They’d taken their oath of silence to all new heights, having stitched their lips closed.

I had just begun to wonder if she was lost when the hazy outline of two silent figures draped in black appeared by a set of doors. She led me through the twisting, endless halls of nothing but doors and numerous blazing candle sconces. It spoke volumes that Lady Kala had touched me. Like any of the Chosen, my flesh should not encounter another’s unless related to my preparations. The unexpected contact caused me to flinch, and I was suddenly grateful for the veil. She reached back, curling her arm through mine. Either way, her life is forfeit-it always has been, as she has been forever touched by Life and Death. And his seductive touch ignites a passion she’s never allowed herself to feel and cannot feel for him. Until the Primal of Death’s unexpected words and deeds chase away the darkness gathering inside her. A specter never fully formed yet drenched in blood. If she fails, she dooms her kingdom to a slow demise at the hands of the Rot. Make the Primal of Death fall in love, become his weakness, and then…end him. However, Sera’s real destiny is the most closely guarded secret in all of Lasania-she’s not the well protected Maiden but an assassin with one mission-one target. Chosen before birth to uphold the desperate deal her ancestor struck to save his people, Sera must leave behind her life and offer herself to the Primal of Death as his Consort.

Armentrout returns with book one of the all-new, compelling Flesh and Fire series-set in the beloved Blood and Ash world.īorn shrouded in the veil of the Primals, a Maiden as the Fates promised, Seraphena Mierel’s future has never been hers. #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L.

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