The War of Two Queens (Blood And Ash, #4)

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

“Of a Primal and the fire of a draken?” I finished for him, surprised that the widow had spoken the truth. Kieran frowned. “If you know the answer, why did you ask?” “I didn’t know until now.” It didn’t pass me by that I was called the Queen of Flesh and Fire, but my brain was already too full of confusing things to consider how or if those two items were related. “Did you know that the Rite existed before the Ascended?” “It didn’t.” “It did,” I said and then showed him the ledgers. Kieran’s surprise was like a splash of cool water as he dragged a hand over his head. The hair there was growing longer. “I guess it’s possible that the gods had some sort of Rite and that the Ascended copied it.” I thought that over. “Malec would’ve known about it. He could’ve told Isbeth. But did it stop because the gods went to sleep?” “That would be a plausible reason.” He folded his arms, giving the chamber a not-too-discreet glance. “It has to be related—why the gods took the third sons and daughters,” I said, staring at the ledgers. “And how they can become Revenants.”