Ruinous Creatures

Ruinous Creatures

Author: Jessi Cole Jackson Listening Length: 10h 59m
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For fans of One Dark Window and T. Kingfisher, comes a standalone romantasy debut about a woman who accidentally awakens the power to siphon magic from two phoenix skulls, binding her fate to a vengeful stranger and forcing them to navigate the devastating cost of their unbreakable bond. In a sanctuary for magical crea...

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Chapter Twenty-One Adela

I follow Dad and Kian through the rain-slicked fields, numb. My legs move, but only because they’re supposed to. Kian holds my hand—warm, steady, tethering—but I can barely feel it. I don’t look at the grass underfoot or the dark outline of trees and brush or the moody, post-storm sky. I can’t.

Because if I let in the details of the surrounding world, I’ll let in the feelings of what just happened in the forest. And then I will be crushed.

We crest the hill.

On the other side, amidst the small mounds of jackalope warrens and puddles of rainwater, a group of people stand huddled together in the fading silver stormlight. Keepers and order members have voices raised—tense, frantic.