Dire Bound (The Wolves of Ruin, #1)
Rate it:
Open Preview
Read between September 7 - September 18, 2025
39%
Flag icon
“Can I at least tend to you first?”
thatbrunettebooklover
it’s sweet that he brought her medical supplies thooo🥺🥺
40%
Flag icon
“Easy, prick.”
40%
Flag icon
“Prick? I’m saving your ass,”
40%
Flag icon
“Don’t talk about...
This highlight has been truncated due to consecutive passage length restrictions.
41%
Flag icon
Come, now. Nocturn commands it!”
thatbrunettebooklover
okay so is she secretly royalty?? did killian’s great-great-great grandpa steal her family’s rightful crown..
41%
Flag icon
Apparently, this first test is specifically designed to challenge our communication skills, and it’s estimated that an eighth of us won’t survive this.
42%
Flag icon
It tastes fantastic—potent, too. A pleasant warmth spreads through my belly at the very first sip. After the third sip, a faint buzz of relaxation travels the length of my body.
thatbrunettebooklover
is the wine tampered with to make them...extra friendly??
42%
Flag icon
“He’s pretty sexy when he’s not bellowing orders at us, huh?”
42%
Flag icon
“I would ride that man from here to Astreona.”
42%
Flag icon
“He seems more like the type who prefers to do all the riding,”
42%
Flag icon
“He does, doesn’t he?”
43%
Flag icon
“Anyone else really feel like barfing right now?”
43%
Flag icon
“Always, when I look at you,”
43%
Flag icon
The genuine concern on his face last night was almost too much to bear.
thatbrunettebooklover
i could see killian as a siphon but either way, i think he’d have started a rebellion against his father.
44%
Flag icon
“What do we know about our enemy, the Siphons?”
44%
Flag icon
“They’re blood-sucking vampires who steal life force and energy to extend their own lives and make themselves more powerful.”
44%
Flag icon
“In the Siphons’ country, there are no humans left—they drained them all for power. That’s why they invade our lands. To find more prey.”
44%
Flag icon
“They use blood magic to control our minds and weave illusions!”
44%
Flag icon
“They don’t have their own Bonded creatures, so that’s the only way they can fight us.
44%
Flag icon
They use their magic to turn drained humans into more...
This highlight has been truncated due to consecutive passage length restrictions.
44%
Flag icon
Through their blood magic, Siphons have achieved functional immortality and the ability to m...
This highlight has been truncated due to consecutive passage length restrictions.
44%
Flag icon
Of course you’re way the fuck up there,
thatbrunettebooklover
i’m so glad she brought anassa some mountain sage. beyond ready for them to play nice😇
45%
Flag icon
“From the man I used to… see,”
45%
Flag icon
“I’ve gathered,”
45%
Flag icon
Come to my quarters when you receive this. I have an update on the Nabbers. Straight through the servant tunnel, ignore all turns. It ends at my rooms.—K.
thatbrunettebooklover
i still kinda trust killian thoo. anyone else?
46%
Flag icon
“What happens to the children that are taken?”
thatbrunettebooklover
would if the king is a siphon, purposefully using the civilians as a blood source?? but i think killian is against his father‼️
46%
Flag icon
“What happens to the children?”
thatbrunettebooklover
i think there’s a rebellion smuggling the children out of the kingdom BUT it’s to get them to safety and to keep them from being conscripted into the war.
47%
Flag icon
“Let me.”
thatbrunettebooklover
killian washing her hair🥺
48%
Flag icon
No answer. She doesn’t even look at me.
thatbrunettebooklover
i don’t like that anassa and her are fighting again. them getting along only lasted like five minutes🙄
49%
Flag icon
“Are you well?”
49%
Flag icon
“I’m fine,”
49%
Flag icon
“I just had a nightmare.”
49%
Flag icon
“Well, go back to sleep,”
49%
Flag icon
“You’re keeping me up.”
50%
Flag icon
“Anassa,”
50%
Flag icon
“Did you sense what happened back there?”
50%
Flag icon
“Be specific,”
50%
Flag icon
“I saw things. Heard...
This highlight has been truncated due to consecutive passage length restrictions.
50%
Flag icon
“I know you’re only supposed to get my thoughts and feelings through the bond but… can you sense what I s...
This highlight has been truncated due to consecutive passage length restrictions.
50%
Flag icon
“Then, can you stop it?”
50%
Flag icon
“No. I cannot,”
50%
Flag icon
“And moreover, I wo...
This highlight has been truncated due to consecutive passage length restrictions.
50%
Flag icon
“Visions like the ones you are experiencing are powerful. They ...
This highlight has been truncated due to consecutive passage length restrictions.
54%
Flag icon
“Princess,”
54%
Flag icon
“No one wants these tattoos, princess,”
54%
Flag icon
“There is no place for pride in war.”
54%
Flag icon
“Congrats on, you know, not dying.”
54%
Flag icon
“Yet,”
54%
Flag icon
“Not dying yet. But thanks, you too.
55%
Flag icon
“Nothing too skimpy, please?”