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Chapter 1.25 - In which Percy gets by on bravado

Percy

Month 11, Day 28, Saturday 4:50 a.m.

Percy ducked down and tucked his body forward without even thinking about it, a reflex as instantaneous as jerking his hand away when it brush...

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Chapter 186 - Symbolic Meaning

Sebastien

Month 4, Day 12, Monday 2:15 p.m.

Professor Lacer clasped his hands behind his back and began to slowly pace. His voice was precise, clipped, and loud enough to be heard easil...

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Chapter 1.24 - In which Percy bluffs (unconvincingly)

Percy

Month 11, Day 28, Saturday 4:45 a.m.

The Morrow chuckled meanly. “I crush that thing to bits, or I crush you and your girlfriend first, and then the artifact. Don’t be stupid,...

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Chapter 185 - Back to School

Sebastien

Month 4, Day 11, Sunday 2:30 p.m.

“Well, about the bracelets, it was a combination of all your hypotheses,” Sebastien said. “Mostly. And I need you to burn any you have ...

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Chapter 1.23 - In which Percy shoves Viv through a window

Percy

Month 11, Day 28, Saturday 4:40 a.m.

A faint glow in the air alerted Percy to the danger just in time. He ducked as an ephemeral grey bolt shot through the space where his head ha...

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Chapter 184 - Ritual Under Moonlight

Sebastien

Month 4, Day 11, Sunday 1:00 p.m.

Sebastien hurried across the University grounds toward the Menagerie, grimacing as she checked the time on her pocket watch. A good number of...

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Chapter 1.22 - In which the storm arrives

Percy

Month 11, Day 28, Saturday 3:40 a.m.

Count Fluffbutt easily outran Viv and Percy, disappearing into the dark.

When Viv eventually ran out of breath, hands on her knees and c...

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Chapter 183 - The Archaeologist


Siobhan

Month 4, Day 11, Sunday 5:30 a.m.

Very early Sunday morning, after waking for what seemed to the be dozenth time to the alarm spell she’d set on her pocket watch, S...

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Chapter 1.21 - In which Viv takes a sobering draught

Percy

Month 11, Day 28, Saturday 3:30 a.m.

It took several minutes of pounding on Healer Clements’ door before the man finally opened it. “What!” he demanded, eyebrows drawn into ...

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Chapter 182 - Harbinger

Thaddeus

Month 4, Day 10, Saturday 10:00 a.m.

“I apologize, your Eminence,” the lead healer said, using a somewhat archaic title as he bowed repeatedly to the High Crown. He shot a ...

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Chapter 1.20 - In which Percy wields paper over rock

Percy

Month 11, Day 28, Saturday 12:00 a.m.


It was the highest-stakes game of rock-paper-scissors that Percy had ever played.

The Kaiseki Ryori was holding an exclusive...

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Chapter 181 - Revenant


Thaddeus

Month 4, Day 10, Saturday 8:30 a.m.

The Pendragon Corps captain, hands still clasped behind his back as the severity of the situation settled into everyone’s minds, spoke...

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Chapter 1.19 - In which Percy gets his Vista

Percy

Month 11, Day 3, Tuesday 1:00 p.m.


Percy was free to leave. But, since he wanted to accompany the coppers back to Schubert’s Photo Emporium along with the returned sa...

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Chapter 180 - Cicatrize

Siobhan

Month 4, Day 10, Saturday 11:30 a.m.

Siobhan woke to the metaphorical scream of a full-to-bursting bladder. She struggled her way out of the too-soft bed and stumbled to the mag...

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Chapter 1.18 - In which Lieutenant Robards sympathizes, again

(Author Note: Yes, I know chapter 1.17 has been skipped. It's because I added another chapter earlier in the book during revision, and now the numbering is all off. I'll be updating the post for Ch...

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Chapter 179 - Pyrrhic Failures

Thaddeus

Month 4, Day 10, Saturday 7:30 a.m.

Much of the night was spent at the Raven Queen’s various crime scenes searching for some tiny bit of evidence that might have been missed,...

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Chapter 178 - Death Wish (+ Announcement)

Gera

Month 4, Day 9, Friday 11:30 p.m.

As Gera and Katerin left the Raven Queen’s room, Gera eyed the red-haired woman dubiously. To be so disrespectful to the Raven Queen, Katerin mu...

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Chapter 177 - An Act of War

Siobhan

Month 4, Day 9, Friday 11:00 p.m.

Gera seemed able to sense behind herself with whatever magic allowed the woman to function so effortlessly without her eye. She turned her head...

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Chapter 1.17 - In which Percy resorts to physical violence

Percy

Month 11, Day 3, Tuesday 7:50 a.m.


Percy knew that sometimes he made foolish decisions or became so blinded by his goal that he didn’t realize the consequences accumu...

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Some News: Missing Chapter, Delays

Hey guys. 

There's not going to be any chapter today (8/31.) In addition to that, I'm pushing out the release date for this book a couple months.

I've written a whole newsletter ...

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Chapter 1.16 - In which Percy attempts to undo his crimes

Percy

Month 11, Day 3, Tuesday 7:30 a.m.

“Stop,” Percy ordered. “You can’t steal from this store. This is Mr. Schubert’s livelihood! Do you know how expensive these things are...

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Chapter 176 - Out of the Night

Siobhan

Month 4, Day 9, Friday 9:00 p.m.

Siobhan was reaching the edge of her limits.

The vision in her right eye was fading, not with darkness but with an empty spot that she cou...

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Chapter 1.15 - In which Percy is an accomplice

Percy

Month 11, Day 3, Tuesday 5:30 a.m.

Gideon had a nightmare, the only thing that could manage to wake the boy from his coma-like slumber before morning. He crawled out of his bunk a...

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Chapter 175 - Everywhere at Once

Thaddeus

Month 4, Day 9, Friday 5:00 p.m.

Thaddeus hurried back down to the carriage, where Investigator Kuchen was reading out a new message from the distagram.

“Update. Possib...

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Chapter 1.13 - In which Percy's luck turns AND Chapter 1.14 - In which Percy's luck turns

This post contains 2 chapters.

Percy

Month 9, Day 28, Tuesday 8:05 a.m.

Viv introduced Percy to the kitchen staff, who were so busy rushing around that they barely had time to g...

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Chapter 174 - Pyrrhic Victories

Siobhan

Month 4, Day 9, Friday 9:00 p.m.

After more than an hour of walking through winding tunnels of various shapes and sizes, interspersed with the occasional cave, Anders stopped th...

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Chapter 1.12 - In which Percy is hired

Percy

Month 9, Day 28, Tuesday 8:00 a.m.

If not for the need to maintain his awareness, Percy might have hung his head as he trudged down the sidewalk. His job at the bakery hadn’t in...

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Chapter 173 - Caves and Corridors

Siobhan

Month 4, Day 9, Friday 5:30 p.m.

The Pendragon operatives didn’t chase after right away, at least not in the time it took the philtre of darkness she had placed to wear off. View Post

Chapter 1.11 - In which Percy is fired

Percy

Month 9, Day 28, Tuesday 7:25 a.m.

“Are those Gilbrathan healer prices, or did we get ripped off?” Percy asked as they left Healer Clements’ house. “It didn’t seem like ...

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Chapter 172 - Fear of the Dark

Siobhan

Month 4, Day 9, Friday

Siobhan and her duo of newly turned pseudo-allies, who she definitely did not trust but could not do without, moved quickly toward the cell holding the ot...

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