The Chance Card

"All's fair in love and war, and Monopoly is the battlefield on which I will die."

It's the four-month anniversary of Scarlet's death and subsequent entrance to vampire-hood. With Nikolaos away most of the time to work with Amphitrite, he is finally back in Britchelstone and Scarlet is struggling to know what to do to distract herself. Luckily, Kai has just the idea... Monopoly. Scarlet, Nikolaos, Kai, and Rune all sit down for a pleasant playthrough of the game. What could go wrong?

This short story is set halfway between The Fire Within My Heart and Scalding Waters.