Chapter 25 The Open Gate
First light came gray and thin.
Ivy stood at the reinforced window and watched the courtyard fill with riders. Damian moved among them with cold precision, final orders, silver-marked weapons, low words to the captains. The wound at his shoulder was freshly bound beneath dark armor, but she felt eve...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Rejection
2. Chapter 2 The King's Choice
3. Chapter 3 Remember your place
4. Chapter 4 The Silver Flame
5. Chapter 5 The Weight of Silence
6. Chapter 6 The Weight of Whispers
7. Chapter 7 The Formal Dinner
8. Chapter 8 The Word He Will Not Say
9. Chapter 9 Blood on the Carpet
10. Chapter 10 The Council Chamber
11. Chapter 11 The Man from the East
12. Chapter 12 The Serpent's Fang
13. Chapter 13 The Price of the Heir
14. Chapter 14 Blood in the Stables
15. Chapter 15 The First Tremor
16. Chapter 16 The Spark Confirmed
17. Chapter 17 The Second Push
18. Chapter 18 The Ride East
19. Chapter 19 Residue
20. Chapter 20 The Public Hearing
21. Chapter 21 The Eastern Postern
22. Chapter 22 Small Doors
23. Chapter 23 Inside the Walls
24. Chapter 24 The Temple Flame
25. Chapter 25 The Open Gate
26. Chapter 26 Silence
27. Chapter 27 The Trail
28. Chapter 28 The Measuring
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