Chapter 21 Chapter 21: The Lure
The council chamber still carried the faint, acrid ghost of smoke from Father’s pyre. I could smell it on my clothes, in my hair, like the grief had soaked into my skin and refused to leave. We had barely stepped out of that suffocating room where the elders had tried to carve up his legacy befo...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Chapter 1: The Ultimatum
2. Chapter 2 Chapter 2: The Negotiation
3. Chapter 3 Chapter 3: The Ceremony
4. Chapter 4 Chapter 4: First Night as Mates
5. Chapter 5 Chapter 5: Hostile Territory
6. Chapter 6 Chapter 6: Cracks in the Armor
7. Chapter 7 Chapter 7: Uneasy Alliance
8. Chapter 8 Chapter 8: Walls and Whispers
9. Chapter 9 Chapter 9: Testing Loyalties
10. Chapter 10 Chapter 10: Brother's Shadow
11. Chapter 11 Chapter 11: Family Ties
12. Chapter 12 Chapter 12: Hidden Doubts
13. Chapter 13 Chapter 13: Fractured Trust
14. Chapter 14 Chapter 14: The Pull of Secrets
15. Chapter 15 Chapter 15: Rising Stakes
16. Chapter 16 Chapter 16: The Edge of War
17. Chapter 17 Chapter 17: Shadows from the Past
18. Chapter 18 Chapter 18: Fractured Light
19. Chapter 19 Chapter 19: Ashes and Ambition
20. Chapter 20 Chapter 20: Fractured Alliances
21. Chapter 21 Chapter 21: The Lure
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