The Wraith King (The Rise of Northgall, #1)

by Juliette Cross

“It’s interesting. I never thought to see you, King Gollaya, kneeling at my feet.” I finished lacing her boot and looked up at her. “Interesting. I feel like I’ve always been here.”

“The world will wail for many seasons and many reasons. Sickness, rebellion, and madness will prevail. Then the dark will steal the light, setting the pale world right. The beast will catch the water maid, foiling plans the rebel laid. And the shadow will swallow the secret queen when true evil is freed. This will come to pass, or all will fall. All will fail. And the gods die with the living.”

Smiling, I murmured, “Never.” Then we went to his bedchamber and made the best of the afternoon and the night. I’d never tell Hava, but he was a far more attentive handmaiden than any I’d ever had.