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

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

I pulled myself out of those thoughts with a shake of my head. “Exactly what does kill a god?” “A god can kill another,” Reaver said. “Shadowstone can also kill a god.” The same material had been used to construct many of the Temples and the palace in Evaemon. I’d never thought of it as a weapon until those skeletal guards we’d seen after entering Iliseeum had wielded shadowstone weapons. It was what had punctured Tawny’s skin in the chaos after everything had gone so terribly wrong. “Through the heart or head,” he elaborated. Immediately, I saw the arrow the Revenant had pointed in my direction, but the Revenant had spoken as if she hadn’t believed the shadowstone would kill me. I supposed it was a good thing she’d obviously thought wrong. “What happens if a mortal is stabbed with shadowstone?” “It would kill them,” he said, and air fled my lungs. “But your friend lives. There has to be a reason for that.” Reaver had definitely been listening whenever I spoke of Tawny. “What kind of reason could there be?” “I wouldn’t know,” he replied, and I tamped down a surge of frustration. “But you are the first female descendant of the Primal of Life—the most powerful being known. In time, you will become even more powerful than your father.” How I could be more powerful than my father was beyond me. Nor did I know why the female part mattered. Still, I got stuck on those two words. Your father. Ires.