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⚠️ Mature Content Warning:
          	This chapter contains explicit adult themes, sexual content, power dynamics, and references to alcohol use. Intended for 18+ readers only. Reader discretion advised.
          	New Chapter Live.
          	
          	Chapter 5: The Liturgy of the Dark Page is now up on The Price of Ruin.
          	
          	Sandy doesn’t cross a physical line tonight.
          	She crosses a psychological one.
          	
          	A quiet house.
          	A glass of wine.
          	A dark book that reads a little too much like her own life.
          	
          	And a decision that cannot be undone.
          	
          	Some awakenings don’t happen in daylight.
          	They happen in the dark… when no one is watching.
          	
          	Read now — and tell me:
          	Is this empowerment… or self-destruction?

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⚠️ Mature Content Warning:
          This chapter contains explicit adult themes, sexual content, power dynamics, and references to alcohol use. Intended for 18+ readers only. Reader discretion advised.
          New Chapter Live.
          
          Chapter 5: The Liturgy of the Dark Page is now up on The Price of Ruin.
          
          Sandy doesn’t cross a physical line tonight.
          She crosses a psychological one.
          
          A quiet house.
          A glass of wine.
          A dark book that reads a little too much like her own life.
          
          And a decision that cannot be undone.
          
          Some awakenings don’t happen in daylight.
          They happen in the dark… when no one is watching.
          
          Read now — and tell me:
          Is this empowerment… or self-destruction?

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It’s about choice.
          
          Laurel stops running.
          She reaches for Robert — not to fill a void, but because she wants him.
          She faces her past — not to relive it, but to understand it.
          And when the past calls her back… she doesn’t go.
          
          For the first time, she sees the pattern clearly:
          Her mother’s silence.
          Her father’s control.
          The smallness. The distance.
          
          And she decides not to carry them forward.
          
          Wanting is about desire without self-sabotage.
          About choosing connection instead of chaos.
          About recognizing manipulation — and walking away anyway.
          
          This is the chapter where Laurel doesn’t stay small.

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Chapter 4: The Architecture of a Lie is now live on The Price of Ruin.
          
          Sandy crosses a line tonight.
          Not with her body.
          With her mind.
          
          She builds a lie brick by brick…
          and Javi tears it down in seconds.
          
          The bridge isn’t just a setting.
          It’s a decision.
          
          Read it now and tell me —
          Is she already cheating… or hasn’t she crossed the line yet?

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Headline: THE POWER HAS SHIFTED. ️
          
          Hey everyone! Chapter 11: The Root of the Obsidian is officially LIVE!
          
          If you thought Wen was just a guest in Valerius’s Keep, think again. The mouse just found the "Marrow" of the fortress, and the rules of the house have been rewritten. We finally get a look at the source of Valerius's power... and Wen is tired of being the only one kept in the dark.
          
          Prepare yourselves: The Sovereign Pair has arrived.
          
          Check out the update now and let me know in the comments: Are you ready for Wen to finally be the one holding the leash? ✨
          
          
           #TheGoldenYoke #DarkRomance #SovereignPair #NewChapter

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A Garden Grow - 
          She didn’t sleep.
          
          She didn’t run.
          
          She finally told the truth.
          
          In Chapter 53, Laurel sits with the wreckage she created — not to punish herself, but to understand it. The late-night text. The breadcrumbing. The Ring videos. The fear of being seen.
          
          For the first time, she sees herself through Robert’s eyes.
          
          And it breaks her open.

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The Price of Ruin
          
          New Chapter Live.
          
          Chapter 3: The Fractured Mirror is now up on The Price of Ruin.
          
          This chapter is memory.
          It’s temptation.
          It’s the collision between who Sandy pretends to be… and who she becomes when no one is watching.
          
          Safety has a cost.
          Desire has a price.
          
          She’s standing at the edge now.
          
          Read it and tell me — what would you choose?

kageyamasatoru

hi friend!! tysm for voting on some chapters of my lee know fic spring morning!! no pressure at all, but if you’d be willing to vote on chapter 24 too, it would be so so appreciated!! i posted it on my message board as well. tysm again and have a wonderful day!! ❤️