Made From Death (The Darkest Queens Series Book 1) by Rebecca Grey

Made From Death (The Darkest Queens Series Book 1) by Rebecca Grey

Author:Rebecca Grey [Grey, Rebecca]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: novel
Publisher: Rebecca Grey
Published: 2021-08-26T16:00:00+00:00


Sunlight edged its way around thick curtains. The material hadn't been completely closed before bed and a strip of light cut across the room and over Queen Sienna’s face. She stared into the light, her body warm and numb under the blankets.

Her mind was still racing. Nightmares filled with Fae and glimpses of her parents' death-slackened faces haunted her. Reality was better than sleep. Sienna reached out and grabbed a leather-bound notebook that sat next to her bed. She flipped through the pages, only three of which had anything written on them, and stared at the fourth very blank page.

She'd been trying for months now to master the art of making a grimoire. She didn't much care to share her magic with anyone or even to sell this particular book to someone for endless riches. She was already the queen. She was already rich. But sometimes it bothered her that the warlocks taught themselves and she who had sacrificed for this power had no idea how to use it properly.

The well of magic inside of her staff that flowed through her could do many things, if not more than the warlocks could do, but hers was like a stampede of wild horses. Her magic hadn't been broken in yet, so whenever she opened the floodgates inside of her, if she wasn't careful to hold onto it, it easily would get out of hand.

While they were fighting the Fae, it was okay that her magic got out of hand because it allowed her to cut down so many of those immortal beings on her own. But she couldn't let herself be so reckless again, not now in this castle. It had been a feat of magic just to get the building erected; she couldn’t risk bringing it down to rubble. She figured if she could make one grimoire by herself then maybe she could consider herself as good as any warlock.

With her suitors agreeing to stay in the castle she couldn't spend her time expelling the energy to make said grimoire, so she set the book back down and looked out across the room. At some point, servants had come and gone, leaving a dress hanging on the outside of her wardrobe, a warm cup of tea, and nearly an entire field of flowers on the small table she often took her breakfast on. She smiled a little. It looked like her suitors were already putting their best foot forward, offering her an abundance of gifts.

Sienna had never received anything from a boy unless the one time Hollis had given her an old worn book that he liked to read counted. And even then, that hadn't really been a gift; it was something that was borrowed and should've been returned. She turned to look above the mantle of the fireplace for the book that somehow survived a war and had followed her all the way here. If you opened up its pages and looked inside, Hollis's scribbles would be there. He'd underlined his favorite parts and left comments about where he thought the book was kind of cheesy.



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