Kingdom of Ash

PART TWO Gods and Gates ...

CHAPTER 68 The black towers of Morath rose above the smoking forges and campfires of the valley below li ...

of the journey as a swift, red-tailed hawk, he’d shifted this morning into an ordinary crow. Flocks of them ...

two keys here. So he had buried them in the shale rock, not even daring to mark the spot. He could on ...

A shift, muscles and bones burning, and the world had become smaller, infinitely deadlier. And infinitely less ...

before he squeezed beneath the shut door. And into Morath itself. His senses might have been sharper, ...

Erawan’s tower—that’s where he’d begin. And if the Valg king was there ... he’d figure it out. Whethe ...

the groove where the wall met the floor. A guard stood on watch at the end of the hall, staring at nothing. ...

Rushing, light steps sounded around the corner, and the guard turned toward them. “What is it?” ...

kitchens, hot and bright with the light of the great hearth. Lady Elide had worked here—had known these pe ...

the women, “Did you see anything?” One of the women shook her head. “They weren’t in the council room ye ...

truly was a fool. But he wanted to see him. Had to see him, this creature who had ruined so many things. ...

There were no guards, human or Valg, standing watch before the open doors. No one to mark the ...

realized as the Valg king rose, his gray jacket and pants immaculately tailored. No weapons lay at his s ...

Those red lips curved, revealing bone- white teeth. Cold licked down Dorian’s spine at the point ...

CHAPTER 69 Orynth had not been this quiet since the day Aedion and the remnants of Terrasen’s court had march ...

feet thick, the blocks of stone so heavy that legend claimed Brannon had conscripted giants from th ...

young queen beyond a swift apology. But Ilias, it seemed, had taken it upon himself to do just that, ...

prepare for the siege. There was no way to outrun it. Not with the Staghorns at their backs, Oakwald to the west, ...

a loved one. His fault, his burden. His choices had led them here. His choices had left so many bodie ...