Chapter 11 The rival champion
The second heartbeat did not return.
Naya sat on the edge of the bed in the western suite, one hand pressed beneath her ribs, waiting for the slow, unfamiliar rhythm to start again.
Nothing.
Only her own heart answered.
Fast. Uneven. Human.
She had spent the last hour testing every explanation ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The man beneath the skin
2. Chapter 2 The sovereign's offer
3. Chapter 3 The law of submission
4. Chapter 4 The first blood
5. Chapter 5 The bloodline beneath the ashes
6. Chapter 6 The champion's mark
7. Chapter 7 The price of protection
8. Chapter 8 The wolf in the mirror
9. Chapter 9 Terms of the cage
10. Chapter 10 The bone reader
11. Chapter 11 The rival champion
12. Chapter 12 The trial bell
13. Chapter 13 The council's smile
14. Chapter 14 The wolf at her back
15. Chapter 15 The unwanted witness
16. Chapter 16 The ash house
17. Chapter 17 Smoke memory
18. Chapter 18 The missing guardian
19. Chapter 19 A debt in blood
20. Chapter 20 The second match
21. Chapter 21 The empty podium
22. Chapter 22 The Archivist
23. Chapter 23 The name Beneath the name
24. Chapter 24 The unspoken father
25. Chapter 25 The Black Thorn invitation
26. Chapter 26 The palace lockdown
27. Chapter 27 The guard's confession
28. Chapter 28 The law's teeth
29. Chapter 29 The public refusal
30. Chapter 30 The sovereign's mistake
31. Chapter 31 The third match
32. Chapter 32 The seal under the tongue
33. Chapter 33 The night hunt
34. Chapter 34 The unfinished warning
35. Chapter 35 The father's shadow
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