Chapter 48 THE OFFER MADE IN THE DARK
The first crack in the Thirty didn’t make a sound.
Cracks rarely did, at the start.
They hid in small choices.
A missed meal.
A deeper frown.
An extra drink poured when no one was looking.
This one started in the barracks, just before midnight.
Rain had begun—thin, cold, insistent. It tapped ag...
Chapters
1. Chapter 1 BLOOD ON THE MOON
2. Chapter 2 THE ALPHA KING’S PRISONER
3. Chapter 3 The Alpha King's Vow
4. Chapter 4 JUDGMENT OF THE COUNCIL
5. Chapter 5 LESSONS IN MOONFIRE
6. Chapter 6 A STORM IN HIS VEINS
7. Chapter 7 BOUND BY FIRE AND STEEL
8. Chapter 8 ASHES OF A QUEEN
9. Chapter 9 TRIAL BY MOONFIRE
10. Chapter 10 WHEN THE NORTH BLEEDS
11. Chapter 11 WHAT MONSTERS LEAVE BEHIND
12. Chapter 12 THE SCAR THAT BURNS
13. Chapter 13 THE LETTER WRITTEN IN BLOOD
14. Chapter 14 THE MOON DOES NOT BOW
15. Chapter 15 THE FIRST PIECE HE SENDS BACK
16. Chapter 16 LETTERS FROM THE DEAD
17. Chapter 17 WHEN THE LUNA SPEAKS FOR HERSELF
18. Chapter 18 THE CALLER SENDS A VOICE
19. Chapter 19 TRAINING WITH TOUCH
20. Chapter 20 WHEN THE NORTH KNEELS
21. Chapter 21 THE NIGHT OF SILVER OATHS
22. Chapter 22 THE GIRL FROM THE RUINS
23. Chapter 23 WHAT THE FIRE TRIED TO ERASE
24. Chapter 24 THE GIRL WHO SPOKE IN ECHOES
25. Chapter 25 THE BLOOD-OATH COUNCIL
26. Chapter 26 THE NIGHT THE CASTLE BLEEDS
27. Chapter 27 HE DIDN’T LET GO
28. Chapter 28 THE TOWER THAT BURNED TWICE
29. Chapter 29 WHEN THE WORDS STARTED WHISPERING
30. Chapter 30 THE ONE WHO HEARD HIS NAME
31. Chapter 31 THE MARK UNDER HIS SKIN
32. Chapter 32 THE DREAM THAT WASN’T HERS
33. Chapter 33 THE FIRST TO KNEEL WRONG
34. Chapter 34 WHEN LOYALTY CRACKS
35. Chapter 35 WHEN THE BLOOD STARTED WHISPERING BACK
36. Chapter 36 THE FIRST TO STEP BACK
37. Chapter 37 THE ONES WHO WERE NOT PUSHED — BUT STAYED
38. Chapter 38 THE NIGHT THE SKY LEANED IN
39. Chapter 39 WHEN BLOOD WROTE HER NAME
40. Chapter 40 THE FIRST TO STAND THROUGH THE WHISPER
41. Chapter 41 WHEN THE STONE REMEMBERED
42. Chapter 42 WHEN THE BOND BIT BACK
43. Chapter 43 THE FIRST TIME HE DIDN’T LIFT HIS HAND
44. Chapter 44 WHEN THE KING STOPPED PLAYING NICE
45. Chapter 45 THE NIGHT THE PAST REFUSED TO STAY QUIET
46. Chapter 46 WHEN THE LIE HAD TO LOOK HER IN THE EYES
47. Chapter 47 THE NIGHT THE SKY WENT BLIND
48. Chapter 48 THE OFFER MADE IN THE DARK
49. Chapter 49 WHEN THE RUINS SPOKE WITH HER VOICE
50. Chapter 50 WHEN WATCHERS DID NOT BLINK
51. Chapter 51 THE BLADE THAT DIDN’T LOOK LIKE ONE
52. Chapter 52 THE FIRST STEP OFF THE LINE
53. Chapter 53 THE DAY A WOLF STEPPED BACK
54. Chapter 54 WHEN POWER CUT DEEPER THAN INTENDED
55. Chapter 55 THE SOUND OF TRUST SPLINTERING
56. Chapter 56 THE HAND THAT MOVED IN SHADOW
57. Chapter 57 THE WOLF THAT WATCHED HER BURN
58. Chapter 58 THE FIRST VOICE THAT SAID “NO”
59. Chapter 59 THE DAY THE LUNA SAID “ENOUGH”
60. Chapter 60 THE NIGHT THE FIRE CHOSE A BODY
61. Chapter 61 THE ARROW THAT CHANGED NOTHING AND EVERYTHING
62. Chapter 62 THE WALK TO THE TOWER
63. Chapter 63 THE NIGHT THE COURT STOPPED FEARING THE LUNA
64. Chapter 64 THE SHADOW THAT STOOD IN THE LIGHT
65. Chapter 65 THE NIGHT THE WARDEN FELL SILENT
66. Chapter 66 THE BOND THEY TRIED TO BREAK
67. Chapter 67 THE SCARS THAT SAW EACH OTHER
68. Chapter 68 THE QUESTIONS THEY DIDN’T ASK
69. Chapter 69 THE FIRST TO FALL
70. Chapter 70 THE NIGHT OF THE OATH
71. Chapter 71 THE FIRST CRACK IN THE MOON
72. Chapter 72 The Shadow That Knows Her Name
73. Chapter 73 The Moon Remembers
74. Chapter 74 The Whisper Beneath Her Skin
75. Chapter 75 Echoes of the First Moon
76. Chapter 76 The Breath of the Shadow Court
77. Chapter 77 The Ones Who Remember
78. Chapter 78 The Moonfall Letter
79. Chapter 79 The Wolves That Do Not Bow
80. Chapter 80 The Gate of Moonfall
81. Chapter 81 BOOK 2 PREVIEW
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