Chapter 12: The Bitter Wine of Defeat

1 Chapter 1: The Cold Bed of Deception 

2 Chapter 2: The Mask of Compliance 

3 Chapter 3: The Edge of the Blade 

4 Chapter 4: The Counter-Move 

5 Chapter 5: The Taste of Absolute Freedom 

6 Chapter 6: The Shattered Glass 

7 Chapter 7: The Poisoned Well 

8 Chapter 8: The Ashes of Allusions 

9 Chapter 9: The Crimson Ribbon 

10 Chapter 10: The Phoenix Blueprint 

11 Chapter 11: The Merging of Horizons 

12 Chapter 12: The Bitter Wine of Defeat 

13 Chapter 13: The Golden Cage of Society 

14 Chapter 14: The Bitter Dregs 

15 Chapter 15: The Mediterranean Sanctuary 

16 Chapter 16: The Undercurrents of Milan 

17 Chapter 17: The Gilded Net 

18 Chapter 18: The Frost of Zurich 

19 Chapter 19: The Fractured Mirror 

20 Chapter 20: The Parisian Ascension 

21 Epilogue: The Law of the Phoenix 