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Bound to the Immortal Prince
  1. 1. The Blood on the Silver Fern
  2. 2. The Unraveling of the Spires
  3. 3. The Resonance of the Pulse
  4. 4. The Royal Inquest
  5. 5. The Shadow in the Clearing
  6. 6. The Arrest of the Witch 🔒
  7. 7. The Caged Healer 🔒
  8. 8. The Test of the Blade 🔒
  9. 9. The Whispers of the Conclave 🔒
  10. 10. The Midnight Fever 🔒
  11. 11. The Secret of the Vesper Seal 🔒
  12. 12. The First Shared Breath 🔒
  13. 13. The Poison in the Cup 🔒
  14. 14. The Mirror of Blood 🔒
  15. 15. The Trial by Fire 🔒
  16. 16. The Fracture in the Council 🔒
  17. 17. The Forbidden Vaults 🔒
  18. 18. The Revelation of the Covenant 🔒
  19. 19. The Escape from the Spires 🔒
  20. 20. The Hunter at the Gates 🔒
  21. 21. The Blood Covenant's Toll 🔒
  22. 22. Beyond the Borderlands 🔒
  23. 23. The Whispering Steppes 🔒
  24. 24. The Obsidian Outpost 🔒
  25. 25. The Trial of the Twin Moons 🔒
  26. 26. The Ambush at Dead Man's Gorge 🔒
  27. 27. The Caverns of the Weeping Mother 🔒
  28. 28. The Touch of Salt and Starlight 🔒
  29. 29. The Beast of the Caldera 🔒
  30. 30. The Ruined City of Kael-Vesper 🔒
  31. 31. The Echoes of the First Fall 🔒
  32. 32. The Traitor's Blade 🔒
  33. 33. The River of Ash 🔒
  34. 34. The Blood-Hound's Scent 🔒
  35. 35. The Fortress of Thorns 🔒
  36. 36. The Unbreakable Vow 🔒
  37. 37. The Gates of Erebos 🔒
  38. 38. The Whispering Obsidian 🔒
  39. 39. The Shadow of House Obsidian 🔒
  40. 40. The Clashing of Elements 🔒
  41. 41. The Defeat of the Blood-Warlocks 🔒
  42. 42. The Threshold of the First Dawn 🔒
  43. 43. The Vigil Before the Caldera 🔒
  44. 44. The Symmetrical Release 🔒
  45. 45. The Shattering of Eternity 🔒
  46. 46. The Rebirth of the Vale 🔒
  47. 47. The Riders of the West 🔒
  48. 48. The Iron Council's Despair 🔒
  49. 49. The Standard of the Dawn 🔒
  50. 50. The March on the Spires 🔒
  51. 51. The Return to the Spires 🔒
  52. 52. The Trial of Alistair 🔒
  53. 53. The Sentence of the Sunstone 🔒
  54. 54. The Unsealing of the Royal Catacombs 🔒
  55. 55. The Tablet of Valerius 🔒
  56. 56. The Cleansing of the Inquisition 🔒
  57. 57. The Rebuilding of the Senate 🔒
  58. 58. The Grand Library of the Spires 🔒
  59. 59. The Western Envoys 🔒
  60. 60. The Founding of the Healer Clinics 🔒
  61. 61. The Provincial Charters 🔒
  62. 62. The Trial of the Syndicate 🔒
  63. 63. The Purging of the Mines 🔒
  64. 64. The Hearth of the Spires 🔒
  65. 65. The First Winter Festival 🔒
  66. 66. The Northern Alliance 🔒
  67. 67. The Trade Accord of Blackwater 🔒
  68. 68. The Restoration of the Vesper Lineage 🔒
  69. 69. The Memorial of the Thirty-Six 🔒
  70. 70. The Royal Tour of the Marches 🔒
  71. 71. The Oath of the Guilds 🔒
  72. 72. The Law of the Common Hearth 🔒
  73. 73. The Assembly of the Free Clans 🔒
  74. 74. The Grand Siphon Deconstruction 🔒
  75. 75. The Voice of the People 🔒
  76. 76. The Crown of Silver Leaves 🔒
  77. 77. The Concordat of Kael-Vesper 🔒
  78. 78. The Dissolution of Hereditary Titles 🔒
  79. 79. The Eternal Charter 🔒
  80. 80. The Beacon of the West 🔒
  81. 81. The Shadows of Val-Doran 🔒
  82. 82. The Envoy of the Golden Sun 🔒
  83. 83. The Poisoned Toast 🔒
  84. 84. The Witch's Antidote 🔒
  85. 85. The Web of the Sea Kings 🔒
  86. 86. The Defense of the Sound 🔒
  87. 87. The Night of the Red Sails 🔒
  88. 88. The Iron Galleons of Coral Bay 🔒
  89. 89. The Battle of the High Bluffs 🔒
  90. 90. The Surrender of Archon Drake 🔒
  91. 91. The Traitor in the Senate 🔒
  92. 92. The Ledger of Blood Money 🔒
  93. 93. The Confession of Julian 🔒
  94. 94. The Price of Loyalty 🔒
  95. 95. The Whispering Plague 🔒
  96. 96. The Quarantine of Port Oakhaven 🔒
  97. 97. The Root of the Sun-Lily 🔒
  98. 98. Mira's Desperate Brew 🔒
  99. 99. The Miracle at Dawn 🔒
  100. 100. The Sovereign's Tear 🔒
  101. 101. The Debt of the Archons 🔒
  102. 102. The Southern Peace Accord 🔒
  103. 103. The Emissary of the Deep Forest 🔒
  104. 104. The Secret of the Silver Blood 🔒
  105. 105. The Mortal Vulnerability 🔒
  106. 106. The Assassin in the Rose Garden 🔒
  107. 107. Caelan's Shield 🔒
  108. 108. The Vow of Flesh and Bone 🔒
  109. 109. The Season of White Plums 🔒
  110. 110. The Sovereign Tour of Peace 🔒
  111. 111. The Healing of the Mountain Children 🔒
  112. 112. The Gift of the Free Clans 🔒
  113. 113. The Archon's Return 🔒
  114. 114. The Harbor of the Seven Flags 🔒
  115. 115. The Academy of the Twin Leaves 🔒
  116. 116. The Twilight of the Old Guard 🔒
  117. 117. Cassian's Final Address 🔒
  118. 118. The Passing of the Patriarch 🔒
  119. 119. The Memorial of the Elders 🔒
  120. 120. The First Spring of the New Era 🔒
  121. 121. The Whispering Roots of Vesper 🔒
  122. 122. The Healer's Child 🔒
  123. 123. The Cradle of Silver and Vine 🔒
  124. 124. The Blessing of the Eighteen Provinces 🔒
  125. 125. The Citizen's Oath 🔒
  126. 126. The Harvest of the Century 🔒
  127. 127. The Dissolution of the Imperial Guard 🔒
  128. 128. The Watch of the Free Citizens 🔒
  129. 129. The Twilight of Caelan 🔒
  130. 130. The Choice of Mortality 🔒
  131. 131. The Golden Solstice 🔒
  132. 132. The Hearth That Never Fades 🔒
  133. 133. The Song of Sarah's Willow 🔒
  134. 134. Two Hearts in Mortal Peace 🔒
  135. 135. An Eternal Dawn 🔒

Chapter 21

The Blood Covenant's Toll

Bound to the Immortal Prince · Devendra Katariya · 6 min read

At the midnight bell, the first barrage of *Dragon's Breath* launched from Malric’s siege engines, arcing across the night sky like screaming green meteors. The alchemical fire crashed into the eastern fringes of the Whisperwood, igniting forty acres of pine timber in an explosive, roaring wall of heat and blinding emerald light. Malric stood on his command platform, laughing with maniacal delight as the flames leaped into the canopy. "Burn…

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