BREAD, BLOOD, AND BETTER LIES1
POV: Leon
Morning came in the color of a bruise thinking about healing. I watched it from the Tower kitchen with a cup of coffee that was too strong and a woman who keeps inventing new reasons for me to deserve her.
Ava sat on the counter like trouble wrapped in black knit, bare feet tucked und...
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Chapters
1. THE DEVIL IN DISGUISE
2. THE FIRST YES
3. TERMS OF OBEDIENCE
4. OWNED
5. THE COST OF OBEDIENCE 
6. THE GIRL BEHIND THE GLASS
7. RED RIBBONS AND UNSPOKEN RULES
8. A CALL FROM THE PAST
9. THREE LIES AND A SECRET
10. THE COLLAR AND THE CAGE
11. HIS NAME ON MY SKIN
12. TORN PAGES AND TRIGGER WARNINGS
13. ROSES AND RAZOR BLADES
14. WHEN SHADOW BLOOM
15. THE PRICE OF TOUCH
16. PAPER SAINTS AND DEAD GODS
17. THE HOUSE HE BUILT FROM FIRE
18. A KNIFE NAMED VICTOR
19. THE VELVET WAR
20. GLASS CEILINGS AND OPEN WOUNDS
21. THE LEASH YOU ASKED FOR
22. THE GIRL IN THE CHOKER
23. LESSONS IN LEVERAGE
24. PAPER DAGGERS AND VELVET LIES
25. THE TASTE OF HIS WORLD
26. A VOICE IN THE MIRROR
27. THE EX-FIANCE'E'S WARNING
28. BLINDSIDED
29. THE RIBBON AND THE BLADE
30. THE RED STRING
31. VICTOR'S MIRROR
32. THE CEREMONY OF NO ONE
33. WHERE THE KNIFE RESTS
34. THE THINGS THAT DON'T BURN
35. THE KNIFE BESIDE THE WINE
36. VELVET DOESN'T BRUISE THE SAME
37. THE CONTRACT THEY NEVER SHOWED YOU
38. THE FLAME THAT LISTENS
39. WHEN SILENCE BECOMES A LANGUAGE
40. THE BLOOD THAT SPEAKS FIRST
41. FRACTURES IN THE MIRROR
42. WHEN THE FIRE LEARNS TO SPEAK
43. THE VELVET TRAP
44. HE WHO WATCHES THE FLAME
45. THE ONES WHO STILL REMEMBER
46. THE WOMAN WHO WATCHED
47. EAST BANK BLOODLINES
48. COLLATERAL SEDUCTIONS
49. THE ONES WHO FOLLOW HER
50. THE ONE THEY CAN'T BREAK
51. THE FUSE BETWEEN HER SKIN
52. WHEN OBSESSION BECOMES OATH
53. MADDOX'S GAME
54. THE MIRROR ROOM PACT
55. CHAPEL FIRE, VELVET BLADE
56. THE ECHO IN THE WALLS
57. AND THEN THE DOORS BROKE
58. The BOY BENEATH THE WATCHTOWER
59. THE GIRL WHO WASN'T ME
60. WHAT THEY BURIED IN MY NAME
61. WHEN THE REAL ONE BURNS FIRST
62. THE OTHER PROGRAM
63. THE GIRL WHO FAILS THE TEST
64. THE BLUEPRINT FOR BURNING
65. THE ONES WHO WATCHED
66. THE GHOST EVAINE LEFT BEHIND
67. SOFT HANDS, SHARPER KNIVES
68. TEST SUBJECT 13
69. RED LIPSTICK, BLACKLIST
70. THE KISS THAT WAS A THREAT
71. THE ONES WHO BET ON HER FAILURE
72. WHAT REMAINS UNSPOKEN
73. SOMETHING WORTH RUINING
74. ONLY THE LIARS SURVIVE
75. A QUEEN WITH NO CROWN
76. THE DEVIL AT THE AUCTION
77. BLOOD ON THE CANVAS
78. THE GLASSHOUSE GAME
79. THE PREDATOR'S VEIL
80. GARDENS THAT REMEMBER BLOOD
81. TRACING
82. THE HOUSE THAT LIES OUT LOUD
83. LIES ON LIES
84. HOW TO TEACH A HOUSE TO CHOKE
85. SUBJECT M
86. WHAT A KEY REMEMBERS 1
87. WHAT A KEY REMEMBERS 2
88. HOW A HOUSE LEARNS A NAME
89. GOING ON
90. SHADOWS IN THE CIRCLE
91. UNCOVERED
92. THE RETURN OF THE GHOST
93. STATIC IN THE GLASS 1
94. STATIC IN THE GLASS 2
95. THE GUARDIAN'S THRESHOLD
96. LICENSED
97. ANOTHER CHANCE
98. WHEN THE BRIDGE BLINKED
99. GLASS THAT REMEMBERS
100. MAKING IT RIGHT
101. BREAD, BLOOD, AND BETTER LIES1
102. BREAD, BLOOD AND BETTER LIES 2
103. THE PRICE OF A SMILE
104. A ROOM THAT HOLDS ITS BREATH
105. UNBURIED TRUTHS
106. A MOTHER'S SILENCE
107. WHAT MERCY COSTS
108. THE QUIET REVOLT
109. THE CLOCKWORK OF PRETENCE
110. HOURGLASS TEETH
111. HOUR BY HOUR
112. THREADS OF GLASS
113. BITS BY BITS
114. THE MASK OF LOYALTY
115. BETWEEN TWO FIRES
116. PROMISES
117. THE SNARE
118. SPLINTERS OF CONTROL
119. THREADS UNRAVELING
120. SISTERS OF WAR
121. WEB OF LIES
122. BETWEEN FIRE AND ASH
123. THE PUPPET STRINGS
124. A DANGEROUS CONFESSION
125. WHISPERS OF A GHOST
126. TIDES OF BETRAYAL
127. THE WEIGHT OF ENVY
128. FRIENDS AND THREATS
129. THE STORM'S EYE
130. CAPTURED
131. CAPTURED II
132. SHATTERED
133. LOST BUT FOUND
134. FRACTURED GLASSES
135. MASKS OF FIRE
136. SPLINTERED REFLECTIONS
137. A BODY BETWEEN WORLDS
138. THE KNIFE BETWEEN US
139. DOUBT AND TRUST
140. THE SERPENT'S TONGUE
141. HOW SERPENTS STING
142. A SHADOW'S KISS
143. OPEN WOUNDS
144. WHEN THE DEAD SPEAK
145. THE EDGE OF THE KNIFE
146. A WAR UNVEILED
147. GHOSTS AGAINST REFLECTIONS
148. THE SIEGE OF KINGSFALL
149. ASHES OF THE COMMITTE
150. HAPPILY EVER AFTER
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