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The Crown of Gilded BonesA Blood and Ash NovelBy Jennifer L. ArmentroutCopyright 2021 Jennifer L. ArmentroutISBN: 978-1-952457-24-1Published by Blue Box Press, an imprint of Evil EyeConcepts, IncorporatedAll rights reserved. No part of this book may bereproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed orelectronic form without permission. Please do notparticipate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materialsin violation of the author’s rights.This is a work of fiction. Names, places, characters andincidents are the product of the author’s imagination andare fictitious. Any resemblance to actual persons, living ordead, events or establishments is solely coincidental.
Page 4 and 5: Book DescriptionThe Crown of Gilded
Page 6 and 7: About Jennifer L. Armentrout# 1 New
Page 8 and 9: The Darkest StarThe Burning ShadowT
Page 10 and 11: Acknowledgments from the AuthorThan
Page 12 and 13: Chapter Twenty-SevenChapter Twenty-
Page 14 and 15: MapTo see a full color version of t
Page 16 and 17: and ran down lips that had once sha
Page 18 and 19: my right. Jasper had officiated the
Page 20 and 21: “But it is,” King Valyn confirm
Page 22 and 23: kiyou wolves mortal form to serve a
Page 24 and 25: between their front paws. I could s
Page 26 and 27: Princess,” he whispered, and I sq
Page 28 and 29: again. “I need to get you somewhe
Page 30 and 31: disappearing with Naill and Emil.
Page 32 and 33: attempt to save her life. Everyone,
Page 34 and 35: “Oh, gods.” Eloana pressed her
Page 36 and 37: Casteel’s chin lowered, and his s
Page 38 and 39: as I dropped beside him, not even f
Page 40 and 41: Silvery-white embers danced over my
Page 42 and 43: In the chaos, I saw him. Alastir st
Page 44 and 45: Fiery pain branded my wrists, stopp
Page 46 and 47: but I’d been in bad situations be
Page 48 and 49: “They became too dangerous. Too p
Page 50 and 51: longer than normal to awaken from w
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Chapter 4“Good gods,” I croaked
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“I know.” He lowered his hand.
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“Not when he first saw you.” He
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of my mind. I would get out of here
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mortals but did not live among them
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believe that he was different? Afte
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awaken as the Harbinger and the Bri
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“Your mother was a favorite of th
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“It’s because I can no longer s
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My lip curled as I forced my breath
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Alastir studied me. “Does it matt
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Sickened, I forced my hands to rela
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countless others, but I’d seen en
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organized and well planned regardle
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might have a better chance. Drawing
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Chapter 6Twinkling lights blanketed
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silencing my threats. Nausea churne
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this one large and dark. It shot ac
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planned to, but it happened. He’s
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got to those crypts only a few hour
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like the deities were supposed to b
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But I knew what would make it a lit
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quickly glanced down at my chest. W
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“I’m sorry,” King Valyn whisp
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much that meant to me, even when I
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My eyes opened, answering his will,
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Chapter 8There was no light, no col
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here.”“He knows she’s here.
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A pins-and-needles sensation was th
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I threw myself onto him. The chair
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couldn’t think past the hunger—
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damn nightgown?” His chuckle was
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time passed, but finally, the hand
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love, and I didn’t think any Asce
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My husband.My heartmate.My savior.G
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swallowed hard, wanting to forget w
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He dipped his head, kissing away a
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“How could I not?” he asked.
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turned,” he told me, and I hated
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“I know.” He kissed my temple.
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Chapter 10“I know a lot has happe
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Kieran lifted his hand from the bac
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I really didn’t want them to cont
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“You can’t tell me that having
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“They were wrong.”“I know,”
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though. And not all of them were. B
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Before I could demand that he find
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“What?” Wondering if I was star
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sorry because you spent the last se
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verge of losing whatever influence
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last time still haunted me, and I r
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But into what? I hoped he or someon
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“He said that only a few people k
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as it had been a week ago, and that
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Casteel was quiet for a moment and
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along the length of his back bunche
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Eager to see the stunning display o
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What had changed the golden trees t
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can rest.”It didn’t seem right
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make sense because he had answered
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Nervousness settled as resolve crep
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Emil started to step back but stopp
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pain, pressing his lips together, h
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Chapter 13Turning back to me, Caste
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I narrowed my eyes at him and then
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you’re not an Ascended. That much
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become a vampry when Casteel Ascend
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more clearly. He didn’t expect to
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appeared I hadn’t developed the n
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slick sword until it stopped a mere
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His mouth opened, but nothing but b
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second time, the lack of rest from
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I swallowed hard as I lifted my gaz
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cypress trees. Many buildings were
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catastrophic war and maybe be able
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alike. They didn’t snarl or snap,
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from others in icy waves as the cha
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I couldn’t help but try to imagin
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Right hands balled into fists. They
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I couldn’t even imagine how big h
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“The faucets at the sink are like
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He shook his head. “That light be
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Chapter 16“Come,” Casteel repea
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limb. I pray that the death you dea
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Because I wasn’t okay.I wasn’t
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lines of his chest, the wickedness
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He made that rough, needy sound aga
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As I played in the water, moving be
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“Good. Your comfort is my utmost
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I would never be able to think of a
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“Hungry?”I nodded, smothering a
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thousand times, and it will feel li
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Casteel was sitting propped against
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He grinned as his other hand slid d
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One of his father’s more aggressi
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His gaze softened as he slid his th
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“Did you two forget I was here?
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doing out there? Probably just stan
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“Yes.” He rose and made his way
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Hearing all of this was a stark rem
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My gaze fell to the teal-colored pi
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“You thought it.” I sat up. “
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I focused on him, feeling the fresh
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Stay here? My nose wrinkled as I sc
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“Hell,” Kieran muttered under h
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“I am no fool.” The man reached
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“Now”—he grunted as one of th
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caught as he curled his arm around
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Chapter 19“The Unseen?” I repea
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The knot of heartache lodged in my
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“You really believe Alastir was i
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Casteel’s lips twitched as my gla
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“Well, now that we cleared that u
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“What?” Casteel dragged his soa
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Chapter 20“He’s right,” Caste
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think you’re capable. It’s just
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“You,” he drawled, his voice th
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“Oh.” I leaned over, my interes
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I blinked once and then twice. “T
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“I bet there’s a lot you haven
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Chapter 21Casteel’s hand slipped
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“A few know how to bypass the mou
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I turned to the wolven as Casteel m
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meant. That Casteel would’ve lear
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them—at least a little bit before
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Casteel groaned. “Gods, you’re
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fingers folded around his glass.
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technical term would be that they c
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asked Kirha when I saw her this mor
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freeing his brother. It would still
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my stomach dipped. “If not, just
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“Several things, Poppy. None that
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I rose and walked around the table
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everything from the time he was hel
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the gods know what kind of punishme
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“Shouldn’t have anything to do
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“Gods,” Casteel muttered. “I
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My heart pounded as we entered a st
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broken sounds. Her emotions were fr
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breathing was too shallow or she di
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Chapter 23To them?I pulled back, my
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who’d been in such a panic but no
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entered the Vale, but she…”“S
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“Tease,” I said, mimicking his
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We were steadily walking toward the
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unheard. It has only happened twice
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resurfaced. “Or maybe more than o
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Chapter 24We ended up sharing a din
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“Yes,” both Casteel and Kieran
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I started to take his hand, but unc
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himself. His hand came back to my w
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how I feel about you. Nothing shoul
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or…reach for her. She was in cont
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in the tent. I really needed to sto
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Without another word, we rose. Unde
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to catch, and what made the spicy f
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His gaze coasted over my features.
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“Did you still want to see Kirha
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daughter. The taste of smooth vanil
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embrace was the type a mother would
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listening intently. “I was just c
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While I’d thoroughly enjoyed my a
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back to chasing the bird. The wolve
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breeze from the sea. The center was
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on the thrones. I imagine the sword
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Chapter 26Casteel’s gaze met mine
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stepped aside. He extended a hand t
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Maiden. And that made me think of a
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“We’re committed,” Casteel ad
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choose to be a descendant of some d
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We passed on the offer as we sat in
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The Queen nodded. “It didn’t ha
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husband’s.Casteel squeezed my han
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Chapter 27I stared at Casteel’s p
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So focused on Casteel, I couldn’t
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happened to him or Isbeth. But how
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Atlantia. Perhaps a little less pow
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“And what would be the point?”
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Casteel’s parents stared at me as
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proof that I had most likely moved
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Chapter 28Shivers erupted over my s
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Another small smile appeared on her
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Through the soaring spikes of purpl
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would do anything for him. I don’
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reminded me of how Casteel had felt
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questioning raise of his brows. “
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Chapter 29I inhaled sharply. “But
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are wrong about is our lack of empa
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onto you. I also know what that mea
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that you will not have the time to
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Confusion rose as I glanced at her
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Casteel slid his hand across my upp
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than usual. I didn’t hear the wol
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“It’s a damn shame if you reall
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could sit this one out. But she ref
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How well he knew me never failed to
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In the darkness, I’d looked for K
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showered him with carrots and fresh
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pivoted, prowling back toward the b
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“Because when you learned he was
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gliding between them, lingering whe
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Maybe it was everything that had ha
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deeply into me. My back arched as I
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Chapter 32“There’s just the one
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Casteel glanced at me. I remained q
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Kieran and Delano and flanked by Vo
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been there before. “What does Atl
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rasped.“Tawny is safe,” he stat
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Unsettled, I stared at him. “What
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Chapter 33“Well…” Jasper drew
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had been caught up in the knowledge
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Ascended before finally settling on
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He didn’t answer for a long momen
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assuming the role, it wasn’t beca
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to move as the gray-skinned creatur
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Chapter 34Casteel had sent Arden, a
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months, it was how to compartmental
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Kieran snorted. “And how is that
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Kieran barked out a loud laugh, one
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I grinned. “Is it possible for us
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A dimple appeared in his right chee
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clothing,” I warned as I sprang f
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and hair tousled. What I felt from
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Our gazes met. “I know.” And th
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buildings you see before you were b
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this way. We’re just making sure
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walls. But here? One could potentia
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“That’s because you don’t kno
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Liking the old, somewhat crotchety
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My breath caught as my gaze held Ki
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assume that you’re here to discus
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when it comes to ruling Atlantia. B
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and some of us feel that this is no
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rightful ascension of Princess Pene
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Chapter 37The weight of the gilded
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could have completed within the wee
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“Oh,” I murmured and then frown
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curiosity and the undertone of conc
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“This is Wilhelmina Colyns,” Va
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“Of course, Lord Ambrose.” Cast
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that an example was being made—on
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brother. Throughout the discussion,
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mine with a look that made me think
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when I first met her. “You are th
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“Atlantians can be superstitious,
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“And then you two can retire…or
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and the true heir of Atlantia—Pen
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Casteel’s brilliant amber eyes ca
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Inherently, I knew what they were f
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knowing the innerworkings of his he
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“Yeah.” I nodded while Casteel
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“I know there’s normally a cere
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Chapter 39The following morning, I
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“That, I don’t know.” Casteel
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when hunger stirred. We stopped onl
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“Thanks for sharing,” Emil said
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Chapter 40We traveled on, wary of t
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continuing on to the left and right
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“Sorry.” Emil unhooked his swor
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but a black void and the sound of s
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spitting sparks high into the air a
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It really could be. Nothing could b
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“Uh.” Kieran started to back up
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Chapter 41The King of Gods stood be
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side-stepped Casteel, he wasn’t f
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My brow furrowed as I tore my gaze
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Dark Ages that it took centuries an
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A muscle ticked in his jaw. “An a
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powerful. It also meant that the mo
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“Her hair was a silvery blonde.
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nodded at Hisa and the other guard.
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Ileana would do. “I know that Ala
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“What else did you say?” Castee
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“That doesn’t mean the Blood Cr
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Chapter 43Clutching the rails of th
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“Distracting you.” He tugged of
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“Don’t move.” Casteel shot me
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no longer knew what I read. Until I
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what he felt for me, but also the t
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I had been…thoroughly and repeate
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“I think some people are just not
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Chapter 44“Come on now, you lazy
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mortals alike had left behind. Awar
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A sickness I now knew stemmed from
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come in right under their noses. An
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“Or bring it with them?” Delano
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“That’s because I’m smart.”
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“Now, I was ordered to not shed b
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Delano spun around, his chest risin
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—”“Poppy looks so different,
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cheekbones, the straight nose, and
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breath he took punched from him.
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make Ian very uncomfortable.” Her
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permission to speak to me as if I a
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have sworn an oath to the Royal Cro
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Vonetta rose and quickly rejoined E
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how hopeless it would be to believe
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Chapter 46The shock that echoed thr
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“Why would he pretend to be a dei
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manhood by then, and he probably wo
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Solis, who live in fear of the gods
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Chapter 47Time slowed, and I couldn
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She threw back her head and laughed
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words or understand them. I was los
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I heard her laughing. I heard him b
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others raced through the gate. In m
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My...Coralena had been different, h
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A chill swept through me as I stare
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Kieran, but I felt like I needed to
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“That’s what Nyktos meant,” I
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knew. The moment she didn’t see C
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other guards followed, as did Sven.
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“Malec gave her his blood when yo
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never spoken. A lie that became a r
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“I can summon Nyktos’s guards,
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Chapter 49I slept for a few hours a
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Dalos shimmered in the distance as
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“Malec is not your father,” Nek
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Nektas’s skin had hardened into s
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Chapter 50“You need to wake soon.
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Swallowing thickly, he nodded as he
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awake and spent those hours like I
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The Revenant lifted a dark brow.
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“And what do you think she is? Il
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spiked tail slammed into his chest.
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