Chapter no 23
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE “This is a ridiculous way to travel,” Ridoc says for the dozenth time, hauling himself upright in the saddle after slipping yet again as our horses navigate the uneven stone streets of Matyas, Deverelli’s capital city. I smother a laugh, but Cat doesn’t offer Ridoc the same kindness from two rows back […]
Chapter no 34
CHAPTER 34 Amren found no other Hybern assassins or spies during her long night of hunting through Velaris. How she sought them, how she distinguished friend from foe … Some people, Mor told me the next morning—after we all had a sleepless night—painted their thresholds in lamb’s blood. A sort of offering to her. And […]
Chapter no 22
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Holy shit it’s hot here, and by my estimates it must only be around nine o’clock in the morning as we approach an endless line of white beaches preceded by splotches of alternating turquoise and aqua waters. Soft green hills rise directly behind the beach, dotted with stone structures. The perplexing color reminds […]
Chapter no 33
CHAPTER 33 Seer. The word clanged through me. She’d known. She’d warned Nesta about the Ravens. And in the chaos of the attack, that little realization had slipped from me. Slipped from me as reality and dream slipped and entwined for Elain. Seer. Elain turned to Mor, who was now gaping at my sister from […]
Chapter no 21
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE We stop at Athebyne the first night, testing the gryphons’ limits with speed and endurance. Then we push them to their max with twenty-four hours in the saddle, pausing only to feed and water the winged ones before reaching Cordyn as dawn breaks. Everyone thinks the torturous day is to prepare the gryphons […]
Chapter no 32
CHAPTER 32 Cassian gave us both a glass of brandy. A tall glass. Seated in an armchair in the family library high above, Nesta drank hers in one gulp. I claimed the chair across from her, took a sip, shuddered at the taste, and made to set it down on the low-lying table between us. […]
Chapter no 20
CHAPTER TWENTY Upon our return, I spend a few days reading every single book on Deverelli Jesinia can find to prepare for my progress briefing with the Senarium. Between those, classes, the tomes Queen Maraya sends at my request, modifying my saddle, and the hours I spend wielding on the snow- capped peaks above Basgiath, […]
Chapter no 31
CHAPTER 31 I laid my options before me. I doubted the king’s Ravens were stupid enough to be kept talking long enough for my powers to return. And if the king was indeed here … I had to warn everyone. Immediately. It left me with three choices. Take them on in hand-to-hand combat with only […]
Chapter no 19
CHAPTER NINETEEN Four nights later, our riot of eight—now including Mira, thanks to Halden throwing his royal weight around—crosses the border at Samara, and magic slips free of the wards’ cage. Power expands in every direction, running like a current that rushes around me, beckoning me to play…or destroy. My skin tingles as we slip […]
Chapter no 30
CHAPTER 30 I was still sore enough the next day that I had to send word to Cassian I wasn’t training with him. Or Azriel. A mistake, perhaps, given that both of them showed up at the door to the town house within minutes, the former demanding what the hell was wrong with me, the […]