The Counterseal
A Vampire Romance Beneath a Failing CityBy Sabine Fenwick
Length8h 25m
About this audiobook
Judge Mara Sen knows that when Halvern’s wards fail, someone pays. A cellar floods so a stair stays dry. A bridge holds only while another district gives up its claim on the water. Then an old return begins answering from behind stone the official plans call empty.
The only man who can read it is Corren Vey, an injured vampire whose skill reaches deeper into the city’s past than his records do. To keep occupied streets safe, Mara creates an unauthorized Counterseal that uses him as a living reference. Her decisions shape the work. His body bears the cost.
As they work together, trust becomes harder to ignore. But forgotten wards begin answering through Corren, and a rising flood pushes Halvern toward a familiar solution: sacrifice one district to preserve the rest.
Mara must uncover what was hidden, confront what trust has cost her, and save the city without surrendering its people’s right to choose.
A dark fantasy romance of dangerous magic, accountability, and love freely given.
Audiobook details
GenreFantasy, Romance
Length8 hrs 25 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 27, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 01: The Hidden Return
2Chapter 02: Beneath the Cover
3Chapter 03: A Smaller Dry Line
4Chapter 04: An Unregistered Pattern
5Chapter 05: The Empty File
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6Chapter 06: His Wrist, Uncovered
7Chapter 07: A Body for the Work
8Chapter 08: The First Counterseal
9Chapter 09: The Second Return
10Chapter 10: What the Record Omits
11Chapter 11: A Modern Repair
12Chapter 12: Under the Bridge
13Chapter 13: The Price of Bearing
14Chapter 14: No Debt of Blood
15Chapter 15: An Order to Stop
16Chapter 16: The Narrowed Permission
17Chapter 17: The Music Court
18Chapter 18: Water for Two Uses
19Chapter 19: A Firing Cancelled
20Chapter 20: The Scraped Accession
21Chapter 21: The Cut Branch
22Chapter 22: A Reason to Stay
23Chapter 23: The Stairs to His Room
24Chapter 24: Above the Shop
25Chapter 25: Three Measured Limits
26Chapter 26: The Fourth Answer
27Chapter 27: A Burden Without a Mark
28Chapter 28: Under Witness
29Chapter 29: The Name on the Plate
30Chapter 30: The Choice at Orrel
31Chapter 31: What He Withheld
32Chapter 32: A Distance Kept
33Chapter 33: The Testimony
34Chapter 34: The Missing Forty Years
35Chapter 35: The Narrow Neck
36Chapter 36: Another Orrel
37Chapter 37: Four Exposed Necks
38Chapter 38: The District Marked for Loss
39Chapter 39: Until Tomorrow
40Chapter 40: The Cost of a Mandate
41Chapter 41: The Unfinished Groove
42Chapter 42: A Floor Taken
43Chapter 43: The Connection Still Live
44Chapter 44: The Full Map
45Chapter 45: Beyond the Foundation Shoe
46Chapter 46: The Store Holds Alone
47Chapter 47: Five Local Holds
48Chapter 48: Below the Safe Sill
49Chapter 49: The Last Margin
50Chapter 50: A Life Freely Chosen
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