Ayana Gray

In this much anticipated follow up to New York Times bestselling Beasts of Prey, Koffi’s powers grow stronger and Ekon’s secrets turn darker as they face the god of death.

Koffi has saved her city and the boy she loves, but at a terrible price. Now a servant to the cunning god of death, she must use her newfound power to further his continental conquest, or risk the safety of her home and loved ones. As she reluctantly learns to survive amidst unexpected friends and foes, she will also have to choose between the life—and love—she once had, or the one she could have, if she truly embraces her dangerous gifts.
 
Cast out from the only home he’s ever known, Ekon is forced to strike new and unconventional alliances to find and rescue Koffi before it’s too late. But as he gets closer to the realm of death each day, so too does he draw nearer to a terrible truth—one that could cost everything.
 
Koffi and Ekon—separated by land, sea, and gods—will have to risk everything to reunite again. But the longer they’re kept apart, the more each of their loyalties are tested. Soon, both may have to reckon with changing hearts—and maybe, changing destinies.

Beasts of Prey #2

Beasts of Ruin

Jessie!

"Pretentious old men with white in their beards will asseverate that the notions of good and evil are simple," he murmured. "You should know that those old men are nothing but fools and cowards. Good and evil are never simple. They are capricious beasts, ever shifting in their shape, and rarely beautiful." 

"We don't get to choose our family." She said the words with surprising softness. "But you do get to choose where your loyalties lie.”

"Not all of us have the support to do the things we want to do in life," she said. "You should count yourself lucky to have been given such an opportunity."

“We can't control the things that Scare us,"  "Im scared all the time." The words escaped Ekon before he could stop them. "And I wish I wasn't. I wish I was braver."

“I don’t think being brave means you're never scared,” she whispered. "I think being brave means you're always scared, but trying anyway.”

I don't care what he calls you, you are not his little knife, you are no man's tool.

"Were all going to die someday. If my day is today, I'd rather die doing something interesting."

I once thought there was no taste worse than that of hunger; I understand now that lying to my daughter is far worse.

Safe. I wrap that word around me like armor as my steps quicken 

Safe. I cling to that word like it's my last hope, because in truth, it is. 

Safe. I sheathe that word like a weapon as I square my shoulders and approach the towering front gates of the Night Zoo.

Finally, Ekon erupted. He’d repressed all of it, the anger, the grief, the hurt, for thirteen years; now he had no strength left. 

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