Chapter 99 In Which We Make Our Excuse
The morning was cold and gray. Pale sunlight filtered through the heavy clouds over the keep. When I opened my eyes, Vane was already out of bed, standing by the window as he buttoned his plain dark tunic. I watched him for a moment, remembering how unsettled he had been. Now, there was no trace ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 In Which Peace Demands a Bride
2. Chapter 2 In Which I Make My First Ally
3. Chapter 3 In Which I Prepare to Kill a King
4. Chapter 4 In Which the King Refuses to Die
5. Chapter 5 In Which the Truth Must Remain Silent
6. Chapter 6 In Which the Queen's Mask Slips
7. Chapter 7 In Which the King Cannot Afford to Hesitate
8. Chapter 8 In Which a Monster Comes to Dinner
9. Chapter 9 In Which the King Loses Another Brother
10. Chapter 10 In Which the Dead Rise and the Queen Is Taken
11. Chapter 11 In Which I Find a Way to Expose a Monster and Nearly Freeze to Death
12. Chapter 12 In Which Blood Reveals the Enemy
13. Chapter 13 In Which Old Feelings Begin to Fade
14. Chapter 14 In Which Boundaries Are Ignored
15. Chapter 15 In Which I Refuse to Be Left Behind
16. Chapter 16 In Which We Ride into the Wilderness
17. Chapter 17 In Which the Night Calls Them to War
18. Chapter 18 In Which I Learn There Are Worse Things Than Wolves
19. Chapter 19 In Which a Theory Takes Shape
20. Chapter 20 In Which the Cold Trail Leads Back
21. Chapter 21 In Which the Door Was Unlocked
22. Chapter 22 In Which We Enter Gavin's Room
23. Chapter 23 In Which Fire Meets Frost
24. Chapter 24 In Which a Queen Is Left Shaken
25. Chapter 25 In Which She Learns to Fall
26. Chapter 26 In Which War Knocks at the Gates
27. Chapter 27 In Which the Bell Tolls
28. Chapter 28 Into the Teeth of the Mountain
29. Chapter 29 In Which Hope Wears a Borrowed Face
30. Chapter 30 In Which Magic Answers Her Call
31. Chapter 31 In Which We Escape
32. Chapter 32 In Which the Lost Are Found.
33. Chapter 33 In Which We Become One
34. Chapter 34 In Which Shadows Linger and Blood Falls
35. Chapter 35 In Which the Cold Gives Way to Light
36. Chapter 36 In Which the Light Finds Its Way Home
37. Chapter 37 In Which the Boy Remembered
38. Chapter 38 In Which the Flowers Still Bloomed
39. Chapter 39 In Which the Door Opened
40. Chapter 40 In Which the Forgotten Story Was Told
41. Chapter 41 In Which the Herbs Moved on Their Own
42. Chapter 42 In Which the Truth Was Finally Spoken
43. Chapter 43 In Which Judgment Was Passed
44. Chapter 44 In Which the Rabbit Woke
45. Chapter 45 In Which the Flower Was Given
46. Chapter 46 In Which the Rider Came
47. Chapter 47 In Which the Village Stood Silent
48. Chapter 48 In Which the Girl Spoke
49. Chapter 49 In Which the North Buried Its Own
50. Chapter 50 In Which the King Broke
51. Chapter 51 In Which the Line Was Crossed
52. Chapter 52 In Which the King Bled
53. Chapter 53 In Which the Night Was Long
54. Chapter 54 In Which He Confessed
55. Chapter 55 In Which We Choose Each Other
56. Chapter 56 In Which the Gates Fell
57. Chapter 57 In Which Old Debts Came Due
58. Chapter 58 In Which the Storm Passed
59. Chapter 59 In Which the Light Cost More
60. Chapter 60 In Which the Earth Gave Back Its Dead
61. Chapter 61 In Which the Dead Made More
62. Chapter 62 In Which a Trusted Face Turned
63. Chapter 63 In Which the Man Remained, Barely
64. Chapter 64 In Which We Promised Tomorrow
65. Chapter 65 In Which the Water Waited
66. Chapter 66 In Which the King Fell
67. Chapter 67 In Which the Flame Answered No One
68. Chapter 68 In Which the Gates Went Silent
69. Chapter 69 In Which the Boy Asked Simple Questions
70. Chapter 70 In Which the Bond Was Made
71. Chapter 71 In Which Everything Was Taken
72. Chapter 72 In Which the Court Learned Fear
73. Chapter 73 In Which the Fire Held Steady
74. Chapter 74 In Which Old Wounds Opened
75. Chapter 75 In Which the Floor Went Cold
76. Chapter 76 In Which the Morning Was Kind
77. Chapter 77 In Which the Dead King Woke
78. Chapter 78 In Which He Asked My Name
79. Chapter 79 In Which His Body Remembers What His Mind Has Forgotten
80. Chapter 80 In Which the World Was Kept Waiting
81. Chapter 81 In Which the Window Wouldn't Open
82. Chapter 82 In Which the Court Learned His Name Again
83. Chapter 83 In Which Two Silences Were Kept
84. Chapter 84 In Which the Red-Eyed Stranger Came
85. Chapter 85 In Which the Eyes Watched Back
86. Chapter 86 In Which My Husband Grows Back
87. Chapter 87 In Which She Named the Beast
88. Chapter 88 In Which the Book Answered
89. Chapter 89 In Which the First Deathborn Is Remembered
90. Chapter 90 In Which My Husband Remembers Me and Our Wolf Ruins the Moment
91. Chapter 91 In Which I Begin Training My Wolf
92. Chapter 92 In Which Vane Gives In to His Hunger
93. Chapter 93 In Which I Comfort My King
94. Chapter 94 In Which Memories Must Be Erased
95. Chapter 95 In Which We Seek an Answer in the Ice
96. Chapter 96 In Which We Tell A Lie
97. Chapter 97 In Which I Tell My Husband the Truth
98. Chapter 98 In Which We Dare to Hope Again
99. Chapter 99 In Which We Make Our Excuse
100. Chapter 100 In Which We Enter the Frost-Line
101. Chapter 101 In Which the Alpha Came Hunting
102. Chapter 102 In Which I Burn Away the Darkness
103. Chapter 103 In Which We Cross the Frost-Line
104. Chapter 104 In Which We Find the Forgotten Place
105. Chapter 105 In Which We Enter the Veil
106. Chapter 106 In Which We Cross the River of the Dead
107. Chapter 107 In Which the Dead Call from the River
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