My husband’s absence was making everyone uncomfortable.
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They could pass for brothers, with their long faces, carp-like whiskers, and leathery skin the colour of honey. Between us were the two priests tasked with the ceremony-a priest of the god Akaterru, patron deity of Oren-yaro, and a priest of Kibouri, that foreign religion my husband’s clan favoured, with their Nameless Maker and enough texts to make anyone ill.
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My son, also in white, stood on the other side of the dais with his nursemaid. They started in the great hall in the castle at Oka Shto when I arrived for my coronation, dressed in my mother’s best silk dress-all white, like a virgin on her wedding day-bedecked with pearls and gold-weave, with no husband at my side. A wolf of Oren-yaro does not beg.Īlmost at once, the rumours spread like wildfire. I watched his tall, straight back grow smaller in the distance, his father’s helmet nestled under his arm, his unbound hair blowing in the wind, and I did nothing. But in nursing my own pride, I didn’t give his a chance. I should have run after him, grovelled at his feet, asked him to stay. More than anything, I regret not stopping my husband. Even though he was a traitor, he didn’t deserve the pain. Bleeding over the jasmine bushes-that whole batch of flowers would remain pink until the end of the season-he had stared up at the trail of stars in the night sky and called for his mother. I regret not having a sharper sword, and losing my nerve so that I didn’t strike him again and he had to die slowly.
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I regret watching his eyes roll backwards and the blood spread like a cobweb underneath his wilted form, leaking into the cracked cobblestone my father paid a remarkable amount of money to install. I do regret looking at the bastard while he died. Instead, they entrusted the land to me and my husband: children of that same war they would rather forget. My father was a wise man, and if the warlords could’ve stopped arguing long enough to put their misgivings behind them, he would have made them a great king. He had it coming, and my father had taught me to take action before you second-guess yourself. What else did they expect from my people, the Oren-yaro, the ambitious savages who created a war that nearly ripped Jin-Sayeng apart? I almost think that if my reign had started without bloodshed and terror, they would have been disappointed. Hurricanes destroy the villages and they call it senseless the winter winds come and they call it cold. They called me the Bitch Queen, the she-wolf, because I murdered a man and exiled my king the night before they crowned me. To Dad, with all the love and most sincerest apologies of a daughter who could have been anything but chose to follow her heart.Įxplore book giveaways, sneak peeks, deals, and more. To find out more, go to or call (866) 376-6591.Ĭhapter Three: Anzhao City, Marvel of the Western EmpireĬhapter Four: The Con Artist and the QueenĬhapter Seven: The Beggar Queen, ReprisedĬhapter Eleven: The Con Artist and the Queen, ReprisedĬhapter Thirteen: The Dragonlord in DistressĬhapter Fourteen: The Mongrel of Oren-YaroĬhapter Fifteen: The Long Road to ZorhengĬhapter Sixteen: The Prince and the PrincessĬhapter Seventeen: What the Fireflies KnowĬhapter Twenty-One: The Legacy of Warlord YeshinĬhapter Twenty-Two: The Return to Anzhao CityĬhapter Twenty-Four: The Lord of Shang Azi, ReprisedĬhapter Twenty-Six: The Ikessar Heir, ReprisedĬhapter Twenty-Eight: The Legacy of Warlord Tal, Reprised The Hachette Speakers Bureau provides a wide range of authors for speaking events. The publisher is not responsible for websites (or their content) that are not owned by the publisher. The Orbit name and logo are trademarks of Little, Brown Book Group Limited. Orbit is an imprint of Hachette Book Group. Originally published by Liam's Vigil Publishing Co. If you would like permission to use material from the book (other than for review purposes), please contact Thank you for your support of the author’s rights. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book without permission is a theft of the author’s intellectual property. The purpose of copyright is to encourage writers and artists to produce the creative works that enrich our culture.
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