Chapter 49 ALARIC ARRIVES UNANNOUNCED
Delphine's POV
"Nobody move," the lead soldier said, his voice cutting cold across the frozen hall.
For one endless heartbeat, nobody breathed. Osric's hand had already dropped to his blade. Torin had shifted half a step in front of me without seeming to notice he'd done it. Then the soldier's eyes...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 A CROWN ON FIRE
2. Chapter 2 THE GIRL WHO DIDN'T SCREAM
3. Chapter 3 A VOICE IN THE DARK
4. Chapter 4 THE MARK THAT SHOULDN'T EXIST
5. Chapter 5 THE FACE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS
6. Chapter 6 WHAT THE ROAD SWALLOWED 
7. Chapter 7 WHAT THE ROAD SHOWS
8. Chapter 8 NO BLOOD, NO ANSWERS
9. Chapter 9 THE FIRST ACCUSATION
10. Chapter 10 FENWICK'S QUIET WORD
11. Chapter 11 ALARIC STAYS
12. Chapter 12 SERAPHINE ARRIVES
13. Chapter 13 A MARK LEFT BEHIND
14. Chapter 14 OSRIC'S COLD WALL
15. Chapter 15 THE KING IS TOLD
16. Chapter 16 BARNABY'S DISTRACTION
17. Chapter 17 THE INSIGNIA
18. Chapter 18 ALARIC'S DOUBT
19. Chapter 19 TORIN'S TEMPER
20. Chapter 20 THE FIRST TRUE TALK
21. Chapter 21 MISSING GUARD FOUND
22. Chapter 22 WHAT THE GUARD REMEMBERS
23. Chapter 23 SERAPHINE'S SMILE
24. Chapter 24 FIREWOOD AND TEA
25. Chapter 25 ALARIC'S CONFESSION
26. Chapter 26 THE SECOND DISAPPEARANCE
27. Chapter 27 OSRIC LEADS THE SEARCH
28. Chapter 28 FOUND, BUT CHANGED
29. Chapter 29 TRUST GIVEN
30. Chapter 30 A DANGEROUS THOUGHT
31. Chapter 31 SERAPHINE'S LETTERS
32. Chapter 32 BARNABY'S WARNING
33. Chapter 33 THE KING'S ULTIMATUM
34. Chapter 34 FOUR MEN, ONE GOAL
35. Chapter 35 TORIN'S CONFESSION
36. Chapter 36 THE WEIGHT OF IT
37. Chapter 37 ALARIC NEVER ASKED
38. Chapter 38 A THIRD DISAPPEARANCE
39. Chapter 39 FENWICK SEES HER
40. Chapter 40 OSRIC'S CRACK
41. Chapter 41 BARNABY'S ARMOR SLIPS
42. Chapter 42 THE MERCENARY TRAIL
43. Chapter 43 WHOSE ACCOUNT
44. Chapter 44 NOT YET
45. Chapter 45 THE FEAST ANNOUNCED
46. Chapter 46 PREPARING FOR A LONG NIGHT
47. Chapter 47 FOUR DANCES
48. Chapter 48 THE PULL, IGNORED
49. Chapter 49 ALARIC ARRIVES UNANNOUNCED
50. Chapter 50 OSRIC STEPS BETWEEN THEM
51. Chapter 51 FOUR VOICES, ONE ARGUMENT
52. Chapter 52 ALARIC'S SILENCE
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