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 leads us to a ramshackle building on the opposite side of the river, much closer to the stone fortress we’ll have to deal with tomorrow.

Calling it a cabin would be generous, it’s more like four wooden walls with some slats piled on top, but inside there are some blankets and a potbellied stove and plenty of wood and outside there’s a water pump and a bucket.

Cal fills the bucket with water and lights a fire in the stove and all the while neither of us says anything, the unsaid words between us like a companion on this little trip.