6Chapter 6: The Bargaining Flame
29Chapter 29: The Aftermath of Visibility
7Chapter 7: The Sovereign’s Study
30Chapter 30: The Sovereign Sees
8Chapter 8: The Cold Signature
31Chapter 31: The Sovereign’s Precision
9Chapter 9: The Lower Courtyard, Dusk
32Chapter 32: The Frost-Garden’s Secret
10Chapter 10: The Archive Annex
33Chapter 33: The Bond’s Deepening
11Chapter 11: The Monitoring Stone’s Report
34Chapter 34: The Crisis Approaches
12Chapter 12: The Delegation’s Liaison
35Chapter 35: The Formal Audience
13Chapter 13: The Frost-Garden at Midday
36Chapter 36: The Warning
14Chapter 14: The War-Council’s General
37Chapter 37: The Confrontation with Vespera
15Chapter 15: The Sovereign’s Questions
38Chapter 38: The Choice
16Chapter 16: The Unexamined Crystal
39Chapter 39: The Bond Consummation
17Chapter 17: The Corridor Without Monitoring
40Chapter 40: The Morning After the Consummation
18Chapter 18: The First Touch
41Chapter 41: The Sovereign’s Response
19Chapter 19: The Sovereign’s Touch, Again
42Chapter 42: The Political Landscape Shifts
20Chapter 20: The Argument in the Courtyard
43Chapter 43: The Crisis Point
21Chapter 21: The First Intimacy
44Chapter 44: The Decision
22Chapter 22: The Morning After
45Chapter 45: The Wound Addressed
23Chapter 23: The Midpoint Reckoning
46Chapter 46: The Commitment
