Queen of Shadows and Ruin: A spicy and thrilling fantasy romance (The Nightfire Quartet Book 4) by Nisha J. Tuli

Author:Nisha J. Tuli [Tuli, Nisha J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Second Sky
Published: 2025-03-06T00:00:00+00:00

He didn’t like it, but Rabin headed towards Abishek’s library. He trusted Zarya would keep her word, but this mystery was consuming her, and he worried that she’d do something reckless.

But they couldn’t abandon Urvi to the king for the sake of their lies.

He strode through the halls, passing tall arched windows opening to the sky. The blizzard continued, dusting the world with ice and driving snow. He was more than ready to leave. It was strange how quickly Ishaan had started feeling like home when for so long he’d felt sure his place was in Andhera. Maybe it was Zarya. Or maybe it was the resistance and fighting for something he’d always believed in. Likely a little of both.

He turned into the hall leading towards Abishek’s study and strode down its length. The sentries bowed as he entered. Inside, he found Abishek and Kishore conferring in low voices at the worktable. At his entrance, they both looked up.

“Where’s Zarya?” Abishek asked.

“She’s on her way,” he answered. Rabin scanned the room for Urvi. “Someone should have told you.”

Abishek nodded. “Yes. I was informed.”

His gaze slid to the corner, where Urvi sat crouched against the wall with her arms wrapped around her legs and tears staining her cheeks. She looked at Rabin with a worried expression in her glassy gaze.

Rabin turned to the king with his senses firing in warning. “What’s going on?”

The king faced him and approached on slow steps, his gaze raking Rabin from head to toe.

“What is she looking for, Rabindranath?” Abishek asked, his voice dropping to a menacing whisper. “What does she seek in the vanshaj wing? What has she been looking for the last few days?”

Rabin shook his head, trying to think of a lie.

Abishek watched him with a calm expression, and it was then Rabin knew Zarya hadn’t been dreaming at all. Asha was in the castle, and if Abishek didn’t already know Zarya had learned his secret, he was about to find out.

“Nothing,” Rabin said. “She hasn’t been looking for anything. She only went to speak with some vanshaj interested in hearing more about the Rising Phoenix.”

Abishek chuckled with a dry, cold sound. “The resistance. Yes, my noble daughter and her precious vanshaj.”

Rabin didn’t care for the mocking tone in his words nor what he was implying about Zarya, but he bit his tongue because something was very, very wrong. “Why are you acting so strangely? She’ll be here in a moment, and we can finish this thing and be on our way.”

The king’s expression turned hard. “Yes, you’re both so eager to escape me, aren’t you?”

Rabin shook his head. “That’s not…”

“I took you in, rescued you from death, nursed you back to health, and gave you everything.”

Rabin shook his head again. “I don’t…”

The king took another step towards him. “And then you defied me. Not only bonding to but marrying my daughter after I expressly forbade it. You’ve ruined everything.”

Cold fire entered the king’s eyes as Rabin took a step back. He’d arrived without weapons or armor—just as he’d been asked.

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