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Ch. 81
Arc 3: Chapter 16: Into The Low City
Arc 3: Chapter 16: Into The Low CityArc 3: Chapter 16: Into the Low CityA long moment of silence followed my pronouncement. I felt barely aware of anything in that time. I still reeled from the vision...
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Ch. 82
Arc 3: Chapter 17: An Academic Guide To The Profane
Arc 3: Chapter 17: An Academic Guide To The ProfaneArc 3: Chapter 17: An Academic Guide to the ProfaneWe gathered in the bowels of that hidden tower in the lower city, myself, my ward, and the schemin...
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Ch. 83
Arc 3: Chapter 18: Sooth
Arc 3: Chapter 18: SoothArc 3: Chapter 18: Sooth“I’m not arguing with you about this,” I said to Emma, having already been arguing for nearly ten minutes. “You’re staying here until I get back.”“I des...
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Ch. 84
Arc 3: Chapter 19: The Hidden Folk
Arc 3: Chapter 19: The Hidden FolkArc 3: Chapter 19: The Hidden FolkI followed the changeling into the cities depths, into a section not dissimilar from where Lias had placed his secret refuge. Narrow...
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Ch. 85
Arc 3: Chapter 20: Rose Malin
Arc 3: Chapter 20: Rose MalinArc 3: Chapter 20: Rose MalinI’ve done many stupid things in my life. Attempting to break into the largest edifice of the Aureate Faith in the world in order to free one o...
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Ch. 86
Arc 3: Chapter 21: Clash Of Two Devils
Arc 3: Chapter 21: Clash Of Two DevilsArc 3: Chapter 21: Clash of Two DevilsI flew into action without hesitation. I had no banter in me, no witty remarks. I knew that my only chance lay in decisive, ...
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Ch. 87
Arc 3: Chapter 22: Dogma
Arc 3: Chapter 22: DogmaArc 3: Chapter 22: DogmaThey took my weapons, my cloak, and my armor. They took my satchels and herbs, all the kit I’d worn through years of wandering and blood. They took my m...
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Ch. 88
Arc 3: Chapter 23: Abyss
Arc 3: Chapter 23: AbyssArc 3: Chapter 23: AbyssIn the darkness, in the cold and the damp, my whole world contracted into a single thought, a single sensation, a single truth.Pain.Despite the Presider...
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Ch. 89
Arc 3: Chapter 24: Fidei
Arc 3: Chapter 24: FideiArc 3: Chapter 24: FideiAn older memory.I stood in a shaded avenue. Birds sang in trees gently glowing with their own inner light along the edges of the path. They shone well a...
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Ch. 90
Arc 3: Chapter 25: Flicker
Arc 3: Chapter 25: FlickerArc 3: Chapter 25: FlickerFar into the timeless hell of the Bell Ward’s underbelly, a door opened.They were implements of torture themselves, the dungeon’s doors. Each opened...
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Ch. 91
Arc 3: Chapter 26: Woed
Arc 3: Chapter 26: WoedArc 3: Chapter 26: WoedThe pallid man tilted his head to one side, studying our group. He reminded me of little more than a huge, bloated grub — now I got a better look, he had ...
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Ch. 92
Arc 3: Chapter 27: Bastion
Arc 3: Chapter 27: BastionArc 3: Chapter 27: BastionLisette and Parn approached cautiously, both eyeing the carnage I’d wrought and the surrounding shadows with wary eyes.“There aren’t any more left,”...
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Ch. 93
Arc 3: Chapter 28: The Headsman And The Queen
Arc 3: Chapter 28: The Headsman And The QueenArc 3: Chapter 28: The Headsman and The QueenRosanna didn’t reply at once. I couldn’t read her, couldn’t tell what emotion turned the well-ordered gears be...
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Ch. 94
Arc 3: Chapter 29: Bonds
Arc 3: Chapter 29: BondsArc 3: Chapter 29: BondsI stared at the face in the mirror, trying to recognize it.I stood in a private room in the queen-consort’s bastion. Clean and comfortably furnished, a ...
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Ch. 95
Interlude: Credo
Interlude: CredoInterlude: CredoRenuart Kross knelt beneath the statue of God, bowed his head, and for a long moment realized he did not know what to say.He opened his mouth to begin his prayer, pause...
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Ch. 96
Character Glossary For Book 1
Character Glossary For Book 1Character Glossary for Book 1Main CharactersOur heroes, if such a term could apply to anyone in a world so broken.Alken Hewer: Protagonist and main POV of the story. Once ...
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Ch. 97
Arc 4: Roar || Chapter 1: Downpour
Arc 4: Roar || Chapter 1: DownpourArc 4: Roar || Chapter 1: DownpourA bolt of lightning illuminated the rooftop, and in that flash I saw my mark.The latest victim of the Carmine Killings hadn’t died w...
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Ch. 98
Arc 4: Chapter 2: Stormclouds Over Garihelm
Arc 4: Chapter 2: Stormclouds Over GarihelmArc 4: Chapter 2: Stormclouds Over Garihelm“Move!” I barked, swinging myself up onto the bench.Emma snapped the reins and started the chimera forward without...
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Ch. 99
Arc 4: Chapter 3: The Aspirants
Arc 4: Chapter 3: The AspirantsArc 4: Chapter 3: The AspirantsThe behemoth loomed over the street. It seemed a living fragment of the storm, all smoky black and deep gray, crackling with fulgurous str...
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Ch. 100
Arc 4: Chapter 4: Ties That Bind
Arc 4: Chapter 4: Ties That BindArc 4: Chapter 4: Ties That BindRosanna Silvering, Empress of the Accorded Realms, paced before the window of her private office. The morning sunlight piercing through ...
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