The Queen of Nothing (Full Book) by Holly Black ( PDFDrive )

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Despite the strain on my muscles, I switch to holding thepipe in one hand and pull her cap from my pocket with theother.“What are you doing? You promised—” she begins.I throw the cap at her face. She grabs for it, distracted. Inthat moment, I swing the pipe at her side with all the strengthin my body.I catch her in the shoulder, and she falls with a howl of pain.I hit her again, bringing the metal rod down in an arc onto heroutstretched arm, sending her sword spinning across the roof.I raise the pipe to swing again.“Enough.” Grima Mog looks up at me from the asphalt,blood on her pointed teeth, astonishment in her face. “I yield.”“You do?” The pipe sags in my hand.“Yes, little cheat,” she grits out, pushing herself into asitting position. “You bested me. Now help me up.”I drop the pipe and walk closer, half-expecting her to pullout a knife and sink it into my side. But she only lifts a handand allows me to haul her to her feet. She puts her cap on herhead and cradles the arm I struck in the other.“The Court of Teeth have thrown in their lot with the oldGrand General—your father—and a whole host of othertraitors. I have it on good authority that your High King is tobe dethroned before the next full moon. How do you like thoseapples?”“Is that why you left?” I ask her. “Because you’re not atraitor?”“I left because of another little goat. Now be off with you.This was more fun than I expected, but I think our game is at aclose.”Her words ring in my ears. Your High King. Dethroned.“You still owe me a promise,” I say, my voice coming out likea croak.
And to my surprise, Grima Mog gives me one. She vows tohunt no more in the mortal lands.“Come fight me again,” she calls after me as I head for thestairs. “I have secrets aplenty. There are so many things youdon’t know, daughter of Madoc. And I think you crave a littleviolence yourself.”
Page 3 and 4: ContentsTitle PagePraise for THE FO
Page 5 and 6: Praise for THE FOLK OF THE AIR seri
Page 7 and 8: The Folk of the Air seriesThe Cruel
Page 11 and 12: The Royal Astrologer, Baphen, squin
Page 13 and 14: For a moment, everyone stood silent
Page 15 and 16: “Too difficult? Better not to mak
Page 17 and 18: I, Jude Duarte, High QQueen of Elfh
Page 19 and 20: I tighten my hold. If I press my ar
Page 21 and 22: I scroll back through the texts, mo
Page 23 and 24: Tonight, it’s a relief to head to
Page 25 and 26: Killing and eating the Folk? Nothin
Page 27 and 28: “You didn’t know?” Ladhar say
Page 29 and 30: that moment, although, since I saw
Page 31 and 32: “I know you’ve spent long, long
Page 33 and 34: “Good.” She lifts the tip of th
Page 35: It’s not a very honorable move, b
Page 39 and 40: I try to tell myself that I don’t
Page 41 and 42: Heather stands. “Jude? Oh no, oh
Page 43 and 44: “Make Vivi promise not to use mag
Page 45 and 46: A drenaline floods my body, despite
Page 47 and 48: Nor will he ever plan another party
Page 49 and 50: I grab the body wash that Vivi buys
Page 51 and 52: I get what it feels like to shove t
Page 53 and 54: explain any part of it without seem
Page 55 and 56: stained with blood. May death be yo
Page 57 and 58: “I should have saved you,” Vivi
Page 59 and 60: I realize that she has come to us b
Page 61 and 62: hedge maze crosses the grounds in a
Page 63 and 64: I go to Taryn’s dressing chamber
Page 65 and 66: The inquest is set to happen when t
Page 67 and 68: him as one of Cardan’s personal g
Page 69 and 70: “Now,” says Cardan. “Tell me
Page 71 and 72: I can’t let that happen. I summon
Page 73 and 74: I consider the smile Cardan wore on
Page 75 and 76: A single eyebrow rises, and his smi
Page 77 and 78: When I wake, I am in woods I don’
Page 79 and 80: “Your father’s priority was to
Page 81 and 82: “Half my knights never made it ou
Page 83 and 84: kitchen, where dried herbs hang in
Page 85 and 86: humans, we could have a much bigger
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a bright and clear yellow, like win
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He gives me an admiring look that I
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probably kept all together in a war
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The door to Grimsen’s forge is pr
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His grin is sly. “Not everyone is
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After my visit to Grimsen, I tromp
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settle an issue with some mutually
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over me, to realize there was an ea
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Oriana oversees the preparation of
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“Where should I tell your father
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Thin, with bruises blooming along h
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“For many years, nothing,” the
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when I shouted at him.” It is not
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on coming here. Madoc rendered me u
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“Your mother was once a friend to
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am as the day wears on. My fingers
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Alone in my new tent, I crush the d
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so dark it seems to absorb light, l
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guards, steal a key, and free a pri
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he’s grown better at slyfooting t
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“No,” I say. “Of course not.
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“Whom did you send him after?”
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He grins, circling me.Then he swing
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I force myself to move. Step after
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I knew he didn’t like Nore and Ja
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“Jude?” Taryn’s voice sounds
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“Thank you,” I say, reaching ou
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my exile, and whatever he intends,
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If I give that to someone to pass t
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with platters of fruit, flower-stud
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“I lost your cloak,” I croak up
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finally I am satisfied. I sag back
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plain for a queen, but Cardan is ex
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Cardan is wearing a high jeweled co
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hushed. The wind carries floral sce
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“And did you like it?” I ask.He
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He gives me a half smile. “But no
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Randalin rises to the bait, looking
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Taking out stitches is slow and pai
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Once the Bomb is finished with me,
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object to such minor high-handednes
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I am halfway down the hall when a p
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appearance has made her give up the
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to bring a large force onto the lan
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them so they remembered only what h
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When she sees Cardan, she pushes he
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And relieved. She could have used t
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about the mortal world. He sounds d
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A pounding on the door drives me to
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Fand frowns past me at the councilo
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“Come eat,” Grima Mog says, lad
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“Because only one of us can tell
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Across the room, I see Heather and
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“Jude asked us to stay for anothe
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We stagger against the wall, and I
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“Along with some begging on your
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The next two days are spent mostly
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The new Grand General moves to the
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“Whose?” he asks, frowning.Ther
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I have some satisfaction in seeing
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“I am under no one’s control,
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stand before you. And even had you
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In the place where the High King wa
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ready. Madoc is staggering to his f
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“Get ahold of yourself,” she gr
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“I need to know who is still loya
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out of his spilled blood can a grea
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“Okay,” I say. “Then I’m re
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“A very Unseelie belief,” Mikke
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I might have grown into something e
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words, and I didn’t answer him. I
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“Jude!” he says, climbing up on
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“Would you like cushions?” I as
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“She won’t,” Madoc says. “Y
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his bride will ascend with him.”
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knowing them, they intend to trick
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say.Madoc smiles at me with no mali
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avoidable, that one can reverse any
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turn all the fruit in the orchard t
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“That the land healed you.” She
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chest, there’s a pile of spare sh
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I veer toward the pavilions of the
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“You may go,” I say to them whe
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tame the serpent and end the threat
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“And I might have fought for you
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“Anywhere no one can hear us.”W
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She gives me a steady look. Whateve
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says.“I thought treasuries were j
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a knife through my own hand. I know
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“Cheer up,” Grima Mog says, see
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The golden eyes of the serpent are
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And then, through that, Cardan step
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I hesitate, thinking of the moment
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“And Cardan,” I say. “He’s
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“Sounds like a lot of work on you
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story with great sweeps of her hand
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broken. I thought it was a weakness
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I am in a gown of deep forest green
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Elfhame turn you away. Every hearth
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The girl gives a frightening, savag
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the love that we had for each other
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At that, Vivi stops smiling.It make
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When we return to the apartment wit
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