Chapter 52 A Kiss in the Quiet
Chapter 52 – A Kiss in the Quiet
The house was too still. The kind of quiet that wasn’t peaceful, but waiting. Like the air held its breath. Like the walls were listening. I padded through the hallway barefoot, the cool wooden floor grounding me in the dark. I didn’t know what I was looking for. Ma...
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Chapters
1. Chapter One – Three Jobs and No Future
2. Chapter Two – Blood on the Contract
3. Chapter Three – “Lot Thirty-One”
4. Chapter Four – The Brothers
5. Chapter Five – The Ride
6. Chapter Six – The Father
7. Chapter Seven – Settling the Dust

8. Chapter Eight – The Second Summons

9. Chapter Nine – Unread Pages

10. Chapter Ten – Obedience and Observation

11. Chapter Eleven – Masks and Mirrors

12. Chapter Twelve – The Dinner Table, Part 1

13. Chapter Thirteen – The Dinner Table, Part II

14. Chapter Fourteen – Ash and Thorns

15. Chapter Fifteen – The Sleeping Branch

16. Chapter Sixteen – Faultlines in Silence

17. Chapter Seventeen – Lines That Blur

18. Chapter Eighteen – The Name Buried in Ash

19. Chapter Nineteen – The Weight of Blood

20. Chapter Twenty – The Woman They Sent For

21. Chapter Twenty-One – By Invitation or Fire

22. Chapter Twenty-Two – What Cain Remembers

23. Chapter Twenty-Three – Ink and Intention

24. Chapter Twenty-Four – “The Third Path”

25. Chapter Twenty-Five Begin With Fire

26. Chapter Twenty-Six – Every Door Closed

27. Chapter Twenty-Seven – First Flame

28. Chapter Twenty-Eight –Lines We Cross

29. Chapter Twenty-Nine – Terms of Power

30. Chapter Thirty –The Vault Below

31. Chapter Thirty-One – Blood Knows the Way

32. Chapter Thirty-Two – What Remains

33. Chapter Thirty-Three – Something Has Shifted

34. Chapter Thirty-Four –Knock at the Door

35. Chapter Thirty-Five –The Message Sent

36. Chapter Thirty-Six –Three May Pass

37. Chapter Thirty-Seven –What They Already Know

38. Chapter Thirty-Eight –Uninvited Ties

39. Chapter Thirty-Nine –Root and Flame

40. Chapter Forty – The Edge of Dream

41. Chapter Forty-One –Woven Memory

42. Chapter Forty-Two –Unspoken, Remembered

43. Chapter Forty-Three –The Path She Left Behind

44. Chapter Forty-Four –The Price of Becoming

45. Chapter Forty-Five –The Second Layer

46. Chapter Forty-Six – What She Sealed Away

47. Chapter 47: Tethered Perception

48. Chapter 48- A Study in Firelight

49. Chapter 49: Summoned

50. Chapter 50 – The Council Hall

51. Chapter 51 – Aftermath

52. Chapter 52 A Kiss in the Quiet

53. Chapter 53- Cain’s Calling Card

54. Chapter 54- – Breaking the Seal

55. Chapter 55 – First Intimate Moment

56. Chapter 56 – What the Memory Showed


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