The next journey begins....Epilogue

Just a few minutes in the moonlight; the journey comes full circle in more ways than one.The Click in the Lock, continued

The first-person plural develops new meanings; Stepan's parents arrive to find their son has long since departed.The Click in the Lock

In which Jules proposes a different ending to the Emperor's story. From the Ruins, continued.

What things look like on the other side of catastrophe; Vana learns Cristina's lesson From the RuinsTrigger Warning: scenes of sexual violence

A treasured life hangs in the balance; the four friends are bound together in a way no one could have imagined.The Prince Revealed, cont.Trigger Warning: suicidal ideation.

Vana tries her hand at the games of powerful people; Stepan makes a fateful resolution as the sky goes black.The Prince Revealed And a different Lament for the Fall of Constantinople:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s430LpXGZRQ

Where the Emperor disappears forever.Into the Breach, continued; The Fall

In the Great Church, Vana sets Jules straight about who's actually in charge; in the Hippodrome, spoken and unspoken confessions of love; the four friends arrive at the Walls of the City after a narrow brush with the present.To the Walls, continued; Into the Breach

Stepan and Jules explore the City together, but only in the Great Church do they meet. The Way We Choose is Always Right