Synopsis

No rape SLOW BURN "Your bed is cold," spoke a voice in the room that had her eyes go wide in fear. Nervously, she turned around, gulping softly to see a shadow on her bed as if someone laid down there. The man who had been lying down sat up emerging out from the shadows where he had been waiting for her.

"What are you doing here?" she asked when his feet touched the ground and he pushed himself up to start walking towards her. His handsome features looked darker than usual because of the lack of light in the room.

"I came to meet you," he tilted his head, "Where did you go?"

"I went out for a walk," came the quick reply that had him smile, a smile that scared her the most.

She took a step back when he came close to her. It didn't stop him from cornering her, and her back hit the wall behind her. He raised his hand towards her face, and she closed her eyes, scared. She shuddered when his fingers trail down from her temple and her jaw and neck. Her blonde hair was left open.

"In the middle of the night?" she didn't answer him knowing he could decipher her lies through her words. He stepped closer that had her turn her face away from him and his words vibrated on the skin of her neck,

"Did you go to meet him, my sweet girl?"

-- Despite her protests, Madeline Harris is dragged to the Hawthorne’s annual masquerade ball along with her older sister in order to find rich husbands. Madeline gives her best effort to spend the evening unnoticed by anyone, but a silver-masked stranger returns her missing scarf before requesting to dance with her. After spending the rest of the evening evading his eager, and arguably aggressive, approach, she returns home only to have a betrothal letter from the King arrive at her house the next day.

Enter his Royal Highness Calhoun Hawthrone, the narcissistic and self-obsessed despot of the entire Devon region, the silver-masked stranger, a man who never takes no for an answer because he never had to.

Coerced into agreeing to a union with the most selfish and evil man she has ever met, will Madeline find a way to escape his clutches and marry the tailor of her dreams before living the simple life she always desired? Or must she accept becoming the wife and queen of a man who treats people as things?

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The Crown's Obsession

Catalog:

-1. Note before you read

1. Excerpt
2. Invitation
3. Tailor's door
4. Worry
5. Preparation to go
6. Grand Ball: Hallow- Part 1
7. Grand Ball: Hallow- Part 2
8. The girl in white
9. Amidst the crowd
10. Illusion
11. Behind the pillars
12. Prisoner
13. Watching you
14. Returning back
15. Sisterly affection
16. Suitor at house
17. The order
18. Uncontrollable thoughts
19. Doubting the invitation
20. Meeting him
21. The King
22. Grand Table
23. Revealing Intentions
24. Tearing away
25. Stealing what is mine
26. Friction
27. Axe and woods
28. Luxurious room
29. Troubled maids
30. Making me jealous?
31. Making myself comfortable
32. Interests
33. The ire
34. Messenger
35. Disciplining her
36. Dressing or undressing
37. At the table
38. Not interested
39. Fountain
40. Jittering nerves
41. Come and pat
42. The fool- Part 1
43. The fool- Part 2
44. The fool- Part 3
45. Try and escape- Part 1
46. Try and escape- Part 2
47. Lies- Part 1
48. Lies- Part 2
49. She's not here- Part 1
50. She's not here- Part 2
51. Pausing the carriage- Part 1
52. Pausing the carriage- Part 2
53. Provoking- Part 1
54. Provoking- Part 2
55. Wounded leg- Part 1
56. Wounded leg- Part 2
57. Pretty lips- Part 1
58. Pretty lips- Part 2
59. Cage and shackles- Part 1
60. Cage and shackles- Part 2
61. Cage and shackles- Part 3
62. Anxious nerves- Part 1
63. Anxious nerves- Part 2
64. Beating heart- Part 1
65. Beating heart- Part 2
66. Paints- Part 1
67. Paints- Part 2
68. Big bad wolf- Part 1
69. Big bad wolf- Part 2
70. I see you- Part 1
71. I see you- Part 2
72. The coat- Part 1
73. The coat- Part 2
74. Back- Part 1
75. Back- Part 2
76. Scraps- Part 1
77. Scraps- Part 2
78. Souvenir- Part 1
79. Souvenir- Part 2
80. King and the tailor man- Part 1
81. King and the tailor man- Part 2
82. King and the tailor man- Part 3
83. Doubts- Part 1
84. Doubts- Part 2
85. Doubts- Part 3
86. I will take care of you- Part 1
87. I will take care of you- Part 2
88. I will take care of you- Part 3
89. List of adjectives- Part 1
90. List of adjectives- Part 2
91. List of adjectives- Part 3
92. Dungeons- Part 1
93. Dungeons- Part 2
94. Dungeons- Part 3
95. Innocence- Part 1
96. Innocence- Part 2
97. Innocence- Part 3
98. Whispers on the lips- Part 1
99. Whispers on the lips- Part 2
100. Whispers on the lips- Part 3
101. Savouring the drops- Part 1
102. Savouring the drops- Part 2
103. Savouring the drops- Part 3
104. Gossips- Part 1
105. Gossips- Part 2
106. Time on scaffold- Part 1
107. Time on scaffold- Part 2
108. Time on scaffold- Part 3
109. Please- Part 1
110. Please- Part 2
111. Please- Part 3
112. Nothing goes unnoticed- Part 1
113. Nothing goes unnoticed- Part 2
114. Nothing goes unnoticed- Part 3
115. Cliff- Part 1
116. Cliff- Part 2
117. Cliff- Part 3
118. Thirst for blood- Part 1
119. Thirst for blood- Part 2
120. Thirst for blood- Part 3
121. Kitchen work- Part 1
122. Kitchen work- Part 2
123. Kitchen work- Part 3
124. My meal- Part 1
125. My meal- Part 2
126. My meal- Part 3
127. On the table- Part 1
128. On the table- Part 2
129. On the table- Part 3
130. Hop on- Part 1
131. Hop on - Part 2
132. Hop on- Part 3
133. Who said what- Part 1
134. Who said what- Part 2
135. Who said what- Part 3
136. Not all cages are bad- Part 1
137. Not all cages are bad- Part 2
138. Not all cages are bad- Part 3
139. Terms- Part 1
140. Terms- Part 2
141. Terms- Part 3
142. Unexpected crowd- Part 1
143. Unexpected crowd- Part 2
144. Unexpected crowd- Part 3
145. Tailorman with another lady? - Part 1
146. Tailorman with another lady?- Part 2
147. Tailorman with another lady?- Part 3
148. The warning- Part 1
149. Liquid on the lips- Part 1
150. Liquid on the lips- Part 2
151. Liquid on the lips- Part 3
152. It's too hot! - Part 1
153. It's too hot! - Part 2
154. It is too hot!- Part 3
155. Midnight snack- Part 1
156. Midnight snack- Part 2
157. Midnight snack- Part 3
158. Setting up with another- Part 1
159. Setting up with another- Part 2
160. Setting up with another- Part 3
161. Setting up with another- Part 4
162. Setting up with another- Part 5
163. The girl who is cared- Part 1
164. The girl who is cared- Part 2
165. The weather is changing- Part 1
166. The weather is changing- Part 2
167. The weather is changing- Part 3
168. Trying the gown- Part 1
169. Trying the gown- Part 2
170. Trying the gown- Part 3
171. A dark place- Part 1
172. A dark place- Part 2
173. A dark place- Part 3
174. A dark place- Part 4
175. Visiting in laws- Part 1
176. Visiting in laws- Part 2
177. The news- Part 1
178. The news- Part 2
179. The news- Part 3
180. Stemmed emotions- Part 1
181. Stemmed emotions- Part 2
182. Stemmed emotions- Part 3
183. A second episode- Part 1
184. A second episode- Part 2
185. A second episode- Part 3
186. The prince harming- Part 1
187. The prince harming- Part 2
188. A way out? - Part 1
189. A way out?- Part 2
190. A way out?- Part 3
191. Hunting- Part 1
192. Hunting- Part 2
193. Hunting- Part 3
194. Hunting- Part 4
195. Word is out- Part 1
196. Word is out- Part 2
197. Word is out- Part 3
198. What you wish for- Part 1
199. What you wish for- Part 2
200. What you wish for- Part 3
201. What you wish for- Part 4
202. Preparation for wedding- Part 1
203. Preparation for wedding- Part 2
204. Preparation for wedding- Part 3
205. Spark of fire
206. Help you wear- Part 1
207. Help you wear- Part 2
208. Meeting the families- Part 1
209. Meeting the families- Part 2
210. Meeting the families- Part 3
211. Sitting with you- Part 1
212. Sitting with you- Part 2
213. Sitting with you- Part 3
214. Sitting with you- Part 4
215. Blaring keys and sighs- Part 1
216. Blaring keys and sighs- Part 2
217. Clash of sisters- Part 1
218. Clash of sisters- Part 2
219. Clash of sisters- Part 3
220. Supper in the castle- Part 1
221. Supper in the castle- Part 2
222. In the night- Part 1
223. In the night- Part 2
224. In the night- Part 3
225. In the night- Part 4
226. Cloverleaf- Part 1
227. Cloverleaf- Part 2
228. Findings- Part 1
229. Findings- Part 2
230. Findings- Part 3
231. Findings- Part 4
232. Awake in the bed- Part 1
233. Awake in the bed- Part 2
234. Empty Graves- Part 1
235. Empty Graves- Part 2
236. Empty Graves- Part 3
237. Empty Graves- Part 4
238. The lies- Part 1
239. The lies- Part 2
240. The lies- Part 3
241. Escape- Part 1
242. Escape- Part 2