Onyx Storm (The Empyrean #3)

by Rebecca Yarros

“Pain isn’t a competition,” I assure him. “There’s always enough to go around.”

“You’re such a centenarian. Perhaps my kind will not be such killjoys. Perhaps they will feast as they see fit. Perhaps they will— Ooh! What is that?” “A Mammoth Red-Horned Tortoise and absolutely not! The shell will embed between your teeth, and I will not carry you and a festering tortoise shell— Get back here!” His voice fades as they fly out of range.