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Chapter 1 - A Past That Didn't Ask Permission -

Word Count: 865    |    Released on: 11/07/2025

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Lagos, the city's pulse humming beneath her heels. From up here, everything loo

espite the steam. A child's drawing was tacked to the wall beside her

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the glass

refully. "The investor from

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say...

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she replied. "Let's star

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slowly, "to face

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1 Chapter 1 - A Past That Didn't Ask Permission -2 Chapter 2 - The Price of Silence -3 Chapter 3 - Not Every Door Stays Closed -4 Chapter 4 - Things Better Left Buried -5 Chapter 5 - Beneath Every Smile, A Secret -6 Chapter 6 - Exposure Has a Price -7 Chapter 7 - The Name She Didn't Choose -8 Chapter 8 - The Echo Between Every Second -9 Chapter 9 - The Price of Silence -10 Chapter 10 - When Justice Comes Home -11 Chapter 11 - The Calm Before Rebuilding -12 Chapter 12 - Threads of Power -13 Chapter 13 - The Knife Behind the Smile -14 Chapter 14 - A Cornered Queen Bites -15 Chapter 15 Faultlines Beneath Forgiveness16 Chapter 16 - When Truth Isn't Enough -17 Chapter 17 - The War Behind Closed Doors -18 Chapter 18 - The Inheritance Clause -19 Chapter 19 - The Envelope -20 Chapter 20 - Planting Doubt -21 Chapter 21 - The Ultimatum -22 Chapter 22 - Burn Notice -23 Chapter 23 - When the Fire Spreads -24 Chapter 24 - Character Assassination -25 Chapter 25 - The Boy with No Name -26 Chapter 26 - When Ghosts Reach for Blood -27 Chapter 27 - The Courtroom Bargain -28 Chapter 28 - When Ashes Build a Throne -29 Chapter 29 - New Thrones, New Wolves -30 Chapter 30 - The Crowned Lioness -31 Chapter 31 - The Enemy Inside the Gates -32 Chapter 32 - Beneath the Empire's Skin -33 Chapter 33 - The Predator's Last Strike -34 Chapter 34 - The Rise of the Untouchable -35 Chapter 35 - The Cost of the Throne -36 Chapter 36 - The Devil's Deal -37 Chapter 37 - Whispers Beneath Thrones -38 Chapter 38 - A Kingdom's Temptation -39 Chapter 39 - The Silent Siege -40 Chapter 40 - The Ghost of Evelyn -41 Chapter 41 - Baiting the Lioness -