Chapter 26: Resolution ROMAN The territorial challenge resolved in the clan’s favor on the twentieth of December. He submitted the […]

Chapter 25: What she knows about New Orleans INES She’d been thinking about the territorial challenge from three angles since

Chapter 24: The territorial challenge ROMAN The territorial challenge arrived through the formal channel twelve days after the claiming. He’d

Chapter 23: Playing for them INES The Noir’s main room at two o’clock on a Sunday afternoon was the most

Chapter 22: Finally ROMAN He told Celestine the following morning. He went to the Garden District house at nine because

Chapter 21: The upper apartment INES The Noir’s upper apartment was not a place she’d been. She’d been in the

Chapter 20: What clarity looks like ROMAN His panther wanted to level the lower wards. He settled for a meeting

Chapter 19: What happened on Frenchmen Street INES He approached her on a Thursday afternoon on Frenchmen Street. She knew

Chapter 18: Leon’s objection ROMAN Leon came to him on a Tuesday. Not to the briefing room — to the

Chapter 17: Complicated INES He took her to the Noir. Not the public rooms — the private levels, the upper