The Rising
Chapters (44)
- The Rising
- Table of Contents
- The Work
- The New
- The Miracle
- The Battle of the Heights
- The Losses
- The Rejection
- The Grieving
- The Brother
- The Legends
- The Women
- The Ink
- The Vengeance
- The Report
- The New Airen
- The Introduction
- The Adrift
- The Finding
- The Training
- The Assignments
- The Shimmering
- The Interrogation
- The Drawing
- The Revelation
- The Escape
- The Rainbow
- The Discussion
- The Deep
- The Dragons
- The Visit
- The Reckoning
- The Twist
- The Examination
- The Tomes
- The Feint
- The Pursuit
- The Rising
- The Aftermath
- Chapter One Hundred & Fifty-Five
- The Epilogue
- About the Author
- Books by Kristen Ashley
- Connect with Kristen Ashley
The Rising
The Rising
Copyright © 2019 by Kristen Ashley
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Table of Contents
Contents
THE RISING
Chapter One Hundred & Eighteen
Chapter One Hundred & Nineteen
Chapter One Hundred & Twenty
Chapter One Hundred & Twenty-One
Chapter One Hundred & Twenty-Two
Chapter One Hundred & Twenty-Three
Chapter One Hundred & Twenty-Four
Chapter One Hundred & Twenty-Five
Chapter One Hundred & Twenty-Six
Chapter One Hundred & Twenty-Seven
Chapter One Hundred & Twenty-Eight
Chapter One Hundred & Twenty-Nine
Chapter One Hundred & Thirty
Chapter One Hundred & Thirty-One
Chapter One Hundred & Thirty-Two
Chapter One Hundred & Thirty-Three
Chapter One Hundred & Thirty-Four
Chapter One Hundred & Thirty-Five
Chapter One Hundred & Thirty-Six
Chapter One Hundred & Thirty-Seven
Chapter One Hundred & Thirty-Eight
Chapter One Hundred & Thirty-Nine
Chapter One Hundred & Forty
Chapter One Hundred & Forty-One
Chapter One Hundred & Forty-Two
Chapter One Hundred & Forty-Three
Chapter One Hundred & Forty-Four
Chapter One Hundred & Forty-Five
Chapter One Hundred & Forty-Six
Chapter One Hundred & Forty-Seven
Chapter One Hundred & Forty-Eight
Chapter One Hundred & Forty-Nine
Chapter One Hundred & Fifty
Chapter One Hundred & Fifty-One
Chapter One Hundred & Fifty-Two
Chapter One Hundred & Fifty-Three
Chapter One Hundred & Fifty-Four
Chapter One Hundred & Fifty-Five
About the Author
Books by Kristen Ashley
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The Work
Marian
Farm Six Miles West of the Ancient Ritual Ground
WODELL
She was beginning to feel the pain in her back becoming an ache in her entire body, which was good.
Everything else was bad.
She lay on her side on the floor in the farmstead, peering into the lifeless eyes of the dead child not five feet from her as she heard the screams of the mother coming from the other room.
The father had already been consumed.
Consumed.
The screams stopped but worse started as she heard the noises of sobs and pleas.
And then noises of something else.
What have I done? she thought.
After some time, she heard the familiar sound of the Beast’s release and the crying and moaning of the woman abruptly halted.
Marian tried to move her legs, and they moved, but it made the pain in her back excruciating, thus she was forced to stop.
She needed a draught for the pain.
She needed to rest.
She’d have neither.
Where is that bloody priest? she thought.
“We must be away, Daemon,” Jellan stated in a voice of genuine obsequiousness, false calm, but still managing to convey not a small amount of urgency.
“Fetch me some of the man’s clothes,” the Beast ordered.
“Of course,” Jellan murmured.