Chapter Eight: Tea and Silence
She didn’t hear the door open.
Didn’t hear the measured footsteps across the Turkish rug or the clink of the silver tray set gently on the side table by one of the maids. But she felt it—that subtle shift in air, the soft quiet that always came with him.
“Isabelle.”
His voice was deep with mornin...
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Chapters
1. Chapter One: The Farthingale Ball
2. Chapter Two: Awakening Sparks
3. Chapter Three: The Midnight Garden
4. Chapter Four: To the Carriage
5. Chapter Five: The Dream
6. Chapter Six: The Library at Dawn
7. Chapter Seven: Ash and Ink
8. Chapter Eight: Tea and Silence
9. Chapter Nine: Ink and Enlightenmen
10. Chapter Ten: The Bodleian Journey
11. Chapter Eleven: The Blood-Bound Map
12. Chapter Twelve: The Letter and the Map
13. Chapter Thirteen: The Hollow Between Days
14. Chapter Fourteen: The Raven at the Window
15. Chapter Fifteen: Shadows at Supper
16. Chapter Sixteen: The Departure and then Divide
17. Chapter Seventeen: The Road of Echoes
18. Chapter Eighteen: The Whisper and the Wild
19. Chapter Nineteen: The Forest Between Worlds
20. Chapter Twenty: Through the Veil
21. Chapter Twenty-One: The Hunt Beyond the Veil
22. Chapter Twenty-Two: The Circle of Memory
23. Chapter Twenty-Three: The Bridge and the Bond
24. Chapter Twenty-Four: The Path of Awakening
25. Chapter Twenty-Five: Between the Stones
26. Chapter Twenty-Six: The Stone of Memory
27. Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Eyes in the Ivy
28. Chapter Twenty-Eight: When the Earth Follows
29. Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Quiet Unraveling
30. Chapter Thirty: The Game Begins
31. Chapter Thirty-One: The Secrets in Stone
32. Chapter Thirty-Two: Through the Withering Lands
33. Chapter Thirty-Three: Thorn and Veil
34. Chapter Thirty-Four: The Heir of Avalon
35. Chapter Thirty-Five: The River Between Realms
36. Chapter Thirty-Six: The Seer’s Warning
37. Chapter Thirty-Seven: The False Accord
38. Chapter Thirty-Eight: To the Western Wind
39. Chapter Thirty-Nine: The Stone That Waits
40. Chapter Forty: The Cave Beneath the Tide
41. Chapter Forty-One: The Collapse
42. Chapter Forty-Two: The Sea Prince Sleeps
43. Chapter Forty-Three: The Isle of the Forgotten Queen
44. Chapter Forty-Four: The Trial of the Heart-Stone
45. Chapter Forty-Five: Whispers Under Stone
46. Chapter Forty-Six: The Light Beneath Leaves
47. Chapter Forty-Seven: The Chamber of Light
48. Chapter Forty-Eight: The Hollow Trial
49. Chapter Forty-Nine: The Ruin That Bleeds
50. Chapter Fifty: The Breath Between Worlds
51. Chapter Fifty-One: Echoes of the Stoneways
52. Chapter Fifty-Two: The Mirror of Blades
53. Chapter Fifty-Three: Fire Over Thunderhill
54. Chapter Fifty-Four: Between Ash and Clover
55. Chapter Fifty-Five: Shadows Near Pendragon Hill
56. Chapter Fifty-Six: The Crestfallen Crown
57. Chapter Fifty-Seven: Fire in the Dragon’s Eye
58. Chapter Fifty-Eight: Under the Storm-Forged Sky
59. Chapter Fifty-Nine: Ruins of the Silver Keep
60. Chapter Sixty: Mist at Dalriada Bridge
61. Chapter Sixty-One: Storm Port of Fátima
62. Chapter Sixty-Two: The Ember Storm Siege
63. Chapter Sixty-Three: Cairns of Eternity
64. Chapter Sixty-Four: Mirror of Convergence
65. Chapter Sixty-Five: Aurora Over Aldwych Broch
66. Chapter Sixty-Six: The Penitent Pact
67. Chapter Sixty-Seven: Tide of the Selkie’s Stone
68. Chapter Sixty-Eight: Echoes Beneath Iona Abbey
69. Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Watcher in the Fae Wood
70. Chapter Seventy: Rupture at the Dragon’s Maw
71. Chapter Seventy-One: After the Inferno
72. Chapter Seventy-Two: The Ruined Fortress of Eochaid
73. Chapter Seventy-Three: The Accord Renewed
74. Chapter Seventy-Four: Dawn of the New Covenant
75. Chapter Seventy-Five: Epilogue
76. Chapters Seventy-Six: A Dance Without Fear
77. Appendix-Historical Notes
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