I won. Sahin has always been a pushover, if you know how to talk to him, and Iltas’s mother threw herself on me, weeping.For now, I push that thought away and keep searching. The curtains in the carriage are stained but whole, and one of the benches is stll clean. I wrench it out and toss it in a p
AmvalWhen I wake and breathe in a lungful of violet-and-ink scented air, everything seems right with the world for just a moment. There are a thousand pains to face once I open my eyes, funerals, murderers, and my siblings looking past me, but at least I have her.I reach across the tiny bed, hopin
Honestly, it’s hard to see the girl I had to save when she found Amval’s body in the woman marching through Som Palace now. It’s hard to believe she wasn’t raised to lead right alongside Amval. Maybe she was. Like I said, I don’t know much about Lightning Cape’s traditions. But she has almost everyt
IngridBy the time we roll off each other and don’t just reach for each other again, dawn is reaching hungry fingers through the window. Amval falls right to sleep, snoring slightly. I stare at him.I can only see Sash, peeking through the eye slit in his star-patterned veil. My stomach churns.He w
Once one has made a choice, it can’t be unmade. I grab either side of the split fabric and pull, baring her chest completely. She opens her mouth to object, but I press my lips to the newly visible skin, and her complaint turns into a moan. I concur. The taste of Ingrid’s bare skin almost overwhelms
AmvalI knew I missed Ingrid. I didn’t know how much until our mouths meet, and my whole body lights up. I groan softly against her lips, grabbing at her waist. She threads her fingers through my hair.“Damn,” she mumbles.My chest lights. Everything she was saying echoes in my head. Wanting the wro