1Chapter 1: The King’s Fragile Favor
41Chapter 41: The Fortress’s Frozen Heart
2Chapter 2: Silk Amidst the Heather
42Chapter 42: Mastery of the Flesh
3Chapter 3: The Shadow of Hadrian’s Reach
43Chapter 43: The King’s Shadow Fades
4Chapter 4: An Ambush of Iron and Ash
44Chapter 44: Bread, Salt, and Absolute Power
5Chapter 5: The Centurion’s Cold Gaze
45Chapter 45: The Breaking of the Rose
6Chapter 6: A Carriage Overturned
46Chapter 46: A Labyrinth of Ancient Lust
7Chapter 7: The Borderlands’ Brutal Law
47Chapter 47: The Roman’s Ruthless Mercy
8Chapter 8: Plucking the Tudor Rose
48Chapter 48: Stiff Stays and Supple Will
9Chapter 9: The Commander’s Dark Threshold
49Chapter 49: The Commander’s Private Plunder
10Chapter 10: A Sanctum of Stone and Fur
50Chapter 50: To Serve at the High Table
11Chapter 11: The Arrogance of Courtly Grace
51Chapter 51: The Weight of His Signet Ring
12Chapter 12: The Roman’s Ancient Decree
52Chapter 52: A Conquest Beyond the Bedchamber
13Chapter 13: Prima Nocta: The Border Toll
53Chapter 53: The Thrum of Ancestral Blood
14Chapter 14: Bound by the Eagle’s Command
54Chapter 54: Laces Tightened by a Master
15Chapter 15: The Weight of Velvet and Stays
55Chapter 55: The Siege of Genevieve’s Soul
16Chapter 16: Kneeling Before the Hearthfire
56Chapter 56: Shadows of the Legionary
17Chapter 17: The Silver Dagger’s Sharp Intent
57Chapter 57: A Property of the Reach
18Chapter 18: The First Lacing Severed
58Chapter 58: The Bitter Sweetness of Ruin
19Chapter 19: Shearing the Silken Cage
59Chapter 59: Her Master’s Heavy Mantle
20Chapter 20: A Gasp in the Candlelight
60Chapter 60: The Reckoning of the Border
21Chapter 21: The Cold Steel Against the Skin
61Chapter 61: A Messenger from the South
22Chapter 22: Stripped of the King’s Finery
62Chapter 62: The King’s Claim Denied
23Chapter 23: The Humiliation of the Bodice
63Chapter 63: Iron Defiance Against the Throne
24Chapter 24: A Master’s Raw Authority
64Chapter 64: The Centurion’s Darkest Vow
25Chapter 25: The Sprawl of the Wolf-Skins
65Chapter 65: A Coronation in the Shadows
26Chapter 26: To Own a Sovereign’s Jewel
66Chapter 66: The Pliant Tudor Prey
27Chapter 27: The Unravelling of Lady Genevieve
67Chapter 67: Beneath the Eagle’s Wing
28Chapter 28: Beneath the Roman’s Heavy Hand
68Chapter 68: The Toll Paid in Full
29Chapter 29: A Thralldom Born of Stone
69Chapter 69: A Thralldom No Law Can Break
30Chapter 30: The Toll of the First Night
70Chapter 70: The Hearth’s Eternal Glow
31Chapter 31: Waking in the Lion’s Den
71Chapter 71: The Surrender of the Silk
32Chapter 32: The Scars of the Borderland
72Chapter 72: Bound by the Dagger’s Mark
33Chapter 33: A Wardrobe of Shifting Power
73Chapter 73: The Commander’s Holy Rite
34Chapter 34: The Commander’s Silent Will
74Chapter 74: A Sovereign Desolation
35Chapter 35: Submission in the Great Hall
75Chapter 75: The Fortress’s New Mistress
36Chapter 36: Pagan Blood and Tudor Pride
76Chapter 76: Blood of Rome, Heart of Tudor
37Chapter 37: The Scent of Musk and Iron
77Chapter 77: The Final Severing of the Laces
38Chapter 38: Defiance Cast to the Flames
78Chapter 78: A Kingdom Forgotten
39Chapter 39: The Eagle’s Unyielding Grip
79Chapter 79: The Conqueror’s Absolute Possession
40Chapter 40: A Ritual of Morning Lace
80Chapter 80: Forever Bound to the Reach
