Cinder Vale (Sins of the Zodiac #3)

Cinder Vale (Sins of the Zodiac #3)

Author: Caroline Peckham Listening Length: 19h 27m
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The wild is calling. The war is raging. Our leaders are lying. And I’m starting to play treason all too often in my dreams. The land is rife with secrets which whisper to me on the wind and the destiny I had so long desired is souring now that I’ve claimed it. I want to follow the path that has been laid out for me b...

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CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE

The evening of my wedding had passed in a whirl of simpering nobles and conniving courtiers. I could not leave the festivities, nor did I really join in them. My…husband had forced a single dance from me then murmured a promise in my ear that this elevation would see me become queen.

I found I cared nothing for the promise of the title even as he held it out before me like some titbit to tempt a monster.

I knew what would come next. He thought I’d help him seize that crown. He thought I’d take part in the bloodshed his claim would require so that I might secure myself that position.