The apricum illuminating over our camp should feel like a blessing, but its brightness is a curse that causes panic throughout the tribe. Despite the dangers and the uncertainty, Morco knows we need to flee to their old kingdom, Stoneworth. The journey will be perilous because of the women about to...
Orphaned far too young and the only child of the King and Queen Barclay, I was destined to take the throne upon my twenty-second birthday. But no woman has ever ruled my kingdom, especially one who is unwed.
Just when I decide to step back and let the crown be decided by the first-ever election, a...
I had the chance to leave these lands and avoid the war--but I chose to stay.
I chose to stay because if I don't keep Harlow safe, she'll die. The demons are a foe too powerful, invulnerable to Huntley's fire-breathing dragons, a fiend so untouchable that HeartHolme and the other kingdoms stand no...
I never should have saved her.
Harlow is smart and fierce, and I should have known that she would cross me. Now I'm a prisoner under the castle--and once her father returns I'm as good as dead. I've heard tales of the king's ferocity, and I know he'll burn me alive with just his stare.
But before...
My task is simple—kidnap Princess Rolfe. But the second I lay eyes on her…I realize she’s anything but simple.
Rancor, Leader of the Teeth, has commanded I fetch her in exchange for the Golden Serpent venom. But my plan is immediately derailed when I feel it. When I feel how much she wants me…
I’v...
Ellasara came at me with a blade—and she defeated me.
But my eyes open to my bedchambers and I see Kingsnake sitting at my beside with Fang next to my pillow. I expect to feel the horrible pain of my injury, but I already feel healed. When I sit up, the room doesn’t spin and I don’t feel weak. In f...
He gave me his word—and he broke it.
Kingsnake promised me he would let me go once he found the cure, but he’s known this entire time and never once shared it with me. And now that I know the truth, that there is no cure, he still won’t let me go. Now I’m his prisoner once again.
He asks to feed f...
Kingsnake only wanted my blood—but now he wants all of me.
A sickness has claimed the kingdoms of men. Everyone is either sick or dying, weak to a curse that has no cure—except for me. I’m immune to this mysterious illness, and I do my best to heal the sick and ease the pain of the dying. I was sup...