The Wicked Gift

The Wicked Gift

Author: Maren Ellsworth Listening Length: 11h 23m
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The Uprising has torn down Avon’s monarchs and tied the first presidential race to a brutal decree: each candidate must kill the former ruler of their own province. Callum, son of the newly dethroned king, means to claim his place, yet he cannot carry out that patricide without help. He seeks Lady Caterine, a Gifted c...

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Callum

It’s been a week since the announcement and I still have not come up with a viable solution to the problem. Alex’s acceptance and Dom’s suggestion cycle through my brain, equal parts frustrating and intriguing.

But it’s my father’s words that repeat the most often, that linger, that fester, enough to make me consider the unthinkable.

The word coward dances behind my eyes from the moment I wake until the moment I sleep, permanently etched in my brain.