This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me

This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me

Author: Ilona Andrews Listening Length: 20h 3m

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 21

There was a fish on my desk. It was a foot long with a blunt snout, small eyes, jet-black body, an asymmetric tail, and bony plates on its head.

It looked prehistoric. I had known something wasn’t right when I came up the stairs after breakfast and saw a trail of wet spots leading across the hallway to my rooms.

I picked up my reed pen and poked the fish with it, trying to get a look at the gills. Yep, pink.

The trail of wet spots stopped on my desk, right on the stack of cheap paper. I had started hiding the paper after the second fish, but we had had a late dinner last night because of the whole Drugh thing, and I’d forgotten to put it up. The stack was soaked through.