Fantasy

Romance

Bride of Birch and Bone

By Jace Marsh

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Lady Corisande Blackbryn has spent her life hidden behind a silver mask, her future bartered away in a marriage meant to secure peace between two ancient houses. Her new husband, Duke Davlyn Morvain, is as cold and impenetrable as the frozen North he rules. Bound by duty rather than affection, they arrive at Pinegrave expecting little more than a political alliance. Corisande expects a life of cold duty and silent sacrifice. Instead, she finds a land trapped beneath an endless winter, haunted by ancient myths and guarded by a man whose heart seems as frozen as the snow itself. But beneath the ancient forests, old magic stirs and long-buried truths begin to surface. As forgotten legends awaken and the fragile peace between their houses begins to unravel, Corisande and Davlyn discover that their marriage may hold the power to break a curse... or doom the North to an endless winter.

Curses & Fate Royalty & Courts Magic Healing Political Intrigue Arranged Marriage Fated Mates Hidden Identity Betrayal Rebellion Found Family Psychological Mystery

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GenreFantasy, Romance

Length14 hrs 9 mins

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Publish dateOct 22, 2019

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1Bride of Birch and Bone

200Chapter Forty

2By: Jace Marsh

201Faithful and Obedient: Chapter Forty-One

3Pronunciation Guide

202The Trap

4From the Rite of the Pale Vigil

203The Ranger&#x27;s Manual of Frostmarch

5Prologue

204A patient hunter knows the difference between waiting and wishing.

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6Chapter One

205Chapter Forty-Two

7The Silver Ghost

206The Reconnaissance

8Rite of the Pale Vigil

207The Ranger&#x27;s Manual of Frostmarch

9Book of Sacred Stillness, First Canon

208The best tracker learns the hunter before he follows the trail.

10The First Frost didn&#x27;t conquer the world.

209Chapter Forty-Three

11It merely waited long enough for the world to surrender.

210The Gallery

12Chapter Two

211From a letter written by Lady Seraphine to her son, Davlyn

13The Boundary

212&quot;If ever the North teaches you to be hard, promise me it will never teach you to be cruel.&quot;

14Tale of Baba Mora and the Birch Child

213Chapter Forty-Four

15Never answer a voice in the birch grove after sunset.

214The Dinner Table

16If it already knows your name, run.

215From a letter written by Lord Skagen Morvain to his son, Davlyn

17Chapter Three

216&quot;Your mother taught you joy. The North will teach you duty. Pray one does not bury the other.&quot;

18The Summons

217Chapter Forty-Five

19Frontier Proverb

218The Rival Theory

20The North remembers every promise.

219From a letter written by Lady Morwenna Morvain to her son, Casimir

21People seldom do.

220&quot;Charm is a gift, my sweet boy. Spend it carefully, for every smile purchases something.&quot;

22The Last Morning

221Chapter Forty-Six

23Saint Elsin walked twenty-seven days through whiteout snow.

222The Vigil

24When asked how he survived, he answered:

223The Book of the Pale Vigil

25&quot;There was always another step.&quot;

224A flame loses nothing by lighting another.

26Chapter Five

225Chapter Forty-Seven

27Beyond The Gates

226The East Wing

28Royal Transit Ledger

227Archivist&#x27;s Note, East Wing Records

29Year 417 After Frost

228&quot;Every locked door protects two things: what lies within, and the one not yet ready to find it.&quot;

30Travel from Weeping Heights to Nypra:

229Chapter Forty-Eight

31Five days in fair weather.

230The Experiment

32Seven days in winter.

231From the Frostleaf Observation Journals

33Longer if the dead decide to walk.

232Every answer gave birth to two better questions.

34(Untitled)

233Chapter Forty-Nine

35Chapter Six

234The Quiet Between Us

36The Pale Road

235Old Northern Proverb

37Rite of the Pale Vigil

236The mountain always closes one road before revealing another.

38Law of the Mirror

237Chapter Fifty

39The mirror serves the Crown best,

238The Western Patrol

40when it reflects only one face.

239From the Ranger&#x27;s Manual of Frostmarch

41Chapter Seven

240No trail teaches itself. Walk it beside someone who already knows the way.

42The Citadel

241Chapter Fifty-One

43Folk Saying of the Ash Quarter

242The Language He Didn’t Speak

44The walls of Nypra have ears.

243Field Notes of House Morvain

45The bells have memories.

244Two observers will seldom ask the same question. They often arrive at the same answer.

46The Crown has both.

245Chapter Fifty-Two

47Chapter Eight

246Keep Looking

48Masks and Monarchs

247Field Notes of the First Warden

49Lives of the Quiet Martyrs

248A tracker studies what remains after the traveler believes he has vanished.

50Saint Vey

249Chapter Fifty-Three

51Saint Vey remained silent for thirty years.

250The Same Puzzle

52His enemies eventually supplied every confession themselves.

251From the Frostleaf Observation Journals

53Chapter Nine

252The moment separate questions begin asking for the same answer, you have found the edge of a discovery.

54The Grand Masquerade

253Chapter Fifty-Four

55The Tale of Baba Mora&#x27;s Lantern

254Closing Doors

56The witch sometimes leaves a lantern hanging in the woods.

255From the Frostleaf Observation Journals

57It always points exactly where you wish to go.

256The moment separate questions begin asking for the same answer, you have found the edge of a discovery.

58That is why wise people never follow it.

257Chapter Fifty-Five

59(Untitled)

258The Abyss

60Chapter Ten

259From the Journal of Duke Skagen Morvain

61The First Dance

260A father builds walls hoping his children will never learn why they were needed.

62Court Etiquette of Frostmarch

261Chapter Fifty-Six

63Desire hides behind ceremony.

262Before Winter

64Ambition hides behind kindness.

263Old Wood Saying

65Hatred hides behind both.

264A child belongs first to the river, then to the mountain.

66(Untitled)

265Chapter Fifty-Seven

67Chapter Eleven

266Names Have Weight

68The Refusal

267Old Wood Saying

69Northern Hunting Proverb

268The oldest paths are remembered by feet, not maps.

70Wolves rarely kill the loudest deer.

269Chapter Fifty-Eight

71They kill the one already walking alone.

270Enough

72(Untitled)

271From the Frostmarch Guard Manual

73Chapter Twelve

272A scar counted is vanity. A life preserved is enough.

74The Far Gardens

273Chapter Fifty-Nine

75Northern Hunting Proverb

274Hairline Fractures

76Wolves rarely kill the loudest deer.

275From the Builders&#x27; Ledger of Pinegrave

77They kill the one already walking alone.

276Every fortress fails twice. First in its hidden fractures. Then in its walls.

78(Untitled)

277Chapter Sixty

79Chapter Thirteen

278The Missing Words

80The Return

279Old Wood Saying

81Rite of the Pale Vigil

280The fire remembers what the smoke refuses to tell.

82Third Canon

281Interlude: Chapter Sixty-One

83Two prisoners seldom notice one another...

282The Story Between Us

84until they begin pulling in the same direction.

283From the Records of the Pinegrave Library

85Chapter Fourteen

284Some books preserve history. Others preserve the people reading them.

86The Garden Pact

285Chapter Sixty-Two

87Book of Winter

286The Last Lie

88Fourth Reflection

287Old Northern Proverb

89Some sanctuaries are built with stone.

288A wall cannot shelter both armies forever.

90Others with silence.

289Chapter Sixty-Three

91Chapter Fifteen

290Aveline

92The Quiet Hour

291Old Wood Saying

93Book of Winter

292The hardest name to speak is the one already living in your heart.

94Fifth Reflection

293Chapter Sixty-Four

95The oldest truths are seldom found on the shelves arranged for visitors.

294Aveline

96Chapter Sixteen

295Old Wood Saying

97The Sixth Night

296The hardest name to speak is the one already living in your heart.

98Northern Proverb

297Interlude

99The path you walk twice is no longer an accident.

298The Flaw

100Chapter Seventeen

299From The Crown&#x27;s Doctrine of Governance

101The Third Sequence

300A kingdom rarely falls to rebellion. It first bends toward affection.

102Northern Proverb

301Chapter Sixty-Five

103Teach the body well, and it will remember when the mind cannot.

302The Touch of the King

104The Gambit

303From the Royal Book of Etiquette

105Book of Winter

304A gracious hand often conceals the firmest grip.

106Eighth Reflection

305Chapter Sixty-Six

107The wisest plans are often written to justify a decision the heart has already made.

306Home

108Chapter Nineteen

307Old Northern Proverb

109Names in the Dark

308No one becomes family by invitation. They become family by staying through winter.

110Book of Winter

309Chapter Sixty-Seven

111Ninth Reflection

310Whispers in Snow

112Home is first imagined long before it is reached.

311From the Frostmarch Ranger&#x27;s Journal

113Chapter Twenty

312The longest journeys leave the shortest entries.

114The Silver Ghost

313Chapter Sixty-Eight

115Book of Winter

314Just This Once

116Tenth Reflection

315Old Wood Saying

117There comes a moment when silence serves only the jailer.

316Some fires are meant only to prove we were still alive.

118Chapter Twenty-One

317Chapter Sixty-Nine

119The King’s Terms

318The Soul Remembers

120Book of Winter

319Old Northern Prayer

121Eleventh Reflection

320May my feet follow where my soul has already gone.

122When a prison cannot keep its captive, it follows them.

321Hope

123Chapter Twenty-Two

322From the Office of Royal Strategy

124The Wolf’s Bride

323Hope changes a man&#x27;s route long before it changes his mind.

125Book of Winter

324Chapter Seventy

126Twelfth Reflection

325Cold Cloth

127Some brides wear lace. Others wear armor.

326From a letter from Lady Seraphine Morvain to her son, Davlyn

128Chapter Twenty-Three

327When the day comes that your heart and your duty ask different things of you, remember that neither was given to you by accident. Pray only that you have the wisdom to carry both.

129No Quarter

328Chapter Seventy-One

130Morvain Proverb

329The First Line of the Siege

131The mountain never asks whether the climb is worth it.

330From The Principles of Sovereignty

132Chapter Twenty-Four

331The strongest walls are built around the heart before they are built around the kingdom.

133Iron Vows

332Chapter Seventy-Two

134The Vigil Canticles

333The Bells

135Two hands joined before the altar bind more than blood. They bind tomorrow.

334From the Pinegrave Captain&#x27;s Watch Manual

136Chapter Twenty-Five

335When a fortress grows too quiet, count the guards before you count the enemy.

137The North Calls

336The Duke Had Failed

138Old Pines Saying

337From a letter from Lady Seraphine Morvain to her son, Davlyn

139No one meets the North unchanged.

338&quot;If you should ever lose sight of yourself beneath the weight of duty, remember this: I named my son before the kingdom named its Duke.&quot;

140Chapter Twenty-Six

339Chapter Seventy-Four

141Beyond the Gate

340Tomorrow’s Name

142Pilgrim&#x27;s Almanac

341From a letter never delivered by Davlyn Morvain

143The kingdom ends at the gate. Everything beyond belongs to the land.

342&quot;There are two names by which the world may know a man. The one he is given... and the one he believes he must become.&quot;

144Chapter Twenty-Seven

343Chapter Seventy-Five

145The Silent Forest

344The Human Heart

146Skarr Company Field Notes

345From the journals of Brother Aldren, Abbey of Sacred Stillness

147Steel has a scent long before it has a sound.

346No curse fears a sword as much as it fears a single remembered kindness.

148Chapter Twenty-Eight

347Chapter Seventy-Six

149The Man in the Mask

348Breadcrumbs

150Old Woodsman&#x27;s Saying

349Ancient Frostmarch Proverb

151The forest keeps many faces. Pray the first one you meet is merciful.

350When the raven circles willingly, look for the wolf beneath the snow.

152Interlude

351Chapter Seventy-Seven

153The Watcher in the Wood

352It Was You

154The First Rootbound

353From a letter from Lady Seraphine Morvain to her son, Davlyn

155The forest is patient. It has buried kingdoms before.

354&quot;The world will know your title long before it knows your heart. Guard one more carefully than the other.&quot;

156Chapter Twenty-Nine

355Chapter Seventy-Eight

157Pinegrave

356Then Let Him Come

158The Pinegrave Steward&#x27;s Register

357From a letter from Lady Morwenna Morvain to her son, Casimir

159Guests are welcomed. Survivors become family.

358&quot;You need never become another man to make me proud. I have always wanted only my son.&quot;

160Chapter Thirty

359Chapter Seventy-Nine

161The West Wing

360The Man Who Kissed Me

162The Chronicle of Pinegrave

361From a letter from Lady Seraphine Morvain to her son, Davlyn

163The walls were never built to keep winter out. Winter already lived within them.

362&quot;One day a woman will ask whether she may trust you. Pray your answer is more than the truth. Pray it is your whole heart.&quot;

164Chapter Thirty-One

363Chapter Eighty

165Hands Learn Faster Than Pride

364The Last Part of Me

166The Midwives&#x27; Almanac

365Old Wood Proverb

167No lesson worth keeping begins with mastery.

366A tree does not become two because it casts two shadows.

168Chapter Thirty-Two

367Chapter Eighty-One

169The Equation

368May I?

170House Morvain Proverb

369Old Wood Proverb

171The best decisions are rarely the kindest.

370Nothing rooted in love grows by force.

172Chapter Thirty-Three

371Chapter Eighty-Two

173The Shadow

372The Way Home

174Book of Mourning

373Old Wood Proverb

175Grief seldom divides a family equally.

374The forest may heal the heart, but every traveler must still leave its shade.

176Chapter Thirty-Four

375Chapter Eighty-Three

177The Stable

376The First Drop

178Wayfarer&#x27;s Proverb

377From the journals of Saint Eira

179The surest measure of a lord is how freely children approach him.

378The tyrant&#x27;s greatest illusion is believing tomorrow belongs to him.

180Chapter Thirty-Five

379Chapter Eighty-Four

181Little Star

380Come Home

182Old Northern Saying

381From a letter from Princess Farya to Lady Aveline, sent upon her departure for Pinegrave

183The forest has strange ways of introducing strangers.

382&quot;We are both being asked to walk roads we did not choose. If either of us is fortunate, perhaps we will discover they lead somewhere worth reaching.&quot;

184Chapter Thirty-Six

383Chapter Eighty-Five

185The Foundations

384Baba Mora

186The Old Builders&#x27; Ledger

385From the journals of Brother Aldren, who claimed to have met the Forest Witch

187Foundations are laid long before anyone knows what they must bear.

386&quot;She spoke of trees the way priests speak of saints, and of kings the way butchers speak of weather.&quot;

188Chapter Thirty-Seven

387Chapter Eighty-Six

189The Phantom

388The First Decree