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