Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L. Armentrout EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
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“Do you have a moment, Lis?”
Looking up from the chamomile I’d been grinding into a powder for
Baron Huntington’s teas, I saw Naomi standing in the doorway of my
chamber. The brunette was already dressed for the evening; the gossamer of
her gown would’ve been completely transparent if not for the fabric’s
strategically placed panels in a deep shade of cerulean.
The Baron of Archwood led, well, an unorthodox life compared to most
mortals, but then again, Claude wasn’t just a mortal. He was a caelestia— a
mortal that descended from the rare joining of a lowborn and Hyhborn.
Caelestias were born and caelestias aged, just like us lowborn, and at
twenty-six, Claude had no plans to marry. Instead, he preferred to spread his
affection upon many. He, much like the Hyhborn, was a collector of
anything beautiful and unique. And one would be unwise if one thought to
compare oneself to any of the Baron’s paramours, but it was doubly foolish
to measure oneself against Naomi.
With her glossy hair and delicate features, she was utterly breathtaking.
I, on the other hand, happened to look like someone had taken different
traits from other people and pieced them together on my face. My small
mouth didn’t match the natural pucker of my lips. My too-round, too-big
eyes seemed to take up the entirety of my face, giving me the appearance of
looking far more innocent than I was. That had come in handy more than
once while I was on the streets, but I thought that I vaguely resembled those
creepy dolls I’d seen in shopwindows, except with golden-olive skin instead
of porcelain.
The Baron once told me I was interesting to look upon— “stunning” in
an odd sort of way— but even if that weren’t so, I would still be his most
favored, the one he kept close to him, and that had nothing to do with my
odd attractiveness.
Tension crept into my shoulders as I shifted on the settee and nodded.
Dragging my teeth over my lower lip, I watched her close the door and
cross the sitting area of my quarters— my private quarters.
Gods, at twenty-two years of age, I’d been here for . . . for six years.
Long enough for me not to be shocked by the knowledge that I had my own
space, my own rooms with electricity and hot water, something that many
places in the kingdom didn’t have. I had my own bed— an actual bed and
not a pile of flat blankets or a mattress made of flea-infested straw— but I
still couldn’t wrap my head around it.
I focused on Naomi. She was behaving strangely, repeatedly clasping her
hands together and releasing them. Naomi was nervous, and I had never
known her to be such.
“What do you need?” I asked, even though I had a feeling— no, I knew
exactly what she wanted. Why she was nervous.
“I . . . I wanted to talk to you about my sister,” she began— tentatively,
and Naomi was never tentative in anything she did. There were few who
were as brave and bold as her. “Laurelin has been unwell.”
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