- Page 3: ContentsTitle PagePraise for THE FO
- 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 and 36: It’s not a very honorable move, b
- Page 37 and 38: And to my surprise, Grima Mog gives
- 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
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stained with blood. May death be yo
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“I should have saved you,” Vivi
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I realize that she has come to us b
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hedge maze crosses the grounds in a
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I go to Taryn’s dressing chamber
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The inquest is set to happen when t
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him as one of Cardan’s personal g
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“Now,” says Cardan. “Tell me
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I can’t let that happen. I summon
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I consider the smile Cardan wore on
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A single eyebrow rises, and his smi
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When I wake, I am in woods I don’
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“Your father’s priority was to
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“Half my knights never made it ou
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kitchen, where dried herbs hang in
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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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Thank you for choosing a Hot Key bo