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Version 2, as promised! Chapter 14 is pretty quick PoV swap, so I think you can look forward to that Friday!

*********A FEW RULES & REMINDERS:

Chapters will be dropping as Bryce completes them. That means anywhere from every 1 to 2 weeks on average, though sometimes waits may be longer.

Recall that these are rough chapters, with no editing other than a single pass-through as Bryce writes.

On a similar note, we are not asking for advice or corrections at this time. If Bryce wants feedback, we will certainly reach out, thank you! If you want to voice concerns or complaints about the chapter, you may now do so over on the Reddit discussion thread below! Notifications are turned off on those conversations, so they're a free-for-all now (within the rules of the subreddit, obviously)!

THE REDDIT THREAD

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Gavin McCray

Ah so this is how he discovers the sister?

Jesse Osman

Bryce, this was wonderful! The emotions and details Rei explains after learning the truth is very passionate. Found myself tearing up a little. And now I can’t wait until Friday! Hoping it’s the sister’s POV?

Lyssa

Love it!

chris kizziah

Love the finished conversation. I think it could have ended with the revelation that a sister exists and been even more of a cliff hanger. I feel like this will help Rei, especially since the grandfather would have done more for him. It’s also good that he was open and honest.

Jayo Lewis

I loved this versión better than the last. I hope the POV change is to Rei's sister. Time to see if she's the opposite of Rei

CesarC.

I really hope the sister it's not an absolute and spiteful b!tch, but I see going a few ways, being a b!tch and making ward prove himself (which he shouldn't at all) or a full yandere or tsundere

David Collins

Agh. You add more lyrical goodness and yet pull a cliff hanger again. You toy with my emotions sir. However it is fantastic

Devin Jaros

Oh this was so good! Please please please let the sister be awesome! I want it to be the two of them against the world!

Lorenz

Wow Bryce truly powerful chapter……thank you!

RickVaughn14

So Friday’s POV will be his sister arriving??? Or maybe an argument with the parents?!🍿🍿🍿👀👀

Stephane Cherrier

Great chapter but i missed the one i was waiti g for since the first book Hiroto going ape sh!t on his son and wife

Iron Akela

Well damn. This is a massive improvement on v1, the emotions from both Kamiya and Rei are still as on point even with all the extra pages! Personally I think the cliffhanger being Rei’s response to Sarah’s existence would possibly be better, I like this a lot and love the cliffhanger anyway :o) I too hope the POV for the next chapter is Sarah, and that she’s a good person, or at least a good sister.

Warss

Oh shit it's about to go down.

PapaJohn

I like this longer! Awesome, Awesome!

gratch42

Could have guessed at most of the details but very well told. At the start I was thinking PoV swap would be to gpa, but I like the other’s suggestion to introduce the sister at this meeting with her PoV! Too cool.

Lyn Shirley

If Hirohito is worried, I figure Sarah will turn out to be a selfish self righteous turd and the person she plans to kill is Rei rather than her ridiculous self indulgent parents. Good thing Rei is growing stronger every single day and has a competitive team of driven friends to watch his back. Plus I hope it is about time for Viv to wake up and get moving. She needs to try out her new stats and unique ability. And unless the hospital is doing more than letting her float in space, she will need to rebuild her endurance and musculature.

Jeff McClure

Hahaha! I do like the ending here… it takes a tad bit of the sting off the feels.

Kory Leach

Thank you! This chapter was a much more complete piece.

Tox

Omg. Is Sarah gonna make an appearance?!

Christine Stewart

Love it, can’t wait for him to meet his sister.

TDL

Feel the anguish…..

Adam

This hit me almost as hard as the Logan chapter in Book 2. Masterfully done

Lucas Rice

It's killing me... I should just forget about this series for a few years. I can't but I want too. Smh Killing me.

gratch42

I guessed Sarah would be on Rei’s side for the reason of Jasper being the presenter of the information to Sarah and Jasper ostensibly on Hiroto’s side. Though guess we could always find out Jasper also works for Kaji -something Hiroto would not expect of a previous student…. Hmmm… What if Jasper originally helped fake Rei’s death for Kaji. Trust noone!

Jason Bradford

WOW. Just…WOW. I teared up, brother. Fucking… WOW.

Nz

Nice one, like it! With parents like that Sarah is bound to have some baggage. Jasper set her up though and she wouldn’t have done that without the Dr signing off on it. I think she’ll work out ok but get into a major punch up with Siderov! Rei needs some peripherals and a self aware AI to help him along methinks

Riyon Hutton

Really liked this chapter, you did really well on the emotional aspects with just a hint of humor at the end. Finding your birth family story is a lot to take in… they really vary in each situation

Riyon Hutton

She’s contacted in book 2 and she’s “gonna kill him”

Riyon Hutton

I think Sarah is going to have complex issues like we all do. I’m assuming the person she wants to “kill” is her dad and they told her in a round about way. It sounds like they’re a year apart. What would be really twisted if they were twins…..

Lyn Shirley

It might not be as bad as I think, but I do not trust Jasper. I mean why go to Sarah and give her the info on Rei right after her team took second place? If Hiroto wanted Sarah to know wouldn’t he have told her himself? But this is Bryce’s baby. We will all find out eventually. I look forward to wherever he is taking us. He is an excellent weaver of tales.

Dr. Chaos

Oh,..fuck. Rei, needs to get stronger MUCH faster…

Carolyne

I love it!!!

Robert Ziegler

For me, you nailed it with v2. As another comment put it, "Brilliant".

Linn G

I keep repeating myself, but I can’t wait for the next chapter. This is exactly what had me hooked from the start with this series. The emotion, the pain, but also the comfort. This chapter is such an important part but I agree with the others who said it is nearly perfect. And whatever you do with Sarah, I’m trusting you that it will be awesome in the end😄

Cliff

Thank you for the chapter. A much more satisfying place to leave off. And you still managed to include a damned cliffhanger <3

ProVVoke

Feels a bit like it was written for audio. The dialogue is good, but seems to overuse italicized emphasis words. And the hanging line at the end, wasn't there recently a chapter with the Laurent parents that ended more or less the same way? I don't know if its purposefully rhyming and I'm not saying its bad, just something I noticed.

Nafisha Low

UGH my heart hurts for them. I'm not crying there was something in my eye ugh.

Jordan Clark

About that... you definitely have at least one sibling we know of lmao. looks like these parents might have more kids hiding away somewhere wouldn't be surprised.

gratch42

THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE! (Kamlander) 😝

Candida Hudson

Poor Reidon. He’s about to find out that they have a kid they kept and only he was thrown away. This is going to be even more devastating.

Iaxys

Pretty sure the "him" she referred to is her dad. I'm leaning heavily towards Sara somehow actually turning out to be a good person.

Tox

That would be great. Rei has had enough grief from a missing family.

Dragons'Sheppard1995

Awesome Update of the Chapter. Rife with Emotion and setting a good tone for the next chapter. And who the contact with Sarah would go? Either she is a rager and wants to beat Ray or she could be a Sister finally able to embrace and shower her sibling with love... So all in all... Can't wait for the next chapter

Kris K

I try and only read after every 5 chapters. But I'm telling you, it's a struggle to resist!

Genevieve Dickinson

The Big Reveal at last!! The way Rei was channeling Viv as he worked up the courage for this confrontation and the way he recalls Aria in that moment of intense emotional turmoil are such lovely details showing how much they’ve influenced him, and how important their support has been. No MC is hitting the respecting women juice harder than my boy rei 😤💯 I’m foaming at the mouth for a chapter from Sarah’s perspective in book 3, and this seems like it would be the perfect moment to tie that into the greater story; I haven’t forgotten about that transfer Mr Bryce 👀 As always, I can’t wait to see what comes next!!

Candida Hudson

Side note. This will bring Viv back. Her spider senses will tingle and she will wake up knowing that she needs to kill somebody. She just won’t know why.

Aaron Tufts

Personally don’t see her being stuck up. Think Hiroto wouldn’t let that happen to her based off how he feels about how his own kid turned out

Mike Frenkel

Damn man, that just pissed me off. Great writing as usual, but I actually lost a kid, so seeing what Rei’s parents did just makes my blood boil. Fuck them and I hope you make whatever fate you choose to give them slow and painful

Wraithmarked Creative

Mike I'm really sorry that happened to you and your family. I hope you're doing better now. -Bryce

Mike Frenkel

Thanks Bryce. I actually discovered Iron Prince around the time we were trying to come up with a name, and Reidon was heavily considered because we liked the way it sounded. It ended up being Raphael but I was really looking forward to sharing the books with him. Listening to Fire and Song was actually the first time I got excited for something since.

Brandon King

So sorry Mike. Nothing worse for a parent. Praying for you and yours, homey.

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Comment edits

2026-09-06 19:00 If I had to guess by the hints we’d seen so fare I’d say Ria’s new sibling isn’t a huge fan of her parents either.
2024-05-10 20:03

Nahar

Agreed and if that is the case I hope Rei doesn’t make too big of an ass out of himself.

Gregg Moses

Well it’s almost 1 am on Saturday morning, I guess no Friday chapter 14. Maybe I’ll wake up in the morning to a nice surprise.

Sugoi

Next week it is... sadge.