Chapter 20 - Smoke and Oaths
Luca POV
The scent of blood has never left these halls.
It lingers on the stone, sweet and coppery, long after the fires we burned to cleanse the walls. The priests used to say it kept them strong—that ancient blood remembered its purpose. I used to believe it. Now every breath I take I taste her ...
Chapters
1. Chapter 1 – Marked for the Alpha
2. Chapter 2 – Blood-Tied Chains
3. Chapter 3 – Predator Protocol
4. Chapter 4 – The Kneeling
5. Chapter 5 – The Blade
6. Chapter 6 – The Pack’s Verdict
7. Chapter 7 – Chains and Silence
8. Chapter 8 – Into the Circle
9. Chapter 9 – Blood on Stone
10. Chapter 10 – The Oath Deepens
11. Chapter 11 – The Claiming Rite
12. Chapter 12 – The Possession
13. Chapter 13 – Ashes of the Moon
14. Chapter 14 – Shadows of Loyalty
15. Chapter 15 – The Listening Door
16. Chapter 16 – Fractured Howls
17. Chapter 17 – Shackles of Fire
18. Chapter 18 - The Wolf Beneath the Skin
19. Chapter 19 - The Mark’s Hunger
20. Chapter 20 - Smoke and Oaths
21. Chapter 21 - Between the Chains
22. Chapter 22 - The Blood Moon’s Rise
23. Chapter 23 - The Rite Begins
24. Chapter 24 - The Breaking
25. Chapter 25 - The Queen of Fire and Ash
26. Chapter 26 - Aftermath of the Oath
27. Chapter 27 - The Weight of a Crown
28. Chapter 28 - A Bond of Ash and Flesh
29. Chapter 29 - The Guarded Flame
30. Chapter 30 - The Circle of Three (Part I)
31. Chapter 31 - The Circle of Three (Part II)
32. Chapter 32 - The Fire’s Aftermath
33. Chapter 33 - The Price of Creation
34. Chapter 34 : Echoes of the Flame
35. Chapter 35 : The Crown of Embers
36. Chapter 36 : Ash and Crown
37. Chapter 37 : The Howl of Gods
38. Chapter 38 : The Queen of Ruin
39. Chapter 39 : The Ashborn Queen
40. Chapter 40 : The Burning Path
41. Chapter 41 : The Fire That Breathes
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