Chapter 52
CHAPTER 52 The Crochans had returned to their camp in the Fangs and waited. Manon and the Thirteen dismounted from the wyverns. Something churned in her gut with each step toward Glennis’s fire. The strip of red fabric at the end of her braid became a millstone, weighing her head down. They were almost to […]
Chapter 51
CHAPTER 51 Lorcan lingered by the edge of the ruk encampment, barely taking in the magnificent birds or their armored riders as they settled down for the night. A few, he knew, would not yet find their rest, instead bearing them and needed supplies back to the keep towering over the city and plain. He […]
Chapter 50
CHAPTER 50 Rowan’s hands tightened on Aelin’s shoulders as the words settled into her, hollow and cold. “Maeve is a Valg queen?” he breathed. Aelin said nothing. Couldn’t find the words. Her power roiled. She didn’t feel it. Nesryn nodded solemnly. “Yes. The kharankui told us the entire history.” And so Nesryn did as well. […]
Chapter 49
CHAPTER 49 Rowan had been speaking to the captain of their ship when the ruk had flown past. According to her mate, the ruk nearly slammed right into the ship thanks to the dense fog on the sea. A scout—from an armada to the south. A skeleton crew had remained amongst them, though the scout […]
Chapter 48
CHAPTER 48 The khagan’s forces had dealt enough of a blow to Morath that the bone drums had ceased. Not a sign of sure defeat, but enough to make Chaol’s heavily limping steps feel lighter as he entered Princess Hasar’s sprawling war tent. Her sulde had been planted outside, the roan horsehair blowing in the […]
Chapter 47
CHAPTER 47 Aedion had imagined they’d all be killed where they stood, battling together until the end. Not picked off one by one as they fled. He’d been forced far behind the lines when Morath plunged through, even the Bane having to peel away from the front. Soon, the rout would be complete. Arrows still […]
Chapter 46
CHAPTER 46 Perranth appeared on the horizon, the dark- stoned city nestled between a cobalt lake and a small mountain range that also bore its name. The castle had been built along a towering mountain bordering the city, its narrow towers tall enough to rival those in Orynth. The great city walls had been torn […]
Chapter 45
CHAPTER 45 Rock roared against rock, and Yrene braced a hand on the shuddering stones of Westfall Keep as the tower swayed. Down the hallway, people screamed, some wailing, some lunging over family members to cover them with their bodies while debris rained. Dawn had barely broken, and the battle was already raging. Yrene pressed […]
Chapter 44
CHAPTER 44 “How shall I carve you up today, Aelin?” Cairn’s words were a push of hot breath at her ear as his knife scraped down her bare thigh. No. No, it couldn’t have been a dream. The escape, Rowan, the ship to Terrasen— Cairn dug the tip of his dagger into the flesh above […]
Chapter 43
CHAPTER 43 Dorian began small. First, by changing his eyes to black. Solid black, like the Valg. Then by turning his skin into an icy, pale shade, the sort that never saw sunlight. His hair, he left dark, but he managed to make his nose more crooked, his mouth thinner. Not a full shift, but […]