1Chapter 1: The Usurper’s Shadow Over Richmond
41Chapter 41: The Weight of a Monarch’s Hand
2Chapter 2: A Gown of Silver Sorrows
42Chapter 42: A Duel of Wills and Whalebone
3Chapter 3: The Scent of Salt and Malmsey
43Chapter 43: The Low-Born King’s Command
4Chapter 4: The Iron-Shod King’s Decree
44Chapter 44: Shadows in the Long Gallery
5Chapter 5: Whalebone and Whispers
45Chapter 45: To Tame a Noble Heart
6Chapter 6: The Bishop’s Blessing, The King’s Curse
46Chapter 46: The Scent of Gunpowder and Rosewater
7Chapter 7: To Wed a Weakling, To Serve a Wolf
47Chapter 47: A Bed of Thorns and Cloth of Gold
8Chapter 8: The Ancient Law of Prima Nocta
48Chapter 48: The Queen of His Darkest Hours
9Chapter 9: A Sacrifice in Heavy Damask
49Chapter 49: Secrets Behind the Oak Wainscot
10Chapter 10: The Corridor of Whispering Tapestries
50Chapter 50: The Lure of the Rogue’s Embrace
11Chapter 11: Beneath the Weight of the Crown
51Chapter 51: A Tightening of the Silken Stays
12Chapter 12: The First Unlacing
52Chapter 52: The Salt-Stained Scepter
13Chapter 13: To Kneel Before a Pirate
53Chapter 53: Blood on the Ermine
14Chapter 14: A Draught of Liquid Fire
54Chapter 54: The Dance of Class and Cruelty
15Chapter 15: The Resistance of Stiffened Silk
55Chapter 55: A Duchess in Despair
16Chapter 16: Sovereignty of the Flesh
56Chapter 56: The King’s Private Plunder
17Chapter 17: The Pillage of Richmond Palace
57Chapter 57: A Storm Within the Palace Walls
18Chapter 18: A Duchess Disgraced
58Chapter 58: The Heart is a Treacherous Prize
19Chapter 19: The Dawn of the First Night
59Chapter 59: The Breaking of the Duchess’s Spirit
20Chapter 20: No Return to the Betrothed
60Chapter 60: A Corset of Iron Will
21Chapter 21: The King’s Private Solar
61Chapter 61: The Privateer’s Absolute Possession
22Chapter 22: The Gilded Shackles of a Mistress
62Chapter 62: To Rule the Ruined and the Ravished
23Chapter 23: A Sea-Wolf in the Garden
63Chapter 63: Whispers of the Disgraced Earl
24Chapter 24: The Cost of Noble Defiance
64Chapter 64: A Glimpse of the Grey Sea
25Chapter 25: Velvet and Violence
65Chapter 65: The Unlacing of the Soul
26Chapter 26: The Tightening Cincture
66Chapter 66: Bound by a King’s Relentless Decree
27Chapter 27: Bread, Wine, and Bitterness
67Chapter 67: The Price of a Pirate’s Obsession
28Chapter 28: The Rustle of Discarded Pride
68Chapter 68: A Throne of Salt and Bone
29Chapter 29: A Court of Waiting Vultures
69Chapter 69: The Duchess’s Silent Rebellion
30Chapter 30: The Pirate King’s Brand
70Chapter 70: Mastery of the High-Born Pearl
31Chapter 31: A Kirtle Torn Asunder
71Chapter 71: The Last Vestige of Maiden Modesty
32Chapter 32: The Fragrance of Royal Fear
72Chapter 72: A Crown Bought with Privateer’s Blood
33Chapter 33: The Clatter of Steel on Marble
73Chapter 73: The Predator’s Unexpected Softness
34Chapter 34: Master of the Tides and Toils
74Chapter 74: Wrapped in the King’s Royal Colors
35Chapter 35: The High-Born Hostage’s Prayer
75Chapter 75: The Final Submission of Lady Genevieve
36Chapter 36: Submission in Stained Scarlet
76Chapter 76: Sovereignty of the Midnight Hour
37Chapter 37: The Unyielding Grip of the Corset
77Chapter 77: The Pirate King’s Ultimate Spoils
38Chapter 38: A Feast of Fallen Grace
78Chapter 78: To Reign in Ruin and Rapture
39Chapter 39: The Usurper’s Savage Mercy
79Chapter 79: The Unravelling of the Gilded Cage
40Chapter 40: Pearls for a Captive Duchess
80Chapter 80: One Kingdom, One King, One Prize
