I was not frightened. Not of the role that Rhys had asked me to play today. Not of the roaring […]

We were mostly silent during the flight and winnowing to Velaris. Amren was already waiting in the town house, her

The mortal queens were a mixture of age, coloring, height, and temperament. The eldest of them, clad in an embroidered

“Do you think you can decode it once we get the other half?” I said to Amren, lingering by the

Amren took the Book to wherever it was she lived in Velaris, leaving the five of us to eat. While

“NO!” Amren screamed, at the door in an instant, her fist a radiant forge as she slammed it into the

The following day was torture. Slow, unending, hot-as-hell torture. Feigning interest in the mainland as I walked with Tarquin, met

Two days passed. Every moment of it was a balancing act of truth and lies. Rhys saw to it that

Mercifully, there was no sound from his closed bedroom. And no sounds came out of it during that night, when

We were given a suite of connecting rooms, all centered on a large, lavish lounge that was open to the