Chapter-19 The contract core and the name that should never be spoken

1 Chapter-1 The wolf at the window 

2 Chapter-2 The truth Nana never told me 

3 Chapter-3 The boy I’m promised, The boy I’m not 

4 Chapter-4 The road that doesn’t forgive 

5 Chapter-5 The Ridge Trail 

6 Chapter-6 The lesson of fire 

7 Chapter-7 The trap that ate the light 

8 Chapter-8 The gate that smelled of lies 

9 Chapter-9 Marrowstreet and the women who smiled like a knife 

10 Chapter-10 The house that invited the devil 

11 Chapter-11 The girl who smiled at the wrong time 

12 Chapter-12 The lower archive where men sold thruth 

13 Chapter-13 The Chase that turned the city into teeth 

14 Chapter-14 The brother of kings and the memory of chains 

15 Chapter-15 The under palace where stones remember oaths 

16 Chapter-16 The chamber that turned vows into weapons 

17 Chapter-17 The hall of mirrors that lied with your own voice 

18 Chapter-18 The vault where the hybrid was meant to break 

19 Chapter-19 The contract core and the name that should never be spoken 

20 Chapter-20 The king’s brother finally smiled in the flesh 

21 Chapter-21 The blood in the core and the choice that wasn’t a choice 

22 Chapter-22 The doubt that learned Aurelia’s voice 

23 Chapter-23 Lysandra’s echo and the question Aurelia was afraid to ask 

24 Chapter-24 The crescent watcher and the stair way that led back to teeth 

25 Chapter-25 The west channel and the gate that wanted a price 

26 Chapter-26 The river guardian and the storm Habeel refuse to be 

27 Chapter-27 Moonlight exit, cold air, and the first lie Aurelia believed 

28 Chapter-28 The veil disguise and the checkpoint that already knew her name 

29 Chapter-29 The carriage of velvet chains and the consent that wasn’t free 

30 Chapter-30 The dagger, the consent, and the love that came too late 

31 Epilogue—months later 