The Throne of Broken Gods (Gods & Monsters, #2)

by Amber V. Nicole

“You’re wrong, and I know the Kings of Yejedin had a part in this. Perhaps you are mistaken about who let who out.” Porphyrion snorted. “No, you are wrong. The Kings of Yejedin are not that strong compared to the General.” I wiped my hand across my face, growing frustrated. “The General? More fables?” “Says the idiot king who knows nothing.” I lifted my blade, the pure silver gleaming in this darkened hall. “Speak to me like that once more, and I take a limb.” Porphyrion swallowed and scooted back but continued, “How you have The Hand, Unir had Generals. Three. They helped shape the cosmos. One General made the kings. The General of Unir that feeds on blood can shape terrifying creatures with his blood.” “Shape creatures with his blood?” Porphyrion’s massive nostrils flared. “Yes, and you reek of one of them.” Dianna. My throat went dry. “Kaden was one of my father’s Generals?” “If that is its name, then I suppose.” Porphyrion scratched at his elbow. “The General never spoke to us here. I only saw that spiked armor of black and orange as he passed by. But he made other terrifying creatures before he made the kings. He made Apphellon, the one that controlled minds.” He had to be talking about Alistair. “Haldnunen was the one who controlled the dead,” Porphyrion said. Or Tobias in Dianna’s world “There was also Gewyrnon, the one that could control plagues and sickness, and Ittshare, the one that could bend ice. I don’t know what happened to all of them. We giants fought with...