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

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

I would spend an eternity taking these bites if that meant she was safe. That it wasn’t her in this cell. That she wasn’t the one in pain.

Smoke wafted from the flame she’d touched, turning a dark, thick black that brushed against the damp stone, staining it.

“Demis,” I whispered hoarsely, my eyes widening. “You’re a demis. A false god.”

A demis is not born but made when a god commits the forbidden act of Ascending a mortal who was not Chosen.”

“That’s…gods, that’s my Queen.”

Her purpose is far greater. As was Malik’s. As is yours now. We are now a part of the greater plan, and all of us, together, will restore the realm to what it was always meant to be. It has already begun.”

Princess Kayleigh, first daughter of King Saegar and Queen Geneva of Irelone, joined Queen Ezmeria of Lasania and her Consort, Marisol, to celebrate the Rite and Ascension of the Chosen, marking the…

Ezra!!!

Possibly written during a time when the gods were awake.

They were babes

“Vessa is what I was once called.”

Why does that sound familiar

“The one who was Blessed.”

“One born from a grave misdeed, of a great and terrible Primal power, with blood full of ash and ice.” Her words rattled her entire body, raising the tiny hairs all over mine. “The Chosen who will usher in the end, remaking the realms. The Harbinger of Death and Destruction.”

wait for death.”

laruea.”

“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.”

Its because of Kilos

The Chosen who will usher in the end, remaking the realms.

“You are the Liessa. You summoned us. You carry the blood of Nyktos and the Consort in you. You are…” He trailed off. “Yes, we are bonded to you. I am perplexed by the fact that you’re only now realizing that.”

Bc youve been asleep bro, she knows literally nothing

the first female descendant of the Primal of Life—the

Because tbe primal of life is a WOMAN

even knowing what he would have to do to stay strong.”

Im guessing its feed

Liessa.”

Called it

Only one is infinite.” Nyktos.

Im guessing Sera actually

There was a pause. “You sound a lot like…her.”

“Yes. You remind me very much of the…Consort.”

“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.”

To speak her name is to bring the stars from the skies and topple the mountains into the sea.”

was.

How wrong you are

Kieran stared at me and then cursed. “Whatever. I’ll see what I have.”

WHy do i feel like kieran and reaver like eachother hehe

“Gods walked these tunnels. As did the Primals. They walked other tunnels in other cities, connecting doorways and creating magical wards made of Primal essence that could keep things out—or in.” I

she broke those Primal wards when she Ascended into her godhood.”

“I would tell you that I would kill Isbeth for that, but my Queen is a god. She will kill her.”

“If you think that Granddaddy is the true Primal of Life and the true Primal of Death, then you know nothing.”

Ya bc of SERA

he had me totally hooked on this tale about a girl picking flowers who had been startled by a god, falling to her death from some cliff. Anyway,

Sera's past life

Ian had shared it with me in one of the letters he’d written after his Ascension.

Did he know

twining around lilacs

Sera

Pine and lush spice. And sweet, fragrant lilac.

ARE THEY HERE

it smelled like stale lilacs. That was what Vessa had smelled like.

But isnt that what Sera smelled like

“This was not a storm,” Reaver said, and I turned to him. “It was an…awakening.”

His name was Kolis.”

So Kolis sent her

The Joining.

YAS

“You are the Queen, but you are also my daughter-in-law.”

“No, she didn’t know me.” He folded the gauze, covering the wound. “Or at least that’s what she remembers.”

im confused. So poppy knew malik?

have a feeling you will be reunited with your Queen sooner rather than later.”

“This weapon is as unique as you. Take good care of it, and she will return the favor.”

Preela?

Every death leaves a mark behind,

That's what Ash always says

“Of the goddess, Lailah,

you are the one they call the Queen of Flesh and Fire. We’ve been waiting for you since before you were born.”

“Malec,”

Bro its Kolis

“She doesn’t like limitations either.” “Who?” “The Consort.”

“It’s the only way to stop her.”

What in the heck does that mean? Sera is the best, stop her from what?

“She’s angry. Furious enough to forget who she is. Enough to cause the kind of harm that cannot be undone.”

Well ok that makes sense

it wasn’t just Nyktos who gave his approval for your marriage. That it was him and the Consort.”