Glass Sword (Red Queen, #2) by Victoria Aveyard EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Status: Available for Free Download
- Author Name: Victoria Aveyard
- Book Genre: Dystopia, Fantasy, Fiction, High Fantasy, Magic, Romance, Science Fiction, Young
- ISBN # 9780062310682
- Date of Publication: 2016-2-9
- PDF File Size: 2.0 MB
- EPUB File Size: 728 KB
I flinch. The rag she gives me is clean, but it still smells like blood. I
shouldn’t care. I already have blood all over my clothes. The red is mine, of
course. The silver belongs to many others. Evangeline, Ptolemus, the nymph
lord, all those who tried to kill me in the arena. I suppose some of it is Cal’s
as well. He bled freely on the sand, cut and bruised by our would-be
executioners. Now he sits across from me, staring at his feet, letting his
wounds begin the slow process of healing naturally.
I glance at one of the
many cuts on my arms, probably from Evangeline. Still fresh, and deep
enough to leave a scar. Part of me delights in the thought. This jagged gash
will not be magically wiped away by a healer’s cold hands. Cal and I are not
in the Silver world anymore, with someone to simply erase our well-earned
scars. We have escaped. Or at least, I have. Cal’s chains are a firm reminder
of his captivity.
Farley nudges my hand, her touch surprisingly gentle. “Hide your face,
lightning girl. It’s what they’re after.”
For once, I do as I’m told. The others follow, pulling red fabric up over
their mouths and noses. Cal is the last uncovered face, but not for long. He
doesn’t fight Farley when she ties his mask into place, making him look like
one of us.
If only he was.
An electric hum sets my blood on fire, reminding me of the pulsing,
screeching Undertrain. It carries us inexorably forward, to a city that was
once a haven. The train races, screaming over ancient tracks like a Silver
swift running over open ground. I listen to the grating metal, feel it deep in
my bones where a cold ache settles in. My rage, my strength back in the arena
seem like faraway memories, leaving behind only pain and fear. I can scarcely
imagine what Cal must be thinking. He’s lost everything, everything he ever
held dear. A father, a brother, a kingdom. How he’s holding himself together,
still but for the rocking of the train, I do not know.
No one needs to tell me the reason for our haste. Farley and her
Guardsmen, tense as coiled wire, are enough explanation for me. We are still
running.
Maven came this way before, and Maven will come again. This time with
the fury of his soldiers, his mother, and his new crown. Yesterday he was a
prince; today he is king. I thought he was my friend, my betrothed, now I
know better.
Once, I trusted him. Now I know to hate him, to fear him. He helped kill
his father for a crown, and framed his brother for the crime. He knows the
radiation surrounding the ruined city is a lie—a trick—and he knows where
the train leads. The sanctuary Farley built is no longer safe, not for us. Not for
you.
For More Read Download This Book
EPUB