Whispers of the heart chapter 6 to 10

Chapters 6 to 10 Summary

As Riley's star rises in Gravemoor, her foundation begins to crack. In Chapter 6, a brutal act of sabotage turns one of her most intimate paintings into shards and ruin. But in the wreckage, Jiles is there—not to rescue her, but to remind her that pain can still be repurposed into beauty. Their bond deepens in the aftermath, tender and terrifying.

In Chapter 7, the tension explodes. At the forest studio, far from the eyes of Gravemoor, Riley and Jiles finally surrender to the pull between them. What begins in silence erupts into a kiss that consumes them both—and an intimacy that makes them dangerously visible.

But in Chapter 8, temptation arrives. The Gilded—Gravemoor’s secret elite—offer Riley the prestige she’s always dreamed of. All she has to do is let Jiles go. The price of power is love, and Riley signs with shaking hands.

Chapter 9 unearths the cost. Jiles is gone—but his art remains, raw and accusatory. In the hidden Grave Garden, Riley finds herself staring into a painting of her own undoing. And when she denounces Jiles publicly, she doesn’t just lose him. She loses the one thing she thought could never be taken: her voice.

By Chapter 10, all that’s left are fragments. At Gravemoor’s masquerade, masks are worn, but truths slip through. Riley and Jiles find each other in a mirrored gallery—one final kiss, one final fracture. When she returns to her room, the mirror is shattered. And something—someone—is watching from the other side.