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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 26

Arrests in Whitehall

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

By midnight, the news had detonated across London and the global financial capitals like a magnitude-eight earthquake. The *Financial Times*, *Reuters*, *Le Figaro*, and the *BBC* broadcast breaking bulletins detailing the sensational arrest of Lord Jeffrey Vance and Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Thorpe at the Royal Navy Gala. Headlines screamed across social media: *MARITIME TITAN CRUSHES PREDATORY RAID*, *DELACROIX MARITIME VINDICATED*, *DUKE AND DUCHESS OF GREYSTONE TRIUMPHANT AT GREENWICH*. Inside the…

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