Kingdom of Ash

Bracing his muddy cane on the raised wooden platform, Chaol gritted his teeth as he took the step u ...

The couch Chaol had brought with him from the southern continent—the couch from which Yrene had he ...

these terrible days of siege and bloodshed, as if the men hewn down today, were just the star ...

destruction. How close they had come to a disaster. That Sartaq had admitted to it told enough: ...

others entered the tent. They were mud-splattered, the Queen of Terrasen’s braided hair far longer than ...

The young queen let out a broken laugh of joy and flung her arms around his neck. Pain lanced down his spin ...

Yrene’s mouth quivered as she opened the silver locket and pulled out a piece of paper. Hands trembling, she e ...

moment of the time, the life you bought me.” Tears were rolling and rolling down Yrene’s face. “I didn’t was ...

For that was indeed a wedding band on the queen’s finger, the emerald mud-splattered but bright. On Rowa ...

But Yrene squeezed Aelin’s closed hand. “It gave me courage, the words you wrote. Every mile I ...

the desk. Tall and regal, but as mud-splattered as the queen. Chaol blurted, “Dorian?” Rowan answered, “Not ...

they bowed back, the portrait of courtly grace. “My father,” Sartaq said, “remained in the khaganate to ...

proud women. But she motioned to her companions, who stepped forward. “Allow me to introduce my friends ...

features, the black eyes and unsmiling mouth. “Lorcan Salvaterre, formerly of Doranelle, and now a blood-sworn me ...

smoothness of the skin at her neck. The lack of scars. The missing scars on her hands, her palms. “Later,” Ae ...

“They’re barely housebroken. Hardly fit for your fine company.” Even Sartaq smiled at that. But it ...

and steady. Her dark eyes swept over them, cunning and clear. Like she could see beneath their skin and bo ...

CHAPTER 49 Rowan had been speaking to the captain of their ship when the ruk had flown past. A ...

sure that when this business with Anielle was over, the khagan’s army marched northward. To Terrasen. ...

for themselves. And then they’d seen the ruks, and even miserable Lorcan had sworn in awe at t ...