Chapter 9 That’s what it feels like.

The world narrowed to the point of contact—the rough warmth of Kael’s calloused thumb against the sensitive skin of Aelric’s cheek. The air in the spartan room was charged, thick with unspoken history and a present-tense tension that stole the breath from Aelric’s lungs. He could feel the beat of hi...

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Chapters

1. Chapter 1 The Night Everything Changed

2. Chapter 2 Awakening as Prince Aelric Vaelthorn

3. Chapter 3 Truly look.

4. Chapter 4 The Weight of a Crown

5. Chapter 5 The Academy's Gilded Cage

6. Chapter 6 A war?

7. Chapter 7 The First Spark

8. Chapter 8 The Library and the Lock

9. Chapter 9 That’s what it feels like.

10. Chapter 10 The First Lesson

11. Chapter 11 The Unmaking of a Flame

12. Chapter 12 The Invitation

13. Chapter 13 And you don't?

14. Chapter 14 The Summer Palace

15. Chapter 15 The Midnight Tide

16. Chapter 16 To Be the Lock

17. Chapter 17 The Second Thread

18. Chapter 18 The Breaking Point

19. Chapter 19 The Aftermath

20. Chapter 20 The Calm

21. Chapter 21 I name myself.

22. Chapter 22 You push me away.

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