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Chapter 18 - The Wagon That Carried No Flowers

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A midnight wagon leaves Lower Garden carrying people instead of flowers. Following a lead in Nerissa’s disappearance, Soren, Emberlyn, and Rhydan intercept it—only to discover that freeing its prisoners could trigger a deadly magical backlash. As Soren struggles to keep them alive, the search uncovers a hidden passenger whose answers are more unsettling than her presence.

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Chapter 17 - A House Without Its Head

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With Theron dead and Nerissa missing, Emberlyn faces a divided council—and a chance to claim authority on her own terms. Meanwhile, Soren’s examination of an injured captive draws him into a network of coercion hidden behind legitimate contracts. An unexpected meeting with healer Maksim offers fresh insight into Soren’s magic. But as the group prepares a rescue, Theron’s private records reveal an unsettling connection between Elodie’s abilities, an ageless girl, and a rag doll that shares her soul.

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Chapter 16 - The Summons

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An urgent summons brings Emberlyn home to Astervale, where the Supreme has vanished and a scholar lies dead. Along the way, Soren’s treatment of a captive raises troubling questions about a caravan’s human cargo. Among the city’s roses and guarded halls, the companions uncover suspicious transfer orders—and a private warning only Emberlyn understands.

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Chapter 15 - Settling Accounts

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Deep beneath Rook’s Crown, Soren and Tav fight to keep a patient alive while Fray faces Cassiane’s stolen strength. Breaking the blood connection will take more than a sharp blade—and every second costs blood. Debts are coming due. Contracts will be closed. But as Soren prepares to collect his pay and leave, an urgent summons threatens to draw him into another crisis. Chapter 15 — Settling Accounts concludes the Rook’s Crown arc.

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Chapter 14 - Terms for The Losers

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Victory in the arena should have settled their debts. Instead, Soren and his companions are escorted into the Rook’s Crown archives, where Rafael uncovers records linking stolen medicine to a far larger conspiracy. When Cassiane seals the exits and unleashes her monstrous enforcers, the inquiry becomes a fight for survival. Fray takes on the mistress of the house while Soren struggles to keep everyone alive—but Cassiane has a secret that could turn his healing into their greatest liability.

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Chapter 13 - A Final in the Family

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The tournament final pits Soren and Rafael against Tav and Fray—and friendship won’t make this fight any gentler. Facing an opponent who knows a healer’s tricks and a rogue who can vanish from sight, Soren must find new ways to use his Life Anchors before his friends force him to surrender. But the arena holds more than one contest. As the crowd roars, Rafael notices something troubling among the spectators… and victory may be the least of their worries.

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Chapter 12 - Things That Aren't Wounds

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Some things can’t be healed like wounds. Faced with Tav’s unusual condition, Soren begins to question the limits of his magic. Lessons with the apothecary and training with Rafael lead him toward a new skill—one that demands precision, restraint, and trust. Meanwhile, the team’s investigation reveals that the suspicious shipments belong to two different networks. As the next round of the Crown tournament approaches, they must follow the evidence carefully. A wrong assumption could send them after the wrong enemy.

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Chapter 11 - The Victor's Right

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Chapter 11 — The Victor’s Right At Rook’s Crown, victory earns more than gold—it earns the right to make a claim. As Fray and Tav unveil a dangerous partnership, Soren enters the arena alongside Rafael, facing cursed chains, obstructed sightlines, and little room for error. Then Castellan and Emberlyn take the field, where an overwhelming advantage gives way to a choice no tournament rule can settle. In an arena where lives belong to the Crown, how much is a victory worth?

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Chapter 10 - The Name On The Betting Board

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A familiar formula leads Soren and his companions to Rook’s Crown, where medicine, debt, and blood sport share the same ledgers. To trace the stolen shipments back to the prison camp, they must enter Cassiane Rook’s tournament—and accept the terms that bind its fighters. For Fray, returning means facing more than the arena. She left as Zephyr. The betting board remembers.

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Chapter 09 - The Final Blood Command

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Behind the doors of Caelvaris’s royal chamber, Castellan faces a man he has not seen in ten years. Severin answers with blood magic that leaves the party bleeding from within—and Soren struggling to keep everyone alive. As summoned monsters close in, the team must break the spell’s source before their healer reaches his limit. But Castellan’s unfinished history with Severin may decide how this battle ends.

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Chapter 08 - The Price of An Army

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Recovering in Vargar territory, Soren finds himself growing closer to Rhydan—until a patient’s testimony reveals a link between missing tribespeople and Caelvaris’s military experiments. Reunited with the Auric Circle, he sets out for a fortified prison where captives may still be alive. But reaching them means uncovering how far a kingdom will go to build an expendable army.

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Chapter 07 - Bred for War

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Following a wounded goblin, Soren and his companions discover a fortified camp where monsters are bred for war—and captive Vargar bear the cost. With prisoners too weak to escape unaided, a quiet infiltration becomes a desperate rescue. As fire spreads through the camp, an unexpected ally opens a way out, while the evidence left behind stirs a troubling memory for Castellan.

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Chapter 06 - Two Anchors

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Chapter 05 - The North Has No Walls

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Soren and his companions reach the front lines, where Arden’s soldiers face an army of goblins and ogres. Amid the wounded, Eira’s vast Sanctuary keeps the defenders fighting—and offers Soren a glimpse of healing on a scale he has never seen before. But something is controlling the goblins, and the battlefield may hold the next clue.

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Chapter 04 - When Healing Does Not Stop

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Deep within Thornspire, the fallen monsters keep rising. While Castellan, Fray, and the survivors struggle to hold the line, Soren searches the Healing Core for a way to stop them. With arrows running low and wounds mounting, he must discover why magic meant to save lives has turned the ruins into a death trap.

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Chapter 03 - The Heart of Thornspire

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Deeper inside Thornspire, Soren, Castellan, and Fray discover survivors hiding in the dark—and a healer who could not be saved. As they push toward the heart of the ruins, Soren searches for the source of the horrors surrounding them. Keeping everyone alive will take more than closing their wounds.

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Chapter 02 - Don't Heal That Wound

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A rescue mission in Thornspire puts Soren’s judgment to the test. With wounded survivors to protect and a monstrous wolf bearing down on them, Castellan and Fray fight to keep the group alive. But healing is not always the right answer—and Soren must decide where his magic is needed most.

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Chapter 01 - An Upgrade

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A month after leaving the Auric Circle, Soren is enjoying quieter mornings, regular meals, and the freedom to turn down terrible jobs. Unfortunately, peace doesn't pay. Then his former teammates return with a problem: their new healer, Solenne, can no longer stop casting. What looks like exhaustion may be something far more dangerous—and Soren must examine the magic meant to keep everyone alive. He agrees to help. For a fee. But when an emergency bell rings from Thornspire Grotto, Soren finds himself running beside his old team once more.

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Prologue — 0.3 Seconds

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In a collapsing volcanic cathedral, the Auric Circle faces a raging fire dragon. For healer Soren Lysander Vale, three-tenths of a second can mean the difference between saving a teammate and losing them forever. But surviving the battle is only the beginning. When the fighting ends, Soren discovers how little his sacrifices are worth to the people he keeps alive—and makes a decision that will change his future.

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Chapter 9 - The Final Blood Command

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Chapter 8 - The Price of An Army

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Chapter 7 - Bred For War

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Chapter 6 - Two Anchors

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Chapter 5 - The North Has No Walls

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