The Queen of the Tearling

Some other man must come along and take my mind from him. A more acceptable man. That’s how it must work

Tear Queen, you’ll either be dead within a week or you’ll be the most fearsome ruler this kingdom has ever known. I see no middle ground.”

covered lake. A murderer many, many times.

The idea should have brought horror. Kelsea waited for a long moment, but what came instead was an even worse realization: it didn’t matter at all

Not just a thief, but a murderer as well. Beneath the handsome man, Kelsea sensed another man, a terrible one, with a life as black as the water in an ice-

Kelsea reached out and grabbed her toes. Her thigh muscles screamed, and Kelsea felt them as raw flesh, seams that opened and bled inside her body.

she was a secret, and so she was alone.

Disobedience wasn’t satisfying, it was terrifying;

THE GLYNN QUEEN–Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, seventh Queen of the Tearling. Also known as: The Marked Queen. Fostered by Carlin and Bartholemew (Barty

Kelsea Raleigh Glynn, seventh Queen of the Tearling.

But the Red Queen understood. She always understood, and she had given him what he needed.