A Poison Dark and Drowning (Kingdom on Fire, Book Two) by Jessica Cluess

Author:Jessica Cluess
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Published: 2017-09-19T04:00:00+00:00

A girl-child of sorcerer stock rises from the ashes of a life.

You shall glimpse her when Shadow burns in the Fog above a bright city.

You shall know her when Poison drowns beneath the dark Waters of the cliffs.

You shall obey her when Sorrow falls unto the fierce army of the Blooded Man.

She will burn in the heart of a black forest; her fire will light the path.

She is two, the girl and the woman, and one must destroy the other.

For only then may three become one, and triumph reign in England.

What a joke it all had been.

“Howel. Demonstrate this, will you?” Mickelmas said, jolting me from my reverie.

He tossed me one of the daggers, then fetched a strawberry and popped it into his mouth. I swiped the dagger through the air, and both times that high keening sound made me wince. Mickelmas sprang to his feet and took the dagger back. “Always have someone incompetent demonstrate first,” he told the boys. “It flatters you even more.” I restrained myself from kicking at his ankles.

“The trick is to swipe upward.” He demonstrated the correct way, with a short, sharp jab. “Ralph Strangewayes claimed he mined these metals from the Ancients’ home world. Listen.” He flipped open the book, slowly read a few lines to himself, and then spoke: “Naught but the very melted and molten soil of their ground affects their skins or humors. I fashioned my dirks and cutlasses from their clay and steel, sometimes their very bones.” The whistle. Had I been putting something from an Ancient’s body into my mouth? I felt ill. “If once you cut them, cut them once again. That is the key.” He looked back up at us and slapped the page. “Several of these beasties have unusually tough hides. You’ll need a great deal of force behind the blade. You especially, my girl, may not have enough physical strength for some blows.”

I wanted to make a snide comment, but after an instant of practicing, I knew he was right. Jabbing up from underneath worked better for me, and the blade did not whine.

“Good. Now that you can use the knife, twist it when you make impact. This little serrated bit on the tip wants to dig into the skin,” he said, pointing at it.

“You might have shared all this information with the Order before,” Blackwood muttered. “Considering you brought these demons upon us.”

Was he really going to be like this the entire session? He remained in the corner, regarding us as though we’d all disappointed him dreadfully. Truly, Lord Blackwood acting a proper ass in Master Agrippa’s library was like going back in bloody time.

“In my experience, one tries to avoid those who would like to put one to death,” Mickelmas said pleasantly. He ambled over to Magnus, who was jabbing at one of Agrippa’s bookshelves with the scythe. Magnus still had one arm wrapped in bandages, and he was making a clumsy job of it. “What, are you trying to pick at it?” Mickelmas adjusted him.

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