Kingdom of Ash

monitoring heavy cauldrons of what smelled like mountain-goat stew seasoned with dried herbs. No words ...

The spider now walked between Asterin and Sorrel, Dorian still showing no sign of strain in keeping ...

She twisted her head to glare at him incredulously. And found the king smirking. “You look like ...

them, Manon smiled slightly. He surprised her further by saying, “I’ve been tunneling into my power since ...

The Ironteeth had found them. Far sooner than Manon had planned. How the Ironteeth patrol had found them ...

they’d left their wyverns, iron teeth glinting. Dorian waited until the Crochans were clear of him ...

swords, Dorian couldn’t get a clear shot. Not with the Crochans darting around the beasts, too fast for him ...

struck first.” She drew another arrow. Such lightness, even in the face of an ambush. “I wish yo ...

“Clear out!” Manon’s barked order carried over the fray. “Form lines low to the ground!” Not an order for ...

The Yellowlegs sentinels who tried to break from the Thirteen’s path to attack the Crochans below fou ...

beast’s neck with a burst of his power that left him panting. He whipped his magic toward the second attacki ...

boots, the blue blood gushing onto the snow and dirt. He didn’t hear, didn’t care, that the fourth wyvern so ...

Steaming, from what he’d done to it. Not to it, but to himself. The body he’d turned into solid fla ...

she let go of him and whirled to Glennis. “I’m sending out my Shadows to scout for others.” “Any enemy survivors? ...

arrive, and then we’re attacked?” “They fought with us, not against us,” Glennis said. She turned to ...

movements, gathering the injured and dead. Dorian helped as best he could, healing those who needed it ...

CHAPTER 15 She was a liar, and a killer, and would likely have to be both again before this was through. ...

Manon spent the long night helping the Thirteen haul the fallen wyverns and Ironteeth riders to anoth ...

Perhaps, but the other Crochans hadn’t seemed so inclined to do so. And the fact remained tha ...

as they aimed for the large, ringed fire pit. The largest of the camp, and located in its heart. ...