Chapter 196 AFTERSHOCK

ZURI — POV

The city hasn’t changed.

Lights flicker in buildings that were always awake. Horns echo off streets we’ve mapped a dozen times. People move through intersections, unaware, indifferent. But I notice the gaps, the pauses. The small, deliberate silences that weren’t there yesterday.

Ghost...

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Chapters

1. Chapter 1 New Blood

2. Chapter 2 Teeth in the Dark

3. Chapter 3 Under His Shadow

4. Chapter 4 The Wolves Bite

5. Chapter 5 Fire in the Dark

6. Chapter 6 Wolves Circle

7. Chapter 7 The Enforcer’s Question

8. Chapter 8 Smoke and Secrets

9. Chapter 9 The Club’s Verdict

10. Chapter 10 Rumors and Shadows

11. Chapter 11 The Line Between Fire and Fear

12. Chapter 12 What Fire Leaves Behind

13. Chapter 13 Smoke on the Wire

14. Chapter 14 The Price of Silence

15. Chapter 15 The Blood Debt

16. Chapter 16 The Hunter’s Creed

17. Chapter 17 Ash Between Us

18. Chapter 18 The Predator’s Move

19. Chapter 19 Smoke and Steel

20. Chapter 20 The Hunter’s Edge

21. Chapter 21 The Predator’s Trail

22. Chapter 22 Ambush at the Clearing

23. Chapter 23 Collision in the Mist

24. Chapter 24 Ash Between the Trees

25. Chapter 25 The Trap in the Pines

26. Chapter 26 The Shadows Below

27. Chapter 27 The Price of Blood

28. Chapter 28 The Devil You Know

29. Chapter 29 The Lion’s Den

30. Chapter 30 Ashes in the Veins

31. Chapter 31 The Ghost and the Wolf

32. Chapter 32 Blood in the Water

33. Chapter 33 The Devil You Made

34. Chapter 34 Fire Lines

35. Chapter 35 Smoke and Silence

36. Chapter 36 The King’s Shadow

37. Chapter 37 Vault of Echoes

38. Chapter 38 The Moretti Code

39. Chapter 39 Smoke and Silence

40. Chapter 40 The Vault Line

41. Chapter 41 The Red Crown

42. Chapter 42 Engines of Mercy

43. Chapter 43 Ashes of Kings

44. Chapter 44 Ember Pass

45. Chapter 45 The Fire Between

46. Chapter 46 The Hollow Signal

47. Chapter 47 The Red Line

48. Chapter 48 The Morning After Fire

49. Chapter 49 The Fire’s Echo

50. Chapter 50 Smoke on the Horizon

51. Chapter 51 The Hollow Hours

52. Chapter 52 The Hollow Line

53. Chapter 53 Trade Line

54. Chapter 54 The Divide

55. Chapter 55 Ashline

56. Chapter 56 The Hollow Vein

57. Chapter 57 The Blood Debt

58. Chapter 58 The Burn Mark

59. Chapter 59 The Ash Line

60. Chapter 60 The Wolves at the Door

61. Chapter 61 The House of Glass

62. Chapter 62 The Wolf’s Debt

63. Chapter 63 The Glass Cage

64. Chapter 64 The Devil’s Hand

65. Chapter 65 Ash and Echoes

66. Chapter 66 The River Knows

67. Chapter 67 Through the Thorns

68. Chapter 68 Ember’s Edge

69. Chapter 69 Chase to Ember

70. Chapter 70 Ember’s Flight

71. Chapter 71 No Ground Left

72. Chapter 72 Fractured Paths

73. Chapter 73 The Hunter’s Edge

74. Chapter 74 Ember Reckoning

75. Chapter 75 Crossfire

76. Chapter 76 The Hollow Path

77. Chapter 77 Echo Chamber

78. Chapter 78 Into the Core

79. Chapter 79 Shattered Signal

80. Chapter 80 Ashfall

81. Chapter 81 Fault Lines

82. Chapter 82 Ridgepoint

83. Chapter 83 Dawnbreak

84. Chapter 84 Ash Between Us

85. Chapter 85 Echoes in the Wire

86. Chapter 86 The Hollow Returns

87. Chapter 87 Resonance

88. Chapter 88 The Bone Trail

89. Chapter 89 Under the Ember Sky

90. Chapter 90 The Fire Between Us

91. Chapter 91 Ash and Steel

92. Chapter 92 Smoke and Glass

93. Chapter 93 The Tunnel Burn

94. Chapter 94 Black Signal

95. Chapter 95 The Iron Vein

96. Chapter 96 The Catalyst

97. Chapter 97 Raven’s Peak

98. Chapter 98 Aftermath

99. Chapter 99 Ridgepoint

100. Chapter 100 After the Fire

101. Chapter 101 Ashes Don’t Lie

102. Chapter 102 The Voice That Shouldn’t Exist

103. Chapter 103 The Sound of a Brother Drowning

104. Chapter 104 The Trap

105. Chapter 105 The Hunt Begins

106. Chapter 106 EYES IN THE TREES

107. Chapter 107 Through the Cracks

108. Chapter 108 Smoke and Mirrors

109. Chapter 109 Between Shadows and Lies

110. Chapter 110 The Lie Between Us

111. Chapter 111 THE RECRUIT TALKS

112. Chapter 112 THE APARTMENT

113. Chapter 113 THE CALL

114. Chapter 114 War on the Horizon

115. Chapter 115 WHEN BLOOD CALLS BLOOD

116. Chapter 116 Fractured

117. Chapter 117 Collateral Shadows

118. Chapter 118 Glass & Gunpowder

119. Chapter 119 The Vineyard That Never Sleeps

120. Chapter 120 The Uninvited

121. Chapter 121 Ghost Code

122. Chapter 122 No Safehouse Left

123. Chapter 123 Where Ghost Went Dark

124. Chapter 124 Fire in the Rain

125. Chapter 125 The Knife in the Quiet

126. Chapter 126 BLOODLINE PROTOCOL

127. Chapter 127 THE DAUGHTER’S SEAT

128. Chapter 128 The Line We Don’t Cross

129. Chapter 129 The Wolves Step Into Light

130. Chapter 130 What Bleeds, Follows

131. Chapter 131 The First War Thread Unravels

132. Chapter 132 REX DRAWS A LINE

133. Chapter 133 The Wolves Walk In

134. Chapter 134 The Spine of the Mountain

135. Chapter 135 THE HUNT BEGINS

136. Chapter 136 THE BROKEN CROWN

137. Chapter 137 THE WOLVES ANSWER THE CALL

138. Chapter 138 FIVE HOURS BEFORE SUNDOWN

139. Chapter 139 Three Hours Before Impact

140. Chapter 140 Zero Hour Breach

141. Chapter 141 The Door That Shouldn’t Open

142. Chapter 142 Echoes Through the Mountain

143. Chapter 143 Throne at the Edge of Fire

144. Chapter 144 Aftermath and Loyalties

145. Chapter 145 Sundown Skirmish

146. Chapter 146 Marco’s Counterstrike

147. Chapter 147 Nightfall Maneuvers

148. Chapter 148 The Command Hub Trap

149. Chapter 149 Marco’s Counterstrike

150. Chapter 150 Bunker Breach

151. Chapter 151 Marco’s Last Stand

152. Chapter 152 A Throne in Ashes

153. Chapter 153 Into the Wolf’s Den

154. Chapter 154 BREAK THE CHAINS

155. Chapter 155 THE INNER WING BURNS

156. Chapter 156 THE GLASS SHATTERS

157. Chapter 157 MEDEVAC UNDER FIRE

158. Chapter 158 THE ESCAPE CORRIDOR

159. Chapter 159 SKYLINE RESUSCITATION

160. Chapter 160 REDLINE ARRIVAL

161. Chapter 161 SURGICAL LINE

162. Chapter 162 BLEEDING CLOCK

163. Chapter 163 HOLDING PATTERN

164. Chapter 164 THE ICU LINE

165. Chapter 165 NIGHT WATCH

166. Chapter 166 FIRST LIGHT

167. Chapter 167 AFTER THE BREATH

168. Chapter 168 STAYING

169. Chapter 169 WHAT COMES NEXT

170. Chapter 170 THOSE WHO COULDN’T COME

171. Chapter 171 WORDS THAT WON’T COME

172. Chapter 172 WHAT REMAINS UNSAID

173. Chapter 173 THE SHAPE OF STAYING

174. Chapter 174 THE FIRST ASK

175. Chapter 175 LEARNING THE ASK

176. Chapter 176 WHEN THE VOICE COMES BACK

177. Chapter 177 WHAT IT COSTS TO STAY

178. Chapter 178 THE WEIGHT OF MORNING

179. Chapter 179 THE SLOW WORK OF LIVING

180. Chapter 180 WHAT COMES AFTER STRENGTH

181. Chapter 181 THE BODY REMEMBERS

182. Chapter 182 LEARNING THE DAY

183. Chapter 183 THE DOOR DOESN’T CLOSE BEHIND YOU

184. Chapter 184 WHAT THEY CALL HEROES

185. Chapter 185 THE BODY IN THE ROOM

186. Chapter 186 THE THING HE USED TO DO WITHOUT THINKING

187. Chapter 187 WHAT STAYS AFTER

188. Chapter 188 WHAT THEY CHOOSE WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING

189. Chapter 189 SHADOWS RETURN

190. Chapter 190 THE EDGE OF CONTROL

191. Chapter 191 WHAT IT COSTS TO BE SEEN

192. Chapter 192 THE COST OF NO

193. Chapter 193 RIPPLE

194. Chapter 194 TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT

195. Chapter 195 FIRST STRIKE WITHOUT BLOOD

196. Chapter 196 AFTERSHOCK

197. Chapter 197 ESCALATION

198. Chapter 198 FIRST STRIKE WITHOUT BLOOD

199. Chapter 199 WHEN THEY STOP ASKING

200. Chapter 200 THE ROOM THEY MEANT TO CONTROL

201. Chapter 201 THE ANSWER THEY FORCED

202. Chapter 202 WHAT COMES FOR THE ARCHITECT

203. Chapter 203 THE LANGUAGE OF CONSEQUENCE

204. Chapter 204 WHO PAYS FIRST

205. Chapter 205 THE PRICE OF ALIGNMENT

206. Chapter 206 WHEN CONSEQUENCE NEEDS A BODY

207. Chapter 207 WHEN SYMBOLS FAIL

208. Chapter 208 THE NAME THEY CHOOSE

209. Chapter 209 THE VIOLENCE THEY CAN’T EXPLAIN

210. Chapter 210 WHO BLEEDS FIRST

211. Chapter 211 THE LINE THAT DOESN’T MOVE

212. Chapter 212 THE CROSSING

213. Chapter 213 THE COST OF WINNING

214. Chapter 214 THE MOVE THAT ISN’T SEEN

215. Chapter 215 WHEN ENDURANCE BECOMES THREAT

216. Chapter 216 THE FAILURE THEY BUILT

217. Chapter 217 WHEN MERCY GETS A NAME

218. Chapter 218 THE COST OF WAITING

219. Chapter 219 THE BOTTLENECK

220. Chapter 220 PROOF OF CONSEQUENCE

221. Chapter 221 THE FIRST BLOW

222. Chapter 222 FIRST BLOCK

223. Chapter 223 NARROWED POINT

224. Chapter 224 THE RE-ENTRY

225. Chapter 225 THE BROTHER RETURNS

226. Chapter 226 THE QUIET RESOLUTION

227. Chapter 227 DANGEROUS NARRATIVE

228. Chapter 228 THE PRIVATE RECKONING

229. Chapter 229 FRAMING THE TEMPORARY

230. Chapter 230 THE PATIENT FATHER

231. Chapter 231 BLOODLESS HUMILIATION

232. Chapter 232 REPOSITIONING THE BOARD

233. Chapter 233 INVITATION TO NEGOTIATE

234. Chapter 234 THE INVITATION ACCEPTED

235. Chapter 235 THE FATHER’S OFFER

236. Chapter 236 SUMMIT PREPARATIONS

237. Chapter 237 SUMMIT BEGINS

238. Chapter 238 THE SUMMIT ESCALATES

239. Chapter 239 AFTER THE DECLARATION

240. Chapter 240 RIPPLE EFFECTS

241. Chapter 241 THE WEIGHT OF CHOICE

242. Chapter 242 THE COST OF PEACE

243. Chapter 243 THE REJECTION

244. Chapter 244 WHAT BURNS

245. Chapter 245 WHAT REMAINS

246. Chapter 246 CORRECTIVE ALIGNMENT

247. Chapter 247 THE ARCHITECTURE OF ERASURE

248. Chapter 248 THE PATIENCE OF GODS

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