Falling Kingdoms (Falling Kingdoms, #1)

by Morgan Rhodes

He did feel ill. The way he felt about Lucia was wrong. Unnatural. And it was growing by the day even though he fought to ignore it.

four crystals that held the truest, purest essence of elementia. Obsidian for earth, amber for fire, aquamarine for water, and moonstone for air.

She took the Kindred from the four corners of the Sanctuary and brought them to the sisters in the mortal world. Each took two for themselves, and the moment they touched the stones, they were corrupted by the magic. It changed them forever.” “It turned them into goddesses,” Cleo said, barely breathing. “The sisters were Valoria and Cleiona.”

but it’s said to be dying off. The longer they go without having the Kindred in their possession, the more their world fades. Just as this one does.”

She looked up at him just as he captured her mouth with his and kissed her deeply.

Then his heart, now broken into a thousand pieces, slowly began to turn to ice.

Love is stronger than anger. Love is stronger than hate—stronger than anything. Remember that.”

“Now,” Emilia said, gazing into her sister’s eyes, “if King Gaius is looking for a war, a war is exactly what he’ll get.”

Princess, please accept my apologies that I couldn’t tell you the truth about myself. It is a secret that I’ve held for many years that no one knows, apart from legend, not even my granddaughter. A pure heart is worth more to me than gold. Yours is such a heart. Use these precious seeds to heal your sister so she can help lead Auranos toward a brighter future. —Eirene

She was a descendant of the hunter—the man from Paelsia who’d loved the sorceress, Eva.

She was queen now. A queen in exile. And he had to find her. The future, both Paelsia’s and Auranos’s, now depended completely on her survival.