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Marriage Of Shadows

Chapter 4 A Deal With The Devil

Word Count: 1414    |    Released on: 11/06/2025

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e you everything: status, money, and protection

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1 Chapter 1 The Cost Of A Signature2 Chapter 2 Welcome To The Ashford Estate3 Chapter 3 Escape With Fire4 Chapter 4 A Deal With The Devil5 Chapter 5 Blood And Betrayal6 Chapter 6 Escape The Devil7 Chapter 7 Bloodlines And Betrayals8 Chapter 8 Fire In The Veins9 Chapter 9 The Resurrection Room10 Chapter 10 Phase Two11 Chapter 11 The Ghost Code12 Chapter 12 Bloodlines And Bombshells13 Chapter 13 Unleashed14 Chapter 14 Shadows And Revelations15 Chapter 15 Lines Drawn In Blood16 Chapter 16 Fractures17 Chapter 17 The Dark Before Dawn18 Chapter 18 Shattered Trust19 Chapter 19 The Costs Of Loyalty20 Chapter 20 Ghosts Do Not Stay Buried21 Chapter 21 Blood And Reckoning22 Chapter 22 Beneath The Vineyard23 Chapter 23 Blood And Vows24 Chapter 24 Ties That Bind25 Chapter 25 The Feather Trial26 Chapter 26 Legacy Of The Locket27 Chapter 27 Alliance Of Shadows28 Chapter 28 The Mother's Choice29 Chapter 29 Blood Ties And Broken Codes30 Chapter 30 The Heir Of Ashford31 Chapter 31 Into The Wolves' Den32 Chapter 32 One Life, One Love33 Chapter 33 Reverberations Under The Ice34 Chapter 34 Blood On The Snowpack35 Chapter 35 The Heir Must Perish36 Chapter 36 The Name Written In Blood37 Chapter 37 Resurrection Protocol38 Chapter 38 Echoes Of The Mind39 Chapter 39 The Body He Wears40 Chapter 40 Echoes In The Capital41 Chapter 41 The Countdown Begins42 Chapter 42 Underneath The Ice43 Chapter 43 Operation Rebirth44 Chapter 44 The Matriarch Code45 Chapter 45 The Awakening46 Chapter 46 The Awakening Of Shadows47 Chapter 47 Legacy In Flames48 Chapter 48 The Unseen Enemy49 Chapter 49 The Shadow King's Gambit50 Chapter 50 Below The Crimson Veil51 Chapter 51 The Fall Of The Sanctuary52 Chapter 52 The Russurection Paradox53 Chapter 53 Bloodlines Awakened54 Chapter 54 Countdown To Divinity55 Chapter 55 The Second Coming56 Chapter 56 The Breach57 Chapter 57 Phantom Echoes58 Chapter 58 The Vessel59 Chapter 59 Reckoning In The Shadows60 Chapter 60 Ashes And Awakening61 Chapter 61 The Catalyst62 Chapter 62 The Ashes Of Truth63 Chapter 63 Crossroads And Blood64 Chapter 64 The Ashes Will Rise From Light65 Chapter 65 The Genesis Rebellion66 Chapter 66 The Pulse Of Betrayal67 Chapter 67 The leviathan Wakes68 Chapter 68 Shadows Of Resurrection69 Chapter 69 Echoes Of The Past70 Chapter 70 The Ashford Vaults71 Chapter 71 Shadows From The Past72 Chapter 72 The Price Of Blood73 Chapter 73 The Ashford Abyss74 Chapter 74 Fragmented Alliances75 Chapter 75 The Price Of Trust76 Chapter 76 In The Fire77 Chapter 77 The Edge Of Desperation78 Chapter 78 Into Darkness79 Chapter 79 Into The Abyss80 Chapter 80 Shadows Of The Past81 Chapter 81 The Collapse82 Chapter 82 The Fire Within83 Chapter 83 Echoes In Blood84 Chapter 84 Resurrection Protocol85 Chapter 85 Genesis Protocol86 Chapter 86 The Genesis Awakening87 Chapter 87 The Awakening Of Shadows88 Chapter 88 Genesis Reborn89 Chapter 89 Echoes Of The Unmade90 Chapter 90 The Ashford Resurrection91 Chapter 91 Blood feuds92 Chapter 92 Unraveling Shadows93 Chapter 93 Legacy's Fracture94 Chapter 94 Bloodlines Rewritten95 Chapter 95 Return Of The Phantom96 Chapter 96 Reworked Heritage97 Chapter 97 The Reckoning Begins98 Chapter 98 Bloodlines In Fire99 Chapter 99 The Wrath Of Ashford Blood100 Chapter 100 Fractures In The Light