Part 1, Chapter 1

Part 1, Chapter 1 Summary: “Saint Aelfric’s Day”

Part 1, Chapter 2

Part 1, Chapter 2 Summary: “How It Goes”

Part 1, Chapter 3

Part 1, Chapter 3 Summary: “The Thirteenth Virtue”

Part 1, Chapter 4

Part 1, Chapter 4 Summary: “This Much Luck”

Part 1, Chapter 5

Part 1, Chapter 5 Summary: “A Flock of Black Sheep”

Part 1, Chapter 6

Part 1, Chapter 6 Summary: “Born in the Flame”

Part 1, Chapter 7

Part 1, Chapter 7 Summary: “The Start of a Bad Joke”

Part 1, Chapter 8

Part 1, Chapter 8 Summary: “Hold on to Something”

Part 1, Chapter 9

Part 1, Chapter 9 Summary: “No Room at the Inn”

Part 1, Chapter 10

Part 1, Chapter 10 Summary: “Wrath”

Part 1, Chapter 11

Part 1, Chapter 11 Summary: “The Good Meat”

Part 1, Chapter 12

Part 1, Chapter 12 Summary: “Empress or Death”

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