
Premium
Title Page
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Introduction
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Chapter 1: Caelum’s Calculation
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Chapter 2: The Negotiation
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Chapter 3: What the Council Actually Knows
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Chapter 4: What You Carry
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Chapter 5: The Power Slips
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Chapter 6: Lessons in the Thornwall
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Chapter 7: The False Report
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Chapter 8: The Informant's Price
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Chapter 9: The Clock Starts
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Chapter 10: The Intended
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Chapter 11: The Announcement
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Chapter 12: The Personnel File
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Chapter 13: The First Real Thing
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Chapter 14: She Kisses Him First
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Chapter 15: The Consequence of Caring
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Chapter 16: The Weight of Something Real
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Chapter 17: The Handler Moves
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Chapter 18: Surrounded
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Chapter 19: The Room After
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Chapter 20: The Handler Reads
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Chapter 21: The Empress
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Chapter 22: What We Are Now
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Epilogue: The Palace at Night
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