Chapter 11

No one in the chapel spoke.Only Dorian laughed first."Just an illusion."His voice was still arrogant, though the tail end was tighter than before."Who's to say this footage wasn't fabricated by Mira to frame us?""Exactly." Vivian picked it up right away. "Who can prove any of this is real?"She looked around, her gaze sweeping the pale faces."It's just a blood ledger trick. Don't fall for Mira's game."Dorian suddenly walked up to Ian."I heard the blood ledger lifted your family's exile order?"Ian's expression changed instantly."You think my family doesn't have the power," Dorian sneered, "to send you back to the abyss?"He glanced at a few others, his tone casual."And you lot—watch your mouths. Use your brains before you open them.""Your territory taxes, your family protection, your academy spots—every one of them depends on my family."The ones who'd been wavering shut their mouths.A few students even shifted half a step closer to Dorian.Seeing that, Vivian got bolder an

Chapter 12

Dorian answered the call, listened for a moment, then suddenly lost it and roared:"Impossible! The Black Council can't revoke my recommendation!""What? What do you mean permanently frozen?"Gasps went up across the chapel.After he hung up, Dorian's head snapped toward me."Did you do this?""The blood ledger took back your wish." I smiled coldly. "That was your choice."Dorian froze for a second, then let out a cold laugh."So what if the recommendation's gone?" He raised his palm. "I still have my true name! I still have black flame!"But his palm was empty.The arrogance on Dorian's face cracked, bit by bit.He spoke his true name again. His palm was still empty.Black flame was the power his true name granted him. The proof he used to look down on everyone."No..." His voice finally started to shake. "My true name...""Your true name has been erased by the blood ledger." My voice was ice.Dorian crumpled like every bone in his body had been pulled out, staggering to his knees."G

Chapter 13

I looked down at Nora's pale face. "Then say it."Nora clenched her skirt. A long time passed before she finally forced the words out."I saw all of it. Seraphina being bullied. Every bit."Nora's lips trembled, pain rising in her eyes."She came to me once. She begged me to testify for her, to report all of it to the academy."She lowered her head, her voice growing rougher."But I refused."Dead silence all around.Her confession cut through everyone's disguise like a dull blade, slow and brutal."But I never laid a hand on her!"Nora's head snapped up. "Mira, I really never touched her!"I looked at her calmly. "You never hurt her with your own hands. Does that make you innocent?"Nora froze."I was just scared." Her tears finally fell. "If I helped her, they'd come for me too..."I cut her off. "What if the one cornered in that chapel had been you?"Nora's pupils shrank."If you'd been the one getting hurt, I believe Seraphina would've helped you. She was that kind."I walked up to

All Chapters of Her Blood, Their Debt: Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13