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

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

“Will the Consort really wake upon Ires’s return?” “Yes.” “And what does that mean for the other gods?” For us, I wanted to add, but I wasn’t sure if I truly wanted to know the answer to that at the moment. “I imagine they will eventually wake.” I wondered why the Consort being awake had anything to do with the other gods. Or if it really had to do with Nyktos—that if his Consort had to sleep, he chose to be with her, which caused the other gods to sleep. I was also tired of calling her the Consort. “What’s her name?” His smile vanished, and his features sharpened as he stared down at me from his perch. “Her name is a shadow in the ember, a light in the flame, and the fire in the flesh. The Primal of Life has forbidden us to speak or write her name.” Disbelief flooded me. “That sounds incredibly controlling.” “You don’t understand. To speak her name is to bring the stars from the skies and topple the mountains into the sea.” My brows inched up my forehead. “That’s a bit dramatic.”