A Queen This Fierce and Deadly (KINGDOM OF LIES #4) by Stacia Stark EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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Prisca
Pieces of Lorian hung in the air, the glacial statue of his body like a
shattered vase frozen at the moment of impact.
I’d lost so much. Over and over. But I couldn’t lose him. Couldn’t
endure this. It would break me into pieces just as small as the icy shards I
stared at now. So I clutched my hourglass until my hand ached and
continued to claw at my power with everything I had.
The edges of my soul began incinerating, tiny pieces turning to ash and
drifting away. Blinking away the blood dripping from my eyes, I focused on
my mate.
Finally, one single second slipped backward. And then another. The
edges of my vision dimmed. I couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t think. But I used
my magic like a rope tying me to him.
And I held on.
I couldn’t fail him. I refused.
But a strange, dizzying rush swept through my body. And two women
were suddenly standing just footspans away, on the ship, their features
eerily similar to mine.
A sob rattled my chest. The woman on the left… If not for the faint lines
around her eyes, we might have been twins.
Once, I’d hated Ysara for not showing me her face.
Now, I knew I saw it each day in the mirror.
This was my mother. My real mother.
Some part of me had hoped she’d made it out of that house the night I’d
disappeared. That she was alive somewhere. I hadn’t realized until now
how foolishly I’d clung to that hope.
Letting go of it hurt.
The woman standing next to her also looked at me with eyes the exact
same color as mine. But those eyes were old and wicked, the smile playing
around her mouth suggesting she knew the secrets of the world––and was
unimpressed by them. This was the woman who had used her power to age
her enemies. The one who had lashed out in her last moments, turning
Eprotha’s capital into the Cursed City.
My grandmother.
My mother reached out her hand, as if to stroke my cheek. But no
warmth radiated from her skin. I would never know her touch.
“Let go, Nelayra. This is forbidden for a reason.” Her voice was soft.
Gentle.
“I can’t.”
Her eyes filled with such grief, my chest clenched.
“I love him. I’m—I’m sorry.”
My grandmother’s mouth curved. “Let the child choose her own fate.
Just as we did.”
Both of them were dead. Was that a warning? I continued to pull my
power to me, and my grandmother laughed, glancing at my mother. “Such
reckless disregard for the laws. It’s like looking at my younger self.”
My chest hollowed. My grandmother’s rage had leveled an entire city.
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