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In Contract With the Billionaire

Chapter 40 The Cost of Standing

Word Count: 1631    |    Released on: 03/01/2026

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1 Chapter 1 Seven Days to Zero2 Chapter 2 Blackwood Holdings: The Terms of Control3 Chapter 3 The woman who never left4 Chapter 4 The Price of Standing Tall5 Chapter 5 When the Ground Is Gone6 Chapter 6 The Cost of Being Seen7 Chapter 7 The Hand Behind the Curtain8 Chapter 8 After the Throne, Before the Storm9 Chapter 9 The Silence After the Storm10 Chapter 10 The Strategist11 Chapter 11 Open Ground12 Chapter 12 Controlled Exposure13 Chapter 13 The Cost of Transparency14 Chapter 14 Open Witness15 Chapter 15 Choosing the Line16 Chapter 16 The First Strike17 Chapter 17 Lines in the Sand18 Chapter 18 The Countermove19 Chapter 19 When the Shadows Step Into the Light20 Chapter 20 Lines That Can't Be Erased21 Chapter 21 The Ones Who Never Left22 Chapter 22 The Private Reckoning23 Chapter 23 Public Reckoning24 Chapter 24 Terms of Exposure25 Chapter 25 The Coordinates26 Chapter 26 Aftershock27 Chapter 27 The Shape of Truth28 Chapter 28 The Cost of Speaking29 Chapter 29 What Survives the Fire30 Chapter 30 The Cost of Being Known31 Chapter 31 The Weight of Standing32 Chapter 32 Lines That Burn33 Chapter 33 The Vote That Broke the Silence34 Chapter 34 When the Ground Pushes Back35 Chapter 35 When Silence Is No Longer for Sale36 Chapter 36 The Day the Mask Slipped37 Chapter 37 What Breaks First38 Chapter 38 Collateral39 Chapter 39 The Shape of Loyalty40 Chapter 40 The Cost of Standing41 Chapter 41 Open Inquiry42 Chapter 42 The Witness Who Blinked43 Chapter 43 Shadows and Leverage44 Chapter 44 When Power Draws Blood45 Chapter 45 Lines Drawn in Daylight46 Chapter 46 The Cost of Standing Where Everyone Can See You47 Chapter 47 The Cost of Choosing Sides48 Chapter 48 When Loyalty Is Put on Trial49 Chapter 49 The Line He Crosses50 Chapter 50 What Survives the War51 Chapter 51 The Coordinators52 Chapter 52 When we stand Together53 Chapter 53 Cleaved lines54 Chapter 54 Shadows at the Gate55 Chapter 55 When the Mask Refuses to Hold56 Chapter 56 The Room Where Power Lies57 Chapter 57 The Day Power Changed Hands58 Chapter 58 Power Without Permission59 Chapter 59 The Silence That Divides60 Chapter 60 Commitment Without Cover61 Chapter 61 The Cost of Speaking First62 Chapter 62 The Perimeter Closes63 Chapter 63 The Cost of Us Together64 Chapter 64 Choices Under Fire65 Chapter 65 The Uncrossed lines66 Chapter 66 Testing the Lines67 Chapter 67 Lines They Can't Touch68 Chapter 68 Commitment Without Safety69 Chapter 69 Now We Draw the Lines70 Chapter 70 The Edge of the Storm71 Chapter 71 The Final Gambit72 Chapter 72 The Dawn of Ours73 Chapter 73 United Front74 Chapter 74 What Power Builds When the War Ends75 Chapter 75 The Price of Inheritance76 Chapter 76 The Shape of a Future No One Can Steal77 Chapter 77 The Narrative Strike78 Chapter 78 The Weight of What Comes Next79 Chapter 79 The Price of Standing Unprotected80 Chapter 80 Where Control Finally Breaks81 Chapter 81 The Vacuum That Pulls82 Chapter 82 The Quiet Architecture of Power83 Chapter 83 Shadows at the Threshold84 Chapter 84 Domestic Frontlines85 Chapter 85 The First Incursion86 Chapter 86 Encroaching Shadows87 Chapter 87 The Quiet Weapon88 Chapter 88 When the Ground Shifts89 Chapter 89 The Line That Bleeds90 Chapter 90 The Lineage Play91 Chapter 91 The Siege Within92 Chapter 92 Lines Drawn in Blood and Steel93 Chapter 93 The First True Breach94 Chapter 94 The Price of Visibility95 Chapter 95 The Weight of Being Unhidden96 Chapter 96 The Line Between Truth and Theater97 Chapter 97 The End of the War98 Chapter 98 What Endures