THE PINES AND THE RUST
Tessa's point of view
The scent of pine and charcoal clung to my clothes, earthy and sharp. The forest around the cottage was quiet—too quiet—and yet it never offered the kind of peace I longed for. Shadows stretched long and deep beneath the trees, cast by a dusky sky that made it hard to tell if n...
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Chapters
1. THE END OF THE ERA
2. BIRTH OF THE TRUE HEIR
3. THE GUILT OF PAST
4. THE TERROR OF FULL MOON
5. THE SURVIVAL
6. THE ASSASSINATION
7. THE CAPTOR'S BARGAIN
8. THE OVERFLIPPED BOUNTY
9. TABLE TOWN
10. THE GUARD ON THE WATCH
11. BENEATH THE TOWER
12. TRUE COLOURS
13. THE EDGE OF THE HUNT
14. THE CRAVER'S HOLLOW
15. LIFE ON RUN
16. THE EDGE OF MERCY
17. TRAUMATIZING AFTERMATH
18. THE SAVIOUR
19. FOREST GIVES NO SANCTUARY
20. THE WOUNDED WOLF
21. WHERE THE WOLVES SLEEP
22. RETURN OF THE SLEEPING WOLF
23. BURLAP BAGS AND BROKEN PLANS
24. DISCOVERY OF THE WITCH
25. GONE BEFORE DAWN
26. THE DEAD NIGHT OF ASTARIA
27. ASHES OF ASTARIA
28. AN UGLY CONFRONTATION
29. THE TEMPLE OF CHAINS
30. THE TEMPLE OF CHAINS (part 2)
31. THE PINES AND THE RUST
32. AN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE
33. EVERYTHING WE FOUGHT FOR
34. THE ROAD TO ASTARIA
35. THE BREAKING POINT
36. NO MORE HIDING
37. SHACKELED
38. BREAKING BARRIERS
39. HOODED ENEMY OR AN ALLY?
40. THE APOTHECARY
41. THE QUIET AFTER STORM
42. WHISPERS IN THE STREET
43. THE CAGE MADE OF SILK
44. A PROMISE MADE TO SELF
45. A WAY TO DESTRUCTION
46. FLASHBACK EPISODE 1
47. FLASHBACK EPISODE 2
48. INVASION OF THE KILLING MACHINE
49. AS QUIET AS MOUSE
50. THE SMALL REUNION
51. THE OLD WOUND
52. THE BLADE OF JUDGEMENT
53. THE RETREAT
54. EMBER SKIES
55. ECHOES OF FORGOTTEN
56. SPINE TURNED COLD
57. THE COUNTESS'S FORT
58. THE NEGOTIATION BETWEEN ALLIES
59. THE OLD FIRE
60. THE GARDEN OF THORNS AND TRUTH
61. WILTED ROSES AND FORGOTTEN QUEENS
62. THE WARNING
63. ESCAPE BEFORE THE STORM
64. THE BURNING DREAMS
65. THE MOMENT BETWEEN US
66. FLASHBACK EPISODE 3
67. A PATH WOVEN IN SCARS
68. THE DANGER TRAVELLER
69. THE FLAME BENEATH MY SKIN
70. IN HER WAKE
71. FLASHBACK EPISODE 4
72. FLASHBACK EPISODE 5
73. THE MAN IN THE MARKET
74. MARKED BY NAME
75. WITHIN THE HALL OF FORGOTTEN BLOOD
76. THE QUEEN'S SHADOW
77. THE NAME IN FIRE
78. THE KING'S PET
79. GHOST THAT CHASED ME
80. WHAT AM I?
81. THE SALT CIRCLE
82. THE BLOOD WE INHERITED
83. THE BLOOD THAT BURNS
84. THE CURSED ONE
85. A FEATHER'S WORTH
86. THE BEAST BENEATH
87. FRACTURES OF MOON
88. THE CONNECTION FORMING
89. MAKING A DECISION
90. LIVING THE PAST
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