Chapter no 58
CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT Tairn can fly to the nearest edge of the Cliffs of Dralor in two hours, but it does us no good to leave Sgaeyl, Cuir, and Marbh behind, so by the time we reach the ten-thousand-foot drop, we’re cutting it close to Theophanie’s deadline. Gods, if we miss it, if we’re too late […]
Chapter no 69
CHAPTER 69 Dawn broke, gilding the low-lying mists snaking over the plains of the mortal land. Hybern had razed everything from the Spring Court down to the few miles before the sea. Including my village. There was nothing left but smoking cinders and crumbled stone as we marched past. And my father’s estate … One-third […]
Chapter no 57
CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN “We fly for Draithus. They’ll attack as soon as they get what they want.” “And leave Sorrengail to die?” “Who says she’s even still alive?” The voices of arguing, armed riders blur as I stand between Xaden and Brennan near the center of the dais, staring at the updated map on the Assembly […]
Chapter no 68
CHAPTER 68 I did not expect the snow. Or the moonlight. The chamber must have lain beneath the palace of moonstone—shafts in the rough rock leading outside, welcoming in snowdrifts and moonlight. I gritted my teeth against the bitter cold, the wind howling through the cracks like wolves raging along the mountainside beyond. The snow […]
Chapter no 56
CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX Istand in the field in front of Draithus, surrounded by the peaks of snow- topped mountains, and even though I shouldn’t, I take the first step toward the city. I’m too far. I’ll never reach Tairn, and he’s my only chance at finding her. Battle erupts in the sky over its spiral tower, […]
Chapter no 67
CHAPTER 67 We’d need access to the Cauldron—be able to touch it. Together. Alone, it had nearly killed me. But split amongst others who were Made … We could withstand its lethal power. If we got it under our control, in one fell swoop we could harness its might to bind the king and his […]
Chapter no 55
CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE Two days pass without Mira telling anyone, and I start to believe that Xaden was right and she won’t, even if she isn’t speaking to me. Navarre is one step away from declaring war on Tyrrendor for defying the Senarium. Halden has troops stationed along the Calldyr border, just waiting for his father […]
Chapter no 66
CHAPTER 66 Kallias and his army arrived by noon. It was only the sound of it that woke me from where my sisters and I dozed on the floor. That, and a thought that clanged through me. Tamlin. His actions would cover Jurian’s betrayal. I had no doubt Tamlin hadn’t gone back to Hybern’s army […]
Chapter no 54
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR Andarna is gone. I don’t leave our room for the next three days. I barely leave our bed. Andarna is gone. But I’m never alone. Brennan reads in a chair by my bedside in the mornings while I drift in and out of sleep. My squadmates take over in the afternoon, but their […]
Chapter no 65
CHAPTER 65 The first test would be the most dangerous—and informative. Passing through the guards stationed at the edge of the camp—and learning if they’d heard of Ianthe’s demise. Learning what sort of power Ianthe truly wielded here. I kept my features in that beatific, pretty mask she’d always plastered on her face, head held […]