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The Bond’s Reckoning
A Spicy Fae Romantasy (The Bargain Courts Book Three)By Lirien Ashbourne
Length14h 52m
About this audiobook
Three days after the bond was declared. Three days before the empire reckons with what it costs.
The Frostmere ice-palace recognizes Caltir Vosk as its true sovereign. The four-court empire does not. The regent who killed his father has retreated, not surrendered. The cousin who catalogued Sephyra Vale's bloodline still walks free. And the foundational treaty they cracked open in Hollowdusk is bleeding consequences across every court.
To claim Frostmere's throne, Caltir must publicly depose a regent who built his power on bones. To reclaim Bloomhaven, Sephyra must walk back into the court that engineered her exile. And to end the war igniting across the empire, the bond between them — partial, half-power, half-song — must finally complete.
The breathtaking conclusion to The Bargain Courts: a spicy fae romantasy finale of full mate-bond consummation, multi-court politics resolved, and a sovereign-pair coronation. For readers of A Court of Wings and Ruin and From Blood and Ash.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy, Romance
Length14 hrs 52 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJun 2, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1: The Flickering Sigils
2Chapter 2: The Memorial Wall
3Chapter 3: The Northern Houses
4Chapter 4: The Sealed Corridor
5Chapter 5: The Arbitration Summons
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6Chapter 6: The Architect’s Design
7Chapter 7: The Frost-Garden at Night
8Chapter 8: The Sunfire Emissary
9Chapter 9: The Bloodline Catalogue
10Chapter 10: The Question She Cannot Ask
11Chapter 11: The Regent’s Demand
12Chapter 12: The Night Before
13Chapter 13: The Witness
14Chapter 14: The First Intimacy
15Chapter 15: The Morning After
16Chapter 16: The Throne Room
17Chapter 17: The Loyalist Challenge
18Chapter 18: The Architect Revealed
19Chapter 19: The Sunfire Confrontation
20Chapter 20: The Separation
21Chapter 21: The Bloomhaven Archives
22Chapter 22: The Gold Pressure
23Chapter 23: The Midpoint Pivot
24Chapter 24: The Signature Trail
25Chapter 25: The Alliance Offer
26Chapter 26: The Return
27Chapter 27: The Second Intimacy
28Chapter 28: The Dead Zone
29Chapter 29: The Higher Architect
30Chapter 30: The Hollowdusk Journey
31Chapter 31: The Arbitration Hall
32Chapter 32: The Permanent Record
33Chapter 33: The Bond’s Choice
34Chapter 34: The Return to Frostmere
35Chapter 35: The Final Intimacy
36Chapter 36: The Dead Zones Spread
37Chapter 37: The Court Responses
38Chapter 38: The Veylan Resolution
39Chapter 39: The Cerath Reckoning
40Chapter 40: The Frost-Garden Memorial
41Chapter 41: The Treaty Renegotiation
42Chapter 42: The Sovereign’s Claim
43Chapter 43: The Bond’s Cost
44Chapter 44: The Alliance Formalized
45Chapter 45: The Wound Closed
46Chapter 46: The Frost-Bloom Accord
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