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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 13

Unvarnished Hunger

The Devil's Sacrament · Vivienne Leclair · 6 min read

The heavy oak door of the high tower suite closed with a definitive, hollow thud, cutting off the distant revelry and pipe music echoing from the Great Hall below. Inside the bedchamber, the roaring stone hearth bathed the circular room in a deep, intoxicating amber glow. Evangeline barely had time to turn before Nikolai’s hands were on her. He gripped her by the waist, lifting her off her feet, his…

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