Chapter 13 When the Lights Go Out
By 9:30 P.M., the lights in the Montenegro house begin to go out, one by one. Melissa lies in her new bed, the scent of the mahogany bookshelf a comforting, earthy presence in the dark. She listens to the hum of the heater and the distant, rhythmic ticking of the grandfather clock downstairs.
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 Prologue
2. Chapter 2 The New Arrival
3. Chapter 3 A Fresh Slate
4. Chapter 4 The Court And The Outsider
5. Chapter 5 I'm In The Shadows Now. I'm Safe.
6. Chapter 6 The Mirror’s Edge
7. Chapter 7 A Weekend In The Museum
8. Chapter 8 Buried in Plain Sight
9. Chapter 9 Cracks in the Ice
10. Chapter 10 The Shape of a New Life
11. Chapter 11 If We Remember How
12. Chapter 12 Three Tables, One War.
13. Chapter 13 When the Lights Go Out
14. Chapter 14 The Last Morning To Be Myself
15. Chapter 15 First Lady of Stoneledge “Act”
16. Chapter 16 Mimosas and Cupcakes
17. Chapter 17 Learning Not to Breathe
18. Chapter 18 Out In The Open
19. Chapter 19 Monday is Coming
20. Chapter 20 The Stage Is Set
21. Chapter 21 A Stranger Stares Back
22. Chapter 22 The Gates of Stoneledge Hall
23. Chapter 23 Welcome to AP Literature (and Drama)
24. Chapter 24 Who Were You Trying To Erase?
25. Chapter 25 The Only One Without A Mask
26. Chapter 26 Cathedral and Snake Pits
27. Chapter 27 The Fault Lines of Stoneledge Hall
28. Chapter 28 How Lucky!
29. Chapter 29 The Silent Wars of Room 302
30. Chapter 30 Molecules and Memories
31. Chapter 31 The Variable Effect
32. Chapter 32 The Royal Ecosystem
33. Chapter 33 Homes, Houses, and Other Battlegrounds
34. Chapter 34 Separate Tables
35. Chapter 35 The Hollow Truth
36. Chapter 36 Second Day, Same Mask!
37. Chapter 37 The Map Of Danger
38. Chapter 38 Sorry Butterfingers
39. Chapter 39 The Bonfire Invitation
40. Chapter 40 The Greater Good
41. Chapter 41 The Cafeteria Crucible
42. Chapter 42 I Don't Want To Be A Variable
43. Chapter 43 The "Fresh Start" Is Officially On Life Support
44. Chapter 44 A Culture Shock
45. Chapter 45 The Beginning of The Fall
46. Chapter 46 Parasites & Queens
47. Chapter 47 The Lies Between Us
48. Chapter 48 The Private Wars
49. Chapter 49 Kiss and Keep Peace
50. Chapter 50 The Roles We Play
51. Chapter 51 At The End Of The Day
52. Chapter 52 Too Much Is Enough
53. Chapter 53 Through The Glass
54. Chapter 54 Twice In A Day
55. Chapter 55 Not This Time
56. Chapter 56 Fractures At The Gate
57. Chapter 57 Behind The Closed Doors
58. Chapter 58 Lies Served Cold
59. Chapter 59 What Is He Playing?
60. Chapter 60 The Queen Is Late!
61. Chapter 61 The Strategic Retreat
62. Chapter 62 The Center Of Gravity
63. Chapter 63 The Blue Eyes Of T.J. Eckleburg
64. Chapter 64 Useful Or A Threat
65. Chapter 65 The Catalyst and the Ghost
66. Chapter 66 The Right People
67. Chapter 67 Sunk Cost Fallacy
68. Chapter 68 The 12:50 Ceasefire
69. Chapter 69 Calling The Variable
70. Chapter 70 The Breaking of the Ranks
71. Chapter 71 The Small Island of Truth
72. Chapter 72 A Dangerous Hallucination
73. Chapter 73 The Inner Circle
74. Chapter 74 The Cost of protection
75. Chapter 75 Write The Only Way Out
76. Chapter 76 Before The Pop
77. Chapter 77 Porcelain Smiles
78. Chapter 78 Perfect Imitations
79. Chapter 79 Disturbing The Court
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