The Road of Bones (The Ashen #1)
Rate it:
Open Preview
3%
Flag icon
Another wasp?
4%
Flag icon
Had the whispers of the haunted girl finally reached their ears? The tales of the girl who sees the unseen? She’d been careful in Skarstad, but addressing the little blond girl in the town square had been a foolish slipup.
7%
Flag icon
A grimwolf or a bear or a vampire deer or, worse, a man.
7%
Flag icon
“Because, Moonflower. If people realize you see things that aren’t there, the Klaernar will come calling.”
8%
Flag icon
Perhaps Silla was imagining it, but she sensed disapproval in the harsh glare of the creature’s dark eyes.
9%
Flag icon
The must of wet fur mingled with the mineral scent of blood.
15%
Flag icon
“You’re right to be frightened.” The man’s gaze continued downward. “Drop the…hammer?” His lips teased a smile, but his grip on her neck tightened. “Drop it.”
18%
Flag icon
Under the table, the two girls cowered, their little bodies pressed together.
21%
Flag icon
That man needs to hug a baby or pat a dog, she thought.
28%
Flag icon
“You afraid of me, Sunshine?”
30%
Flag icon
“You’re right. I’ve been complacent, content to place the burden of my safety on the shoulders of others.
31%
Flag icon
I’ve decided you’re more risk to yourself than to me with that blade. Careful, Sunshine. The sharp part bites.”
34%
Flag icon
“Lonely?” asked Hekla, twirling her dagger in her hand. “No.” She leaned in and lowered her voice. “That’s what Gunnar is for.”
34%
Flag icon
“She hums. I’m not sure she even knows she does it. It’s quite irritating.”
34%
Flag icon
Jonas choked as he heard the word sorry leave her lips. “Malla’s tits,” muttered Rey, dragging a hand down his face. “Tell me she did not just apologize to a rock.”
Haleigh
she kills me
37%
Flag icon
“Merciful gods, Jonas,” she muttered. “Just when I think you can get no worse, you go and open your mouth.” “And here I thought you enjoyed the look of my mouth.”
Haleigh
hehehe
37%
Flag icon
“Dowdy dresses? They have pockets. They are practical! We travel the Road of Bones!”
42%
Flag icon
moon-touched grandmother
47%
Flag icon
doesn’t have all her horses in the stables,
50%
Flag icon
“Oh, quit it with the axe eyes, Reynir,”
61%
Flag icon
Skjöld is recommended for short-term use only due to the phantom visions and dangerous side effects reported by long-term users.
63%
Flag icon
“Now you will try your luck against me. Try to bring me to the ground, Sunshine. Again.”
64%
Flag icon
Curls.
Haleigh
I hate how he calls her curls......i donf like him......i like rey
69%
Flag icon
“You cause me to weep, woman, and it is not from happiness.”
75%
Flag icon
little princess?”
75%
Flag icon
“Oh…you know now. I pulled rather hard that time. Was that your worst fear, Eisa Volsik?”
77%
Flag icon
Selfless Silla.
80%
Flag icon
Jonas laughed, a brittle sound he did not recognize as his own. Best in this world? Pitiful if that was true. But in time he would know all her truths.
80%
Flag icon
“You agreed to do what I said, Silla. Think twice before going behind my back again.”
80%
Flag icon
“I’ll use the sharp part this time, Rey,”
81%
Flag icon
Adherent,”
84%
Flag icon
“Not killing you when I discovered you in our wagon will be a thing I regret until my last breath.”
89%
Flag icon
The constriction in Rey’s chest tightened, drawing him toward Kopa.
Haleigh
DOeshe have nagic? Are they fted:?
90%
Flag icon
Rolling his neck, he caught sight of the black veins on the back of his hand. It had been days, and his galdur strained so hard to be freed, he scarcely had to think to express it.
96%
Flag icon
Now is not the time to worry about modesty,
96%
Flag icon
“You truly are filled with sunshine, aren’t you?”