Chapter Eighty Five - The Distance Between Fire

( Luca's POV )

The city didn’t sleep after the retaliation. It only changed the rhythm of its breathing.

Smoke still curled from the ruins of the docks, and the streets carried the metallic taste of spent shells. Every step echoed too loudly, as if the ground itself was warning us to stop before w...

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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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