Chapter Sixty Nine - After the trial
( Luca's POV )
The car ride back was silent.
Not the tense, knife-edge silence of suspicion, but something heavier, thicker, like smoke after a fire. My body was still trembling, my palms raw from where I’d gripped the gun so tightly. Every bump in the road jolted me, rattling the echoes of the co...
Chapters
1. Prologue - The Devil's Heir
2. Chapter one - The Witness
3. Chapter Two - The Debt
4. Chapter Three - The Call
5. Chapter Four - Weakness Forbidden
6. Chapter Five - The Russians
7. Chapter Six - The First Lesson
8. Chapter Seven - Dark and Dangerous
9. Chapter Eight The Russians
10. Chapter Nine - The Storm
11. Chapter Ten - The Fire
12. Chapter Eleven - Kitchen Confrontation
13. Chapter Twelve - Noon Practice
14. Chapter Thirteen - Breaking the Rules
15. Chapter Fourteen - Whispers in the dark
16. Chapter Fifteen - The Dinner Table
17. Chapter Sixteen - Bomb Attack
18. Chapter Seventeen - Aftermath
19. Chapter Eighteen - Defiance
20. Chapter Nineteen - Reconciliation
21. Chapter Twenty - The Morning After The Truce
22. Chapter Twenty One - Gossip
23. Chapter Twenty Two - Questioning
24. Chapter Twenty Three - Ambush
25. Chapter Twenty Four - Crime Scene
26. Chapter Twenty Five - The Safehouse
27. Chapter Twenty Six - Safehouse Confession
28. Chapter Twenty Seven - Fire in her Hands
29. Chapter Twenty Eight - Ash and Steel
30. Chapter Twenty Nine - Ash and Steel Part two
31. Chapter Thirty - Flames Unchained
32. Chapter Thirty One - Blood on Her Hands
33. Chapter Thirty Two - Out of the Shadows
34. Chapter Thirty Three - Ashes and Fire
35. Chapter Thirty Four - Family fallout
36. Chapter Thirty Five - Blood in the Veins
37. Chapter Thirty Six - Glass Walls
38. Chapter Thirty Seven - Shadows of Desire
39. Chapter Thirty Eight - Close Enough to Kill
40. Chapter Thirty - Nine Blood on the Floor
41. Chapter Forty - Aftermath of The Fire
42. Chapter Forty One - Steel and Shadows
43. Chapter Forty Two - The Invitation
44. Chapter Forty Three - The Old Lion's Gambit
45. Chapter Forty Four - The Last Fire
46. Chapter Forty Five - Fractures in the Morning
47. Chapter Forty Six - The Net Tightens
48. Chapter Forty Seven - Dawn
49. Chapter Forty Eight - The First Blood
50. Chapter Forty Nine - Fire in the Hall
51. Chapter Fifty - Into the Circle
52. Chapter Fifty One - Ashes into Amber
53. Chapter Fifty Two - Sabotage in Smoke
54. Chapter Fifty Three - The Price of Power
55. Chapter Fifty Four - The Devil's Temptation
56. Chapter Fifty Five - Shadows of Fire
57. Chapter Fifty Six - Shadows and Blood
58. Chapter Fifty Seven - Poison in the Shadows
59. Chapter Fifty Eight - Ashes in the Veins
60. Chapter Fifty Nine - The Ghost in Blood
61. Chapter Sixty - Fractures in the Blood
62. Chapter Sixty One - The Interrogation
63. Chapter Sixty Two - Trial by Fire
64. Chapter Sixty Three - Whispers in the Dark
65. Chapter Sixty Four - The Council's Test
66. Chapter Sixty Five - Echos of Fire
67. Chapter Sixty Six - Bound by Need
68. Chapter Sixty Seven - The Night After the Red Room
69. Chapter Sixty Eight - The Council's Trail
70. Chapter Sixty Nine - After the trial
71. Chapter Seventy - Ashes In the Glass
72. Chapter Seventy One - Blood in the Shadows
73. Chapter Seventy Two - Fragile Fire
74. Chapter Seventy Three - The Council's Shadow
75. Chapter Seventy Four - The Crucible's Echo
76. Chapter Seventy Five - A Woman's Voice in the Lion Den
77. Chapter Seventy Six - The Red Room
78. Chapter Seventy Seven - Candle light
79. Chapter Seventy Eight - Blood and the Crown
80. Chapter Seventy Nine- Ashes of Coronation
81. Chapter Eighty - The Quiet Between Battles
82. Chapter Eighty one - The Weight of the Crown
83. Chapter Eighty Two - Fire in the Streets
84. Chapter Eighty Three - The Manifest
85. Chapter Eighty Four - Fire in the Veins
86. Chapter Eighty Five - The Distance Between Fire
87. Chapter Eighty Six - The Cost of Staying Alive
88. Chapter Eighty Seven - The Quiet Between Storms
89. Chapter Eighty Eight - The Breaking Point
90. Chapter Eighty Nine- The Gathering Storm
91. Chapter Ninty - The Midnight Fire
92. Chapter Ninty One - Wounded
93. Chapter Ninty Two - Obligation
94. Chapter Ninty Three - Recovering
95. Chapter Ninty Four - Blood in the Water
96. Chapter Ninty Five - Ghost Lines
97. Chapter Ninty Six - The Invitation
98. Chapter Ninty Seven - The Devil's Bargain
99. Chapter Ninty Eight - Teeth in the Dark
100. Chapter Ninty Nine- Lines in the Sand
101. Chapter One Hundred - Edge of the Pit
102. Chapter One Hundred and One - Ashes Between Us
103. Chapter One Hundred and Two- The Weight of Morning
104. Chapter One Hundred and Three - Quiet Wars
105. Chapter One Hundred and Four - Blood in the Alley
106. Chapter One Hundred and Five - Smoke and Silence
107. Chapter One Hundred and Six - The Wolves at the Gate
108. Chapter One Hundred and Seven - Bloodlines and Betrayal
109. Chapter One Hundred and Eight - Into the Serpent's Den
110. Chapter One Hundred and Nine - The Shadow Between Moves
111. Chapter One Hundred Ten - The Fall back
112. Chapter One Hundred Eleven - The Blood Bath
113. Chapter One Hundred and Twelve - After the Serpent Falls
114. Chapter One Hundred and Thirteen - The Weight of Crowns
115. Chapter One Hundred and Fourteen - The Whisper Beneath
116. Chapter One Hundred and Fifteen - A Breath Before the Storm
117. Chapter One Hundred and Sixteen - Splinters in the Crown
118. Chapter One Hundred and Seventeen - A Moment That Isn't Forever
119. Chapter One Hundred and Eighteen - Cracks in the Crown
120. Chapter One Hundred and Nineteen - Like Blade
121. Chapter One Hundred and Twenty - The Fire Line
122. Chapter One Hundred Twenty One - Wolves Don't Beg
123. Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Two- Violence
124. Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Three - Ashes Don't Lie
125. Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Four - When Fire Walks
126. Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Five - Wolves in the Yard
127. Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Six - Ashes Don't Sleep
128. Chapter One Hundred Twenty Seven - Smoke and Shadows
129. Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Eight - City of Silence
130. Chapter One Hundred and Twenty Nine - Voices
131. Chapter One Hundred and Thirty - Blind Spots
132. Chapter One Hundred and Thirty One- Purposing
133. Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Two - The Storm Within
134. Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Three - The Quiet Between the Storms
135. Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Four - Ghosts Don't Sleep
136. Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Five - Price Tag
137. Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Six - My Call
138. Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Seven - The Envelope
139. Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Eight - Ghosts
140. Chapter One Hundred and Thirty Nine - The Lantern
141. Chapter One Hundred and Forty - Extraction
142. Chapter One Hundred and Forty One - The Price of Shadows
143. Chapter One Hundred and Forty Two - Echoes of the Trap
144. Chapter One Hundred and Forty Three - Shadows At Arcadia
145. Chapter One Hundred and Forty Four - Transfer
146. Chapter One Hundred and Forty Five - Council
147. Chapter One Hundred and Forty Six - Arcadia
148. Chapter One Hundred and Forty Seven - Brother's
149. Chapter One Hundred and Forty Eight - Gunpowder
150. Chapter One Hundred and Forty Nine - King of Spades
151. Chapter One Hundred and Fifty - Between Shadows and Skin
152. Chapter One Hundred and Fifty One - Beneath the Storm's Skin
153. Chapter One Hundred and Fifty Two - The Road Ahead
154. Chapter One Hundred and Fifty Three- Epilogue
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