Length19h 42m
About this audiobook
Arielle Vessane wants a life beyond her mother’s clinic and the prejudice she faces as a half-elf. Then a harvest celebration turns violent, people vanish, and her unstable magic draws the attention of someone who knows far more than he admits.
Refusing to abandon the missing, Arielle sets out with Caelan, the elven guard whose devotion feels like home, and Lucien Vale, a powerful mage whose arrogance gets under her skin far too easily. Their search leads toward a secret hidden beneath the magic protecting their world.
As friendship deepens into love and banter becomes dangerously charged, Arielle must decide whom to trust—and what she is willing to become to bring the stolen home.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy, Romance
Length19 hrs 42 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 10, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Prologue — Before the Crowds
2Chapter 1 — The Price of Hospitality
3Chapter 2 — Pears and Candlelight
4Chapter 3 — The Unwilling Hand
5Chapter 4 — After the Bells
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6Chapter 5 — Three Votes Part 1
7Chapter 5 — Three Votes Part 2
8Chapter 6 — Eighteen Miles
9Chapter 7 — A Door Left Open
10Chapter 8 — The Crossing Price
11Chapter 9 — The Missing Verse
12Chapter 10 — Official Business
13Chapter 11 — Names, Not Numbers
14Chapter 12 — The People Who Leave
15Chapter 13 — The Signature Beneath
16Chapter 14 — The Allowed Rooms
17Chapter 15 — What He Already Knew
18Chapter 16 — The Repair
19Chapter 17 — The Risk We Choose
20Interlude — The Terms of Staying
21Chapter 18 — East of the Map
22Chapter 19 — An Uninvited Passenger
23Chapter 20 — The Woodland’s Account
24Chapter 21 — A Small Agreement
25Chapter 22 — The Cost of a Quieter Night
26Chapter 23 — A Word That Holds Part 1
27Chapter 23 — A Word That Holds Part 2
28Chapter 24 — The Version She Can Tell Part 1
29Chapter 24 — The Version She Can Tell Part 2
30Chapter 25 — Eight Passengers
31Chapter 26 — A Fortnight’s Protection
32Chapter 27 — The Road Back
33Chapter 28 — Terms No One Likes
34Chapter 29 — Before Morning
35Chapter 30 — The Doors Beneath
36Chapter 31 — The People in the Walls
37Chapter 32 — Open Your Hand
38Chapter 33 — Enough to Keep Them Alive
39Chapter 34 — What the Rescue Leaves
40Epilogue — An Answer of Her Own
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