Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)

by Sarah J. Maas

They were halfway to her room when Asterin said, “What are you going to do?” Manon didn’t know. And she couldn’t ask her grandmother, not without looking unsure or incapable of following orders. “I’ll figure it out.” “But you’re not going to give a Blackbeak Coven over to him for this—this breeding.” “I don’t know.” Maybe it wouldn’t be bad—to join their bloodline with the Valg. Maybe it’d make their forces stronger. Maybe the Valg would know how to break the Crochan curse. Asterin grabbed her by the elbow, nails digging in. Manon blinked at the touch, at the outright demand in it. Never before had Asterin even come close to— “You cannot allow this to happen,” Asterin said. “I’ve had enough of orders for one day. You give me another, and you’ll find your tongue on the floor.”