KYRI
“You thought you could walk right into Az-ca, take over where you left off centuries ago, and everybody would just fall in with your plans. Is that it?”
“I didn’t count on her—never saw her in all my divinations.”
He meant Sherra. An unseeable. He’d divined Thorn II, just not his Queen and partner. “So. You wanted to take over after practically destroying their current King—who was a very good King, and before that, an excellent Commander of the army. That’s a hell of a way to get Az-ca’s population to adore you, isn’t it?”
“I can offer them peace,” he began.
“Except you can’t. Kaakos is still alive, remember, and he’ll be coming for you—of that I have no doubt. You know it, too, and you can’t take him on without Az-ca’s army at your back.”
“I thought we could work together—Thorn II and I. That he’d see the reason in it after a while.”
“And, as he’s currently powerless, what choice would he have?” I sniped. “Except he has the strongest Queen you’ve ever seen at his side, and she certainly won’t fall for that bullshit.”
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The present King of Az-ca has been rendered powerless through an unsuspected coup, and is overcome with despair.
Kaakos has escaped death, but is forced to leave Ny-nes. Now, his sole focus is revenge.
Az-ca’s citizens have fallen victim to the enemy’s lies, and civil war threatens to split the country.
Sherra is forced to divide her attention between searching for the enemy, dealing with traitors and struggling with the King’s misery and desolation. When the blood spell that rendered Kerok powerless takes a turn even its maker didn’t expect, only her dreamwalker, with help from another, can hope to turn the tide…
About the Book
Queen of Thorns and Roses
by Connie Suttle
Series
Black Rose Sorceress #4
Genre
Adult
Urban Fantasy
Paranormal Fantasy
Publisher
Subtle Demon Publishing, LLC
Publication Date
July 5, 2018
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Excerpt
Secondary Camp
Armon
"Wend and Marc
have been permanently assigned to the King," I sighed as I took a seat
beside Levi for our midday meal.
"I suspected as
much. Sherra wants somebody who actually cares about him to stay at his side
during the day, whenever she can't be there."
Levi looked grim.
Misten, who sat across from us, looked pale. Caral was at the palace more often
than not, as was Cole. Sherra called them in frequently, to act as assistants
and advisors.
Thorn would only speak
if compelled, nowadays. I can't say I blamed him; I'd be furious and seeking
revenge against the one who'd removed my power.
Except Thorn's life
was now tied to the one who'd stolen his power to begin with. I worried that
the King would let it affect him in adverse ways, and that eventually, he'd
shut himself off from all of us.
Doret and Barth acted
as liaisons between the Crown and the Council, thank goodness. I felt Sherra
could blast someone if they asked the wrong question at times. Sherra and her
dreamwalker had modified the shields around all the villages already, to watch
for Kaakos' arrival.
She was sure he'd come
eventually.
After hearing some of
the story from Doret, I imagined Kaakos would go for his father and Kyri first,
then come after Az-ca afterward.
"Hard to believe
that Thorn the First has been alive and plotting all this time, isn't it?"
Levi nodded his thanks to Caral's sister, who set plates of food in front of
us.
"It's
infuriating," Misten hissed. "That fucking piece of—I don't have a
good word to describe what he is and what I think about him."
Levi and I stared at
Misten—I could count on the fingers of one hand how many times I'd heard Misten
swear.
"Well, it's what
I think," she sniffed.
"We think the
same, it's just—different, hearing it from you," Levi said. "Not that
we're complaining," he held up a hand. "You're free to speak your
mind whenever it's just us."
"I know. I wish
Caral were here. We haven't had much time to ourselves since—well—you
know."
"We know."
"I don't know how
Sherra is able to deal with all this," she added. "I'd be crazy by
now."
Levi and I looked at
one another. We were worried that Thorn would be the one to follow that path.
Very worried.
As for Hunter, he
could feed himself, now, but he'd not attempted to speak, and still stared
blankly into the distance most of the time.
We'd been so close to
eliminating Kaakos, when Thorn I decided to pull his stunt and fuck it up.
Sherra had punched him
in the nose, breaking it. I wanted to do much worse than that. Like her, I had
to quash those thoughts, as any violence against the one who'd named himself
North was irrevocably tied to Thorn and his continued existence.
"In all my life,
I'd never imagine anything like this was possible," Levi said and stabbed
green beans with his fork.
"That's the
honest truth," I agreed and started eating.
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About Connie Suttle
CONNIE SUTTLE is the author of the Blood Destiny series, the Legend of the Ir’Indicti series, the High Demon Series, the God Wars series and the Saa Thalarr series. Other titles are scheduled for release very soon.
Connie earned her MFA from the University of Oklahoma and has taught courses at the university level. Reading (and writing) have been a constant throughout her life.
The author lives in Oklahoma with her patient, long-suffering husband and three cats. Obviously, the cats are not so long-suffering and are certainly not patient.
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