A Game of Malice and Greed

A Game of Malice and Greed

Author: Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti Listening Length: 25h 48m
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A twisted heart, a hollow soul. A broken warrior, lost gods of old. A thief of shadows, blessed with light, A single lie which stole their might. A princess to win, in a brutal game. A great empire falling to a monster’s claim. A forbidden love, a curse untold. The last immortal trapped in a coin of gold.

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CHAPTER TWELVE

D rake didn’t stir again as he kept his back to me in his cot, though the way he shifted every now and then told me he wasn’t sleeping peacefully, if he was even asleep at all.

His words were stirring beneath my skin as I went over what he’d told me, and what he’d assumed of me too.

I could have told him that my life wasn’t some fairy tale where I slept on a plump mattress, surrounded by a feast of food and ale whenever I wished for it.