Forgotten Monsters

FORGOTTEN MONSTERS A FANTASY ACADEMY ROMANCE DARK FALLS ACADEMY BOOK FOUR ANYA J COSGROVE CONTENTS Playlist Broken Prince 1. Land Down Under 2. Without a Kilt 3. Cat Woman 4. Yatch Fever 5. Red Barron 6. Kansas 7. Sentinels 8. All Tied Up 9. Fractured King 10. Black and White 11. Fire and Thorns 12. Tale as Old as Time 13. The Blond Fae 14. Legends 15. Effigies 16. Oddly Transparent Friendships 17. Wake Me Up 18. Green Tails 19. Scorned Witch 20. Dead Swan 21. Something Blue 22. Hollowed-Out 23. Fates 24. Risen 25. The Wizard 26. Darker Deals 27. Queen 28. Halo Lovely Readers Crush In the Shadows Crawling Shadow Walker Magnetic Forgotten Monsters Copyright © 2023 by Anya J Cosgrove. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law. Cover designer: Fiona Jayde Media Forgotten Monsters/Anya J Cosgrove ISBN 978-1-7770753-5-4 Created with Vellum I am no mother, I am no bride, I am king - King (Florence + The Machine) PLAYLIST King - Florence + The Machine Bring me to Life - Evanescence Bring the Night on - Eve 6 Dark Paradise - Lana Del Rey Stay (Rock Version) - Our Last Night BROKEN PRINCE “By Queen Mab, I’ve never seen a tear this big,” Elk hisses into the darkness. Warm lights from the tents at our backs flicker in the night, and clouds gather above our heads, the sky streaked with burgundy strips of sunrise. The battlefield is barren, though not for long. On the other side of the plain, the biggest Unseelie portal I’ve even seen stretches like a crack in the foundations of the realm. Paul raises his obscurion, blue-tinged shadows dancing upon the majestic blade. “The bigger the tear, the brighter the glory.” I remain silent in the midst of the generals, and my hand twitches over the hilt of my sword. Glory’s overrated. Elk gives me a curt nod. “Ready to die at your command, my prince.” “Try to fight first,” I grumble. His 1 LAND DOWN UNDER Frost skitters across my neck. Allie’s grip on my midriff loosens, and I curl into a ball on the rectangular paving stones to examine the sneaky dagger buried deep in my side. Irregular breaths quake my sister as she leans forward, hands on her thighs, her lips blue from the freeze of inter-realm travel. “Jules! Are you okay? Gods, you’re bleeding too much.” The thick red pool on the pavement justifies her claim. Fuck. I never saw Darkwood coming. I was so focused on the tear. He needed the horn, so I didn’t think he would kill me before getting it. By some vicious coincidence, he aimed for the exact same spot the Fae archer’s arrow hit back in Faerie, when Cole’s mother almost managed to get rid of me. My left