Queens of Mist and Madness by Lisette Marshall EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Lisette Marshall
- Language: English
- Genre: Dark Fantasy Horror
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FOR ONE INFINITE MOMENT, time itself stood suspended.
No more shouts. No more laughter. The allies and enemies behind me
might as well have ceased to exist, their opinions and complaints no more
relevant than the dust beneath my boots. The howling of the wind, the
flickering torches, the shards of the shattered binding on the rocky ground
of the Cobalt Court … they could have been a million miles away, and I
would not have noticed.
All I saw was Creon, dark eyes burning in the night, fingers gripping my
arm with a strength that threatened to leave bruises. And all I heard …
Em. Emelin.
The syllables hung in the air between us like the sweetest, hoarsest
treasure.
He’d spoken those words. I’d heard those words. Guttural and gravelly,
perhaps, his voice brittle from decades of disuse – but those coughs and
rasps had broken the silence all the same, unfamiliar sounds yet brimming
with an emotion that was far from new. I’d seen it smouldering in his eyes
so many times before. I’d felt it in his fingers on my skin.
Emelin.
Hot tears suddenly stung behind my eyelids, threatening to spill over.
And then, in a flash of muscular limbs and velvety wings, the world
snapped back into motion – movements so fast my mind didn’t comprehend
what was happening until Creon was already standing, until those scarred
hands of his had already dragged me to my feet. Dark wings swept out
wide, obscuring the starry sky. Someone sputtered some objection behind
me, about things to be done and dangers to be minded … but Creon didn’t
waver as he scooped me into his arms and flexed his fingers in a silent
reminder of the explosive magic always lurking below his skin.
Whoever had unwisely opened their mouth hurriedly corrected the
mistake.
We shot into the night sky so fast my heart plummeted into my stomach.
My cry was lost in the rush of air whipping past us, the whoosh of his
powerful wings. Darkness swallowed us within moments. As soon as we
soared past the first jagged mountain ridge, out of sight of the torches,
nothing but stars and silhouettes remained in the pale moonlight. I clung to
Creon’s labouring shoulders for dear life as the cold wind tore at my dress
and hair, squeezing my eyes shut so as not to see the gaping void beneath
us; if I was going to fall, I much preferred not knowing in advance how bad
it would be.
Where in hell was he going?
But he was already descending before I could ask, my vital organs now
pulled in the opposite direction as his wings surrendered us to gravity – the
descent so close to an actual plunge that I would have screamed again if not
for his unwavering arms around me. My eyes flew open in a panicked
reflex. Before us, the dark ocean stretched all the way to the horizon, the
waxing moon accompanied
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