Romantasy

A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

Jennifer Armentrout
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Chapters:
19, 22, 26, 31, 37, 40
Publication Date:
September 1, 2020
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Tropes
Royalty
Fake Relationship
Marriage of Convenience
Touch Her and Die
One Bed
Second Chance
Fated Mates
Chosen One
Trigger Warnings
Assault
Blood
Child Death
Death
Emotional Abuse
Fire
Kidnapping
Murder
Sexual Assault
Torture
Violence
War

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A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“The night before I learned who he really was, I had already decided that I could no longer be the Maiden. It wasn’t just because of him. Maybe how I felt about him was the start of me realizing that I could never live in the skin of the Maiden, but I wanted to stay with him. Even though I thought he was a Royal Guard and would have to basically go into hiding with me, I wanted to be with him—to stay with him somehow. Because he made me feel
. He made me feel like I was alive. I did care for him. I cared for him a lot.”

Poppy
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“He wouldn’t be marrying you, risking the ire of not just his entire kingdom but also his parents, who you will soon discover are not two people you want to anger just so you have a chance to make it through this alive, free from the Ascended and from him. If that is what you choose. But more importantly, he would’ve stuck to the plan he spent years cultivating, and we would’ve already been halfway to Carsodonia to exchange you for his brother. Yet, here we are. And the only reason why any of that changed is because once he got to know you, he started to care for you.”

Kieran
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Not that adventurous, huh? Look, I know you’re not looking for this marriage to go beyond the necessary. So, it’s not even something you need to worry about. But the Joining is meant to strengthen the bond that’s already there, and ensure that the partner is also a part of that bond. It’s not done lightly, and again, it is not always a sexual thing. I know it’s been done where everyone kept their body parts to themselves.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“A marriage can only occur between two Atlantians if both halves are standing on the soil of their home, Princess.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Earlier, after the Craven, you were right about why they forced you to stay quiet about being bitten and told you never to use your abilities. Someone could’ve discovered what you were, and that would have brought their entire house of bones down on them. So, why did they wait so long and take that risk? Please tell me that you’ve asked yourself these questions.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I took her, and I kept her, but not to use her. Somewhere along the way, I no longer saw her as a bargaining chip or a tool for revenge. I saw her for who she was. Who she is—this beautiful, strong, intelligent, endlessly curious and kind woman who was as much a victim of the Ascended as any Atlantians. I fell in love with her, probably long before I even realized I had. My plans changed. What I believed about Malik changed. And this was before I learned what she was. That she is part Atlantian. She is the reason I came home.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“If you don’t wish to step back and remove yourself from this situation, then you can’t let it show that their feelings are getting to you. You can’t let Casteel know, lest we have another Landell situation on our hands. I don’t know for sure what he feels for you, but one thing is evident. He will act upon any perceived insult to your honor. There is power there, Penellaphe. You are the neck that turns the head of the kingdom.”

Alastir
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I am Hawke. And I am Casteel. I’m not two separate people, no matter how badly you want to believe that.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“So, those who barely have enough to survive, turn their anger towards those who have more than they could ever need. And never towards the Ascended.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“You cannot even begin to comprehend why you were Chosen, but that’s neither here nor there. You’ll learn soon enough.”

Lord Chaney
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Your penchant for violence isn’t anything to be ashamed of. Not with me. Haven’t I told you it turns me on?”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“What I said that night still holds true. I’m not worthy of you. I knew that then. I know that still. But that hasn’t stopped me from wanting you. That hasn’t stopped me from concocting a plan where I can have you, if only until this is over. It didn’t stop me from wanting everything from you. From pretending that I could have everything, Poppy.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Told him that if a woman fights with that kind of passion and makes you work that hard to earn even a smile, then that’s the kind of woman you want by your side in and out of the bedchamber.”

Elijah
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I felt your hunger, Casteel, and I don’t need to do this. I stopped doing things I didn’t want to do the moment I took off the damn veil. I want to help you. Because as stupid as this may make me, and only the gods know why, I care about you! So, yeah, I don’t want to have my throat ripped open, and I also don’t want to know that you’re suffering for no reason.”

Poppy
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I’m not foolish enough to not feel fear when I know that any of you could kill me before I even have a chance to take my next breath. But fearing what you’re capable of doesn’t mean I fear you.”

Poppy
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“But I don’t think that’s the case. I think it’s something deeper than that. Something intangible, far rarer and stronger than bloodlines and even the gods. Something powerful enough that it has ushered in great change in the past.”

Kieran
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“He was Casteel then just like he’s Hawke now. And you know that. You just aren’t ready to accept it.”

Kieran
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I swear to you, Poppy. I had no idea that you were Atlantian until I tasted your blood. I didn’t even suspect that was what you were when I learned of your gift. Maybe I should have.” A shadow crossed his features, gone so quickly I wasn’t even sure I had seen it. “But no Atlantian has been capable of such a thing for, well, for hundreds of years. I didn’t know.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“My mother chose my middle name in honor of her brother. His name was Hawkethrone. My full name is Casteel Hawkethrone Da’Neer. When I was a small child, my mother took to calling me an abbreviated form of that name. And so did my brother. They, and only they had ever known me as Hawke. Until you.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Then fight me. Remember what I said earlier? I want you to battle me. I look forward to it. I enjoy it. None of that was a lie. Engage me.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Please don’t die. Casteel would be most displeased.”

Kieran
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“No, Poppy. You being mortal or half-Atlantian wouldn’t have changed what was already happening.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“What does matter is that I know why I’m the Queen’s favorite. I know what you all plan to do with me. I know you won’t touch me. I’m needed alive so that I can either keep the Atlantian you have held in captivity fed or be used to make more Ascended.”

Poppy
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I would love to take my time because there are so many different ways I’d love to be real with you. Lay you out on the rocks and lick every inch of your body. Make you come that way. And then I’d want you on your knees and your mouth around my cock.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Your heart was always safe with me. It always will be. There is nothing I will protect more fiercely or with more devotion, Poppy. Trust in that—in what you feel from me. In me.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I won’t force you to marry me, Poppy. What I already have to force from you is
distasteful enough, given everything that was taken from you before you even met me. If you refuse, I don’t know. I’ll have to find another way to free my brother and somehow hide you away so that no one, including my people, can get their hands on you.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“No one, and I mean no one, speaks of you like that. Threatens you and lives.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“What matters is that I choose her. And that is all that matters.

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“I’m going to need you to hold onto me and not let go, because I’m about to fuck you like I promised.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“He has done things some might find unforgivable. Things that would haunt your sleep and leave you with nightmares long after you wake. He may hate being called the Dark One, but he has earned that name. But he’s the one thing in all the kingdoms that you, and only you, never have to fear.”

Kieran
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“The thing is, you won’t mess up if you get mad. You won’t do the wrong thing. Each couple is different. Some spend their time whispering sweet words in each other’s ears. Some spend the time baiting one another. Both enjoying being the tiger in the cat and mouse chase. That is us. Or who we appear to others. This won’t be hard. Not with the passion between us, and before you try to lie and say there is none, just know that it would provoke me into proving I’m right.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“You’re beautiful when you’re quiet and somber, but when you laugh? You rival the sunrise over the Skotos Mountains.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“There is no side of you that is not as beautiful as the other half. Not a single inch isn’t stunning. That was true the first time I said it to you, and it is still the truth today and tomorrow.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“What Cas did wasn’t about Landell questioning him. It wasn’t as simple as Landell not being able to understand how or why the Prince would choose you. It wasn’t even about him challenging Cas. Atlantians and wolven do anything to protect their home, and it was clear that Landell saw you as a threat to it. Cas was right to do what he did. If he hadn’t, Landell would’ve thrown that dagger he pulled. There will be others who will want to do the same thing.”

Kieran
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“You have no idea how long I’ve waited to do this. To be inside you as I take a part of you inside me. To feel you come around my cock while I taste your blood on my tongue. It feels like forever.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Maybe I wasn’t clear, so I will try to be more explicit now. I don’t know why you’d think, in a million years, that I’d marry you. Is that clear enough?”

Poppy
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Fight me. Argue with me. I won’t stop you. But I will not allow you to put your life in jeopardy. And this? Tonight? Is the epitome of reckless, life-endangering behavior.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“So, I know all about how the past doesn’t remain where it should. How it likes to pay visits when you’re at your weakest. There is never a need to apologize, nor should you ever feel shame.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“You two are more convincing now than you were during the whole time with Alastir. And if you can’t convince Alastir that you’re so in love with each other that he’s forgotten his decades-long search for his brother, and you have forgiven his plans to ransom you, then there is no way you’ll convince the King. And especially not your mother.”

Kieran
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“A crucial part of their all-encompassing control is creating a rift between mortals who have and mortals who have not.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire

“Just so you know, Penellaphe doesn’t need protection. She is more than capable of handling things herself. But that is my future you are walking away with. Guard her well. Your life depends on it.”

Prince Casteel
A Kingdom of Flesh and Fire
Ellipse

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