Kingdom of Ash

flickered. Death beckoned nearby. “It’s too soon,” Lorcan said, scanning for any sign of Whitethorn’s signa ...

CHAPTER 26 Aelin swallowed once. Twice. The portrait of uncertain fear as she lay chained on the metal table, ...

I’ve heard.” Cairn’s fingers tightened around the flint. “Keep talking, bitch. Let’s see where it gets you.” A ...

take her place should she fail. That her death would mean Dorian’s, would send those hateful gods to ...

Fenrys let out a warning whine. She waited, waited, maintaining the smirk, the looseness in her limbs. A hand slammed ...

sending her sprawling. Fenrys barked again, frantic and raging. But Cairn was there, gripping her hair so tightly h ...

breathed in her ear, bearing down, her limbs starting to wobble, the heat scorching her skin, the c ...

and yanked. She went down, teeth singing as they slammed against the mask, drawing blood from her ...

Aelin didn’t hesitate. She rammed her head upward and slammed her masked face into Cairn’s head. He kno ...

the tiles and die. And had then been ordered to kneel before Maeve in that very blood as she’d bade ...

brazier. He pointed it at her like a sword. Fenrys strained against his invisible bindings as Aelin ...

He couldn’t allow it. In his shredded soul, in what was left of him after all he’d been forced to see a ...

Fenrys bellowed at the dark chain binding him. He shredded into it, biting and tearing with every scrap ...

Fenrys snarled, deep and vicious. And still he struggled to his feet. Cairn pointed the poker at the ...

that. But Fenrys put one paw forward. His claws dug into the ground. Cairn’s face paled at that step. That im ...

CHAPTER 27 Wolf and Fae went tumbling to the carpet, roaring and tearing. Fenrys lunged for Cair ...

She twisted her feet toward it. Placed the center of the chains binding her ankles atop the red-hot tip. Slowly, the li ...

step. Wearing him out, wearing him down. Cairn knew the cost of severing the blood oath. Knew he h ...

Run. Cairn whipped his head toward her. Toward the chain hanging free between her ankles. “You—” But ...

The soldiers had responded as Rowan anticipated, and he’d killed them accordingly. Birds of prey dove ...