Akiva Timeline & Summary

Akiva flies around the world and marks Brimstone's door with a black handprint. Very intimidating.
After battling Karou on the streets of Marrakesh, Akiva is determined to figure out who this girl is.
He interrogates Izîl about her, who throws himself to his death to protect Karou. The exiled seraphim, Razgut, however, tells all.
In Prague, Akiva follows Karou around, waiting for the right time to talk to her.
Since he tried to kill her, she is not in a talking mood.
But eventually, they stop using their weapons and start using their words. And their mouths. As in: making out.
See, Akiva knows who Karou is, and if they break that wishbone around her neck, her identity will be revealed to her.
So they do it. They break the wishbone. And Karou remembers she is Madrigal Kirin.
Madrigal, a chimaera, saved Akiva's life. But he's a seraphim, so their love was forbidden. (These two species have been warring a long, long time.)
Madrigal was executed for her affair with Akiva… while Akiva watched. Sadface.
But now he has Madrigal back, in Karou's body. Hooray.
Things are not that simple, however. It turns out that in order to end the war between the chimaera and the seraphim, Akiva killed Brimstone.
Which is totally not okay with Karou.
Meaning: Karou leaves Akiva behind and decides to find her way into his world.
We're not sure what she's planning yet, but this is only the first book in the series, so we're not too upset about it.