Chapter 16: Testing the Lieutenant

The pursuit carried Scarlett and Luke across half the eastern district.

Ahead of them, the wounded Blood Sect assassin moved rapidly despite the blood soaking through his dark robes. He leaped from one rooftop to another, knocking tiles loose behind him in an att

Chapter 17: The First Treatment

Scarlett returned to the Quiet Pavilion shortly before sunrise.

She entered through the rear window, changed her clothes, and restored the false blemishes on her face before Mia awakened. By the time the first servants entered the courtyard, Scarlett was sitting cal

Chapter 18: Sharing the Pain

The moment Scarlett’s palms touched Arthur’s back, she felt the chaos within his meridians.

Fire Grass had awakened channels sealed by years of frost, but the poison did not retreat peacefully. It surged through his body in sharp waves, striking against the medicinal h