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The Bond’s Reckoning
A Spicy Fae Romantasy (The Bargain Courts Book Three)By Lirien Ashbourne
Length14h 52m
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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
24Chapter 24: The Signature Trail
2Chapter 2: The Memorial Wall
25Chapter 25: The Alliance Offer
3Chapter 3: The Northern Houses
26Chapter 26: The Return
4Chapter 4: The Sealed Corridor
27Chapter 27: The Second Intimacy
5Chapter 5: The Arbitration Summons
28Chapter 28: The Dead Zone
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6Chapter 6: The Architect’s Design
29Chapter 29: The Higher Architect
7Chapter 7: The Frost-Garden at Night
30Chapter 30: The Hollowdusk Journey
8Chapter 8: The Sunfire Emissary
31Chapter 31: The Arbitration Hall
9Chapter 9: The Bloodline Catalogue
32Chapter 32: The Permanent Record
10Chapter 10: The Question She Cannot Ask
33Chapter 33: The Bond’s Choice
11Chapter 11: The Regent’s Demand
34Chapter 34: The Return to Frostmere
12Chapter 12: The Night Before
35Chapter 35: The Final Intimacy
13Chapter 13: The Witness
36Chapter 36: The Dead Zones Spread
14Chapter 14: The First Intimacy
37Chapter 37: The Court Responses
15Chapter 15: The Morning After
38Chapter 38: The Veylan Resolution
16Chapter 16: The Throne Room
39Chapter 39: The Cerath Reckoning
17Chapter 17: The Loyalist Challenge
40Chapter 40: The Frost-Garden Memorial
18Chapter 18: The Architect Revealed
41Chapter 41: The Treaty Renegotiation
19Chapter 19: The Sunfire Confrontation
42Chapter 42: The Sovereign’s Claim
20Chapter 20: The Separation
43Chapter 43: The Bond’s Cost
21Chapter 21: The Bloomhaven Archives
44Chapter 44: The Alliance Formalized
22Chapter 22: The Gold Pressure
45Chapter 45: The Wound Closed
23Chapter 23: The Midpoint Pivot
46Chapter 46: The Frost-Bloom Accord
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