A Game of Malice and Greed

A Game of Malice and Greed

Author: Caroline Peckham, Susanne Valenti Listening Length: 25h 48m

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 13

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

I was finally released from my quarters after days of being locked up there alone. Not even my serving girls had been allowed to attend me and the guards who’d stood outside my room, pushing food through the door twice a day, had not spoken a single word to me when I’d ordered them to release me.

Now, I had woken to find my doors open, the guards standing aside with their heads bowed as I stepped out of my rooms with my veil pulled over my face to protect them from the law.

I’d been tempted to refuse to wear it a single day more, but then I’d thought of Cassius Lazar and my heart had splintered.