Chapter 25: The Name on the Wind

1 Chapter 1: A Marriage I Don’t Remember 

2 Chapter 2: The Poor Husband 

3 Chapter 3: Smoke from the Same Roof 

4 Chapter 3 (continued): Smoke from the Same Roof 

5 Introduction 

6 Chapter 4: The Road to Saving Copper 

7 Chapter 5: Working Hands, Watching Eyes 

8 Chapter 6: A Promise of Eggs 

9 Chapter 7: A Coin Saved, A Favor Earned 

10 Chapter 8: Of Oil, Ash, and Opportunity 

11 Chapter 9: Soap and the Whisper Market 

12 Chapter 10: The First Real Coin 

13 Chapter 11: Whispers at the Doorstep 

14 Chapter 12: From Village to Market 

15 Chapter 13: The Elder’s Warning 

16 Chapter 14: A Businessman's Eyes 

17 Chapter 15: First Step Into the Town 

18 Chapter 16: The Wheels Beneath Their Feet 

19 Chapter 17: Market Days and Full Baskets 

20 Chapter 18: The Shift in the Heart 

21 Chapter 19: Smoke from the Other Yard 

22 Chapter 20: The First Real Risk 

23 Chapter 21: Festival Smoke and Rising Stakes 

24 Chapter 22: The Fair 

25 Chapter 23: Echoes of Envy 

26 Chapter 24: Salt in the Wound 

27 Chapter 25: The Name on the Wind 

28 Chapter 26: Ripples from the Past 

29 Chapter 27: A Life to Protect 

30 Chapter 28: A Home of Their Own 

31 Chapter 29: The Weight of an Empty Box 

32 Chapter 30: Full Hands, Full Heart 

33 Epilogue 

34 Author's Ending Note 