by RS Cha
You steal something that isn't supposed to exist. It doesn't come with instructions — just a countdown, and the growing certainty that you've made a mistake you can't take back. What would you do if the only clock that mattered wasn't measuring your life, but someone else's? Lysander Vance has eleven days. A compass that shouldn't work. A sister trapped somewhere he can't reach with his hands, only with power he doesn't fully understand yet — and every use of it costs him something he'll never get back. A memory. A color. A name he used to know by heart. Would you keep spending pieces of yourself if it meant one more day for the person you love? Would you trust an ally who's clearly hiding something, if she's the only reason the door hasn't broken yet? Would you open a door you know leads somewhere no map has ever charted, knowing you might not remember why you opened it by the time you get back? Lysander doesn't have time to ask those questions twice. He's out of time to ask them at all. The compass is already turning.
| # | Title | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapter 1 — The Ring That Turned On Its Own | — |
| 2 | Chapter 2 — The Woman Who Owes Nobody Anything | — |
| 3 | Chapter 3 — The Woman Who Doesn't Trust Fast | — |
| 4 | Chapter 4 — Someone Else Was Here First | — |
| 5 | Chapter 5 — The Ship That Wasn't Supposed to Be Here | — |
| 6 | Chapter 6 — Everything With Wings Wants You Dead | — |
| 7 | Chapter 7 — What the Crossing Takes | — |
| 8 | Chapter 8 — The Price of an Audience | — |
| 9 | Chapter 9 — Terms | — |
| 10 | Chapter 10 — Four Miles East | — |
| 11 | Chapter 12 — The Supply Chute | — |
| 12 | Chapter 13 — What the Compass Remembered | — |
| 13 | Chapter 14 — Nine Days | — |
| 14 | Chapter 15 — The Sphere With No Name Left | — |
| 15 | Chapter 16 — Echoes | — |
| 16 | Chapter 17 — What the Water Wants | — |
| 17 | Chapter 18 — Down | — |
| 18 | Chapter 19 — The Drowned Crown | — |
| 19 | Chapter 20 — What He Would Give | — |
| 20 | Chapter 21 — Leaving What's Owed | — |
| 21 | Chapter 11 — The Woman at the Desk | — |
| 22 | Chapter 22 — Neutral Ground | — |
| 23 | Chapter 23 — The Captain's Other Ship | — |
| 24 | Chapter 24 — The Shape of a War | — |
| 25 | Chapter 25 — Old Grudges, New Allies | — |
| 26 | Chapter 26 — The Fleet Assembles | — |
| 27 | Chapter 27 — First Blood | — |
| 28 | Chapter 28 — What Waited in the Core | — |
| 29 | Chapter 29 — Two Storms at Once | — |
| 30 | Chapter 30 — Driftwood | — |
| 31 | Chapter 31 — The Crown Cracks | — |
| 32 | Chapter 32 — What the Ashes Left Behind | — |
| 33 | Chapter 33 — A Name Nobody Expected | — |
| 34 | Chapter 34 — Where the Faithful Go Quiet | — |
| 35 | Chapter 35 — The Voice | — |
| 36 | Chapter 36 — Those With Less Patience | — |
