Read Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass #4)(20) online free by Sarah J. Maas
Author: Sarah J. Maas
“Lady,” Asterin said softly.
Manon pointed to the stairs behind. “You get to be the one to tell the others. Now.”
“Manon,” Asterin said, a plea in her voice that Manon had never heard before.
Manon kept walking, her red cloak stifling in the stairwell. She did not particularly care to hear what Asterin had to say—not when her grandmother had made it clear that any step out of line, any disobedience, would earn them all a brutal and swift execution. The cloak around her would never allow her to forget it.
“I’ll see you at the aerie in an hour,” Manon said, not bothering to look back as she entered her tower.
And smelled a human inside.
The young servant knelt before the fireplace, a brush and dustpan in her hands. She was trembling only slightly, but the tang of her fear had already coated the room. She’d likely been panicked from the moment she’d set foot inside the chamber.
The girl ducked her head, her sheet of midnight hair sliding over her pale face—but not before Manon caught the flash of assessment in her dark eyes.
“What are you doing in here?” Manon said flatly, her iron nails clicking against each other—just to see what the girl would do.
“C-c-cleaning,” the girl stammered—too brokenly, too perfectly. Subservient, docile, and terrified, exactly the way the witches preferred. Only the scent of fear was real.
Manon retracted her iron teeth.
The servant eased to her feet, wincing in...
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