Chapter 25 – The First Shadow Born in Hiding

1 PROLOGUE 

2 Chapter 1 – The Second First Morning 

3 Chapter 2 – The Man Who Doesn’t Believe in Miracles 

4 Chapter 3 – Terms and Conditions of a Heart 

5 Chapter 4 – The First Night Under His Roof 

6 Chapter 5 – The Rules of Staying Alive 

7 Chapter 6 – When the World Notices 

8 Chapter 7 – The First Time He Gets Jealous 

9 Chapter 8 – The Woman Who Knows His Secrets 

10 Chapter 9 – The Night He Almost Loses Her 

11 Chapter 10 – The Day He Claimed Her 

12 Chapter 11 – The Price of Being His Woman 

13 Chapter 12 – When She Breaks in Silence 

14 Chapter 13 – The Thing He Destroyed for Her 

15 Chapter 14 – The Enemy Moves in Daylight 

16 Chapter 15 – When Love Starts Scaring Her More Than Death 

17 Chapter 16 – The Lie She Hides From Him 

18 Chapter 17 – When He Finally Loses Control 

19 Chapter 18 – The Night the World Turned Against Them 

20 Chapter 19 – The Deal That Costs Her Everything 

21 Chapter 20 – When He Finds Out What She Did 

22 Chapter 21 – War Council for Two Hearts 

23 Chapter 22 – The First Time She Chooses Violence Too 

24 Chapter 23 – The Enemy Targets the Child Directly 

25 Chapter 24 – The Place Where No One Should Exist 

26 Chapter 25 – The First Shadow Born in Hiding 

27 Chapter 26 – The Man Who Found Nox Vale 

28 Chapter 27 – The First Blood in the Hidden World 

29 Chapter 28 – What the Child Awakens at Midnight 

30 Chapter 29 – The Man Who Cannot Be Killed Returns 

31 Chapter 30 – When the World Knocks on a Door That No Longer Exists 

32 Chapter 31 – The First City That Forgets Physics 

33 Chapter 32 – The Cult That Worships the Womb 

34 Chapter 33 – When the Mother Faces Her Worshippers 

35 Chapter 34 – The Day No One Was Allowed to Die 

36 Chapter 35 – The Child Learns What Loss Is 

37 Chapter 36 – The Man Who Must Die First 

38 Chapter 37 – The Choice That Breaks Time 