my screen. I swiped down without thinking, expecting something meaningless — a promotional email, a social media update. But it was a headline from one of the major entertainment platforms, and the thumbnail stopped my breath.