ARC 1: The Binding (Ch. 1–20)
Theme: Duty, Secrets, Awakening
1. The Wedding
2. The Pact Sealed
3. The Mark Burns
4. Fire in Her Veins
5. Kiran Reveals the Truth
6. Bloodline Lies
7. Talia's Warning
8. The Queen's Betrayal
9. Escape from Ryvenhold
10. Arrows and Smoke
11. The Bond Reacts
12. Flight into the Blackwood
13. Kiran's Past
14. Elira's First Vision
15. Warden of the Forest
16. The Obsidian Fang
17. The Woman in Chains
18. Kiran's Confession
19. Talia's Loyalty
20. The Path to Wyrmspire