Of Ash and Embers by Jenna Wolfhart EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: Jenna Wolfhart
- Language: English
- Genre: Epic Fantasy
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Tessa
PRESENT DAY
The Mist King stalked toward me. I took a step back, even knowing
there was nowhere I could flee. A cool breeze caressed his dark,
wavy hair, and rustled the black tunic clinging to his muscular body.
Even though I’d realized he was alive, and even though I’d expected him to
visit my dream, my heart pounded against my ribs like a tumbling boulder.
“Surprised to see me?” He slowed to stand only a few inches away from
me. Mist curled off his skin, snaking toward my face. But just before it
reached me, it snapped and drifted to the ground, like strands of hair
snipped away.
“No. I thought you’d come.”
He leaned toward me, and despite all my anger and hurt from what he’d
done, my body tensed in anticipation. The ghost of his mouth still lingered
on my lips after all these days. I hated that I couldn’t forget what had passed
between us. I hated that I still yearned to feel his touch. Most of all, I hated
him.
“Tell me,” he said with a tone as cold as steel, “was it a trick the whole
time? Were you using me?”
That was the last thing I’d expected him to say. I frowned. “I could ask
you the same question.”
A bitter smile curved his lips. “There’s no need to pretend anymore. I
know who you are.”
My eyes widened as a dagger appeared in his hand, its hilt elaborately
decorated with glittering sapphire gems. I glanced at his blade and then at
his face. My boot crushed the swaying grass as I took a step back.
“Why are you carrying a dagger?” I whispered, even though I already
knew the answer. I’d tried to kill him, and now he would get his revenge on
me. He wanted me dead. The fae who stood before me had never been my
friend. He was my enemy, and now he would shove a blade into my heart
and watch me bleed out beneath a blanket of stars.
Just like I’d tried to do to him.
“Because I have no other choice.” The Mist King’s voice went sharp,
and the look in his eye reminded me of who exactly I was talking to right
now. He was a ruthless king who had killed thousands in the war. He might
not have burned down the human kingdoms, like Oberon had told us, but he
wasn’t innocent. He’d even admitted that himself. When he saw someone as
his enemy, he crushed them.
And I was his enemy now. Maybe I always had been.
I fisted my hands, ignoring the flash of hurt in my heart. “If this is how
it’s going to be, at least let me go down fighting.”
“Very well,” he murmured. “Arm yourself.”
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