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Bound in Velvet Chains
  1. 1. The Cold Altar
  2. 2. The Rules of Greystone Abbey
  3. 3. Defiance in the Gilded Cage
  4. 4. The Royal Ascot Clash 🔒
  5. 5. Whispers in the Carriage 🔒
  6. 6. The Sabotage on the Solent 🔒
  7. 7. Scent of Salt and Storm 🔒
  8. 8. Return to the Moors 🔒
  9. 9. The Library Encounter 🔒
  10. 10. The Unseasonal Blizzard 🔒
  11. 11. Fire in the Velvet Dark 🔒
  12. 12. The First Surrender 🔒
  13. 13. Worship on the Silk 🔒
  14. 14. Morning Frost and Shared Warmth 🔒
  15. 15. The Mediterranean Fleet Crisis 🔒
  16. 16. The French Maritime Infiltration 🔒
  17. 17. The High-Stakes Auction at the Palais de la Bourse 🔒
  18. 18. Ambush in the Old Port 🔒
  19. 19. Haven on Cap Ferrat 🔒
  20. 20. Unmasking the London Syndicate 🔒
  21. 21. A Vow by the Azure Sea 🔒
  22. 22. The London Admiralty Ball 🔒
  23. 23. The High-Stakes Waltz 🔒
  24. 24. Confrontation in the Admiralty Study 🔒
  25. 25. The Hostile Takeover Crushed 🔒
  26. 26. Arrests in Whitehall 🔒
  27. 27. The Mayfair Celebration 🔒
  28. 28. A True Proposal 🔒
  29. 29. Blessing at Greystone Abbey 🔒
  30. 30. Consummation of the Vows 🔒
  31. 31. The Launch of the Aurelia 🔒
  32. 32. The Secret Revealed 🔒
  33. 33. The Duke's Knees 🔒
  34. 34. The Birth of Tristan Alexander 🔒
  35. 35. Bound by Love: The Eternal Legacy 🔒

Chapter 22

The London Admiralty Ball

Bound in Velvet Chains · Genevieve Du Pont · 6 min read

The Painted Hall of the Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich was a masterpiece of English baroque magnificence. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Nicholas Hawksmoor, its soaring forty-foot ceilings and monumental walls were covered in Sir James Thornhill's epic allegorical frescoes depicting British naval supremacy, winged triumphs, and classical maritime deities bathed in golden celestial light. On this brisk November evening, the historic hall was illuminated by two hundred…

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