This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me

This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me

Author: Ilona Andrews Listening Length: 20h 3m
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This is the start of a page-turning, unforgetable fantasy set in a city peopled with ruffians, spies, malcontents and murderers. Experience out-of-this world adventure and dangerous politics as Maggie tries to survive waking up in her favourite fictional world. A heart-pounding epic from No. 1 New York Times bestsellin...

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CHAPTER 8

The blood refused to come out. I scrubbed and scrubbed, but the stain had settled into the grout between the stones. I would need bleach. Did they even have bleach in Rellas?

The horror of what had happened loomed in my mind, like a terrifying dark ghost that bent over me, watching me scrub the grout. Falling apart to deal with it wasn’t an option, so I ignored it and kept scrubbing with a blank look on my face.

The younger kids had started crying the minute the door leading upstairs closed behind Derog.

The older teenage girl tried to calm them down, then another man came down the stairs, told them to shut up, dropped into a large chair in the corner, and propped his feet in beat-up boots on an old wooden trunk.