The King of Blood and Bone by Rue Volley EPUB & PDF

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• Author: Rue Volley
• Language: English
• Genre: Dark Fantasy
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THE KINGDOM OF STONE
Unruly black locks brush against the delicate skin of a young boy no
older than five rotations of the Summersmoon. He sits unchaperoned
at his mother’s ornate vanity. It is carved from the tusks of an animal
that no longer exists in this world. This gift had been handed down through
each generation within his family as a reminder of their wealth and power.
The animal was frivolously sacrificed to hold such things as lip stain and
hairbrushes. The mighty beast had been hunted into extinction by those who
share the boy’s name. But the child is oblivious to the truth. Never once
showing aggression.

The boy’s bright blue eyes flicker with wonder. He gently caresses the
pearl necklace in his hand, coveting his newfound treasure. He wishes he
could hide it away, never to share it with others. He lifts it over his head
allowing it to drop against his smooth chest.
He’s chosen to wear one of his mother’s many corsets, meant to hug the
body and curve the waist. It is stiff in nature with silk fabric stretched tight
over long slivers of bone. The material is soft to the touch. Pale pink.
Beautiful.

He tugs at it, wishing it would fit him like it does his mother. She is a
beautiful creature. A true goddess in the eyes of a child. But he is too small,
not yet growing into what he would one day become. It is assumed that he
has inherited his mother’s petite frame and gentle ways. Weak, as his father
claimed on more than one occasion when blackberry wine slurred his
speech and heightened his emotions.
The child hums to himself, oblivious to his surroundings. The sweet
taste of blood berries lingers on his tongue. He’s used them to stain his lips
bright red in color. The boy is happy in this moment. Peaceful. His heart is
filled with joy.

He lifts his chin, momentarily bewitched by his own reflection. His eyes
shift, allowing the blood moon to come into focus. He turns to stare at its
wondrous beauty. Taking in the sight of the heavenly body hovering in the
night sky. It’s reflection now turning his bright blue eyes to blood red like
that of the vampires who live to the north.
A looming shadow fills the doorway to the chamber.

“What have you done?”
His innocent smile brightens his expression. He looks to his father,
twisting the pearls in between his fingers. “I wanted to be pretty.”
His father rushes in, striking him across the face without warning. The
child lands hard on the stone floor. His palms ache—surely they’ll bruise.
The man reaches in to wrap his fist around the pearl necklace. He lifts the
boy so that his toes barely touch the ground. The child begins to desperately
claw his father’s hand. The necklace sits tight against his throat, stealing his
breath.

His heart beats like a war drum.
The silver clasp rips across the back of his neck, cutting into his flesh.

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