The book ends with a highly eventful birthday party with Christian. Conflicts with Kate and Elena are neatly wrapped up, and the villain of the next book is revealed. So stay tuned for that once the podcast restarts in 2026!

Content warnings for this chapter: invasion of privacy, kinkshame, toxic family dynamics, anger issues, references to child grooming, discussion of mental illness/saneism, discussion of risk in kinks: mentions of needle play, rope bondage, breath play/choking, nerve damage, death.

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