Kingdom of Ash

way to demonstrate trust: to eat their food. Accept it. So Manon did, devouring a few bites before ...

nature of childbirth. A way for the Three- Faced Goddess to keep the balance, to avoid flooding ...

would end with him. He didn’t know what had happened to either of you. If you were alive, or dead. ...

A flicker of shame went through Manon at the relief that flooded her. To avoid that confrontation, to ...

before Rhiannon began her three-day battle against the Ironteeth High Witches, my mother smuggled ...

fight to keep that distinction for themselves. “Bronwen,” the crone said, gesturing toward the dark-haired c ...

lands.” One of the Crochans in the shadows let out a bark of laughter. “That’s rich.” Others chuckled with ...

“Morath found you just now,” Manon said coolly. She’d anticipated this reaction. “It will do so again. Whethe ...

as the witch looked Manon over and snarled, “You are not our queen. We will never fly with yo ...

She’d returned to her human form, her dark hair tangled, bundled in a Crochan cloak. As if one of them ...

asked again, “Where does the shifting come from inside you?” Cyrene angled her head as if listening to so ...

the layers of clothes and cloak. Only toned muscle greeted him. “Is that what you do to summon the ch ...

and Nesryn convinced the khagan to send aid? How would Chaol even learn where he was, what had happe ...

that seed of power within her. To learn it. “What are you doing,” the spider breathed, shifting on her fe ...

Dorian studied her tiny frame, her ordinary face. “You’ve been rather quiet regarding the quest for revenge tha ...

slaughtered by these things, their cruelty. “I can make a bargain with you, you know,” Cyrene whisp ...

unseeing. Half a thought and Dorian had her incinerated. No one came to inquire after the stench ...

over him. They smelled of horses and hay, and might very well have been snatched from a stable ...

spider.” No judgment in her face, just raw curiosity. “She was a threat,” he admitted. And ...

wished it hidden. “No self-righteous speeches?” “This is war,” he said simply. “We’re past that sort of thin ...