Chapter no 38
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT No wonder the leaves are almost fully green. Zehyllna has magic. Not enough to channel or even properly shield, and nowhere in the realm of wielding, but there are definitely two strands of power trickling down the bonds from Tairn and Andarna. I shove my flight jacket into my pack so I don’t […]
Chapter no 49
CHAPTER 49 Nesta’s connection to the Cauldron, Rhys mused as we gathered around the dining table in the town house, had allowed her to sense that the King of Hybern was rallying its power. The same way I was able to wield the connection to the High Lords to track their traces of power, and […]
Chapter no 37
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN “Ridoc!” Fear pours into me, colder than a snow squall in January, as I stumble forward. No. No. No. The words form a chant of pure denial in my head. “That’s…unfortunate,” Ridoc says quietly, staring down at the knife that protrudes from his side. Not Ridoc. Not anyone, but especially not Ridoc. This […]
Chapter no 48
CHAPTER 48 Helion slipped from Mor’s room before we were awake—though I certainly heard them throughout the night. Enough so that Rhys put a shield around our room. Azriel and Cassian didn’t return at all. Mor didn’t look like a female who had been tumbling with a gorgeous High Lord, however, as she picked at […]
Chapter no 36
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX Chairs screech against the stone floor as Mira, Cat, and I stand. “Get back here!” I shout down the bond, and panic wraps its sharp-nailed hands around my heart and squeezes. “Already en route,” Tairn replies. “Is Chradh—” “Enraged but not suffering the loss of his rider from what I can tell.” “He […]
Chapter no 47
CHAPTER 47 Our alliance did not begin well. Even though we talked for a good two hours afterward … the bickering, the back-and-forth, continued. With Tamlin there, none would declare what numbers they had, what weapons, what weaknesses. As the afternoon slipped into evening, Thesan pushed back his chair. “You are all welcome to stay […]
Chapter no 35
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE The dining room is just as monochromatic as the rest of the house, and the three people seated across the circular table would blend into the pale green wall entirely if not for their heads. Nairi, Roslyn, and Faris are dressed in what my father described as sacred ceremonial robes. They look a […]
Chapter no 46
CHAPTER 46 Beron shielded barely fast enough to block me, but the wake singed Eris’s arm—right through the cloth. And the pale, lovely arm of Lucien’s mother. The others shouted, shooting to their feet, but I couldn’t think, couldn’t hear anything but Eris’s words, see those moments Under the Mountain, see that nightmare of Amarantha […]
Chapter no 34
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR Of all the ways I’d envisioned getting to know Xaden’s mother, holding her at bay in a bedroom doorway of her own house while her son refuses to see her definitely never came to mind. “This is very kind of you.” I balance the silver tray of snacks she’s just delivered on one […]
Chapter no 45
CHAPTER 45 Only my friends didn’t seem surprised. Tamlin’s eyes were green flame, golden light flickering around him as his magic sought to wrest free from Rhysand’s control. As he tried and tried to speak. “If you want proof that we are not scheming with Hybern,” Rhysand said blandly to them all, “consider the fact […]