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The Devil's Sacrament
  1. 1. The Decrypted Ledger
  2. 2. Across the Raging Minch
  3. 3. The Iron Gate of Morven
  4. 4. The Midnight Siphon
  5. 5. Tasting the Fire
  6. 6. Blood and Velvet 🔒
  7. 7. The Morning Treaty 🔒
  8. 8. The Scriptorium of Shadows 🔒
  9. 9. The Armory and the Claymore 🔒
  10. 10. Raid on the Smuggler's Barge 🔒
  11. 11. The Traitor's Confession 🔒
  12. 12. Before the Great Hearth 🔒
  13. 13. Unvarnished Hunger 🔒
  14. 14. The Winter Solstice Ultimatum 🔒
  15. 15. The Fog of the Minch 🔒
  16. 16. The Decoy of Gull Rock 🔒
  17. 17. Artillery over the Breakers 🔒
  18. 18. Breach at the Lower Seawall 🔒
  19. 19. The Clifftop Stand 🔒
  20. 20. The Captured War Chest 🔒
  21. 21. Vows in Ash and Salt 🔒
  22. 22. The High Council of Morven 🔒
  23. 23. The Voyage to the Forth 🔒
  24. 24. Shadows over Edinburgh 🔒
  25. 25. The Gala of the Hollow Crown 🔒
  26. 26. The Mask Drops 🔒
  27. 27. The Clifftop Pursuit 🔒
  28. 28. Retribution on Arthur's Seat 🔒
  29. 29. The Return of Sinclair Hall 🔒
  30. 30. The Charter of the Isles 🔒
  31. 31. The Clifftop Proposal 🔒
  32. 32. The Royal Wedding of Morven 🔒
  33. 33. A Sacrament in Silk and Fire 🔒
  34. 34. The Spring Fleet 🔒
  35. 35. The Heirs of Morven 🔒

Chapter 12

Before the Great Hearth

The Devil's Sacrament · Vivienne Leclair · 5 min read

The Great Hall of Morven Keep was ablaze with the light of three massive wrought-iron chandeliers holding dozens of beeswax tapers, their golden glow illuminating the high timbered ceiling and ancient stone shields of House MacKenna. Four colossal fireplaces roared along the perimeter walls, sending waves of fragrant birch and peat heat rolling across the flagstones, banishing the freezing ocean mist that pressed against the thick leaded windows. The hall…

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