Scenes that ended up on the editing-room floor.
Kings cut scene- Janus and the ring
(A scene that ended up on the editing room floor when cutting the novel length down to size.)
Rue nodded once more, drew Janus closer to the desk with the lowering of his voice. "Shut the door, Downey. With yourself on the outside, please."
Janus watched Rue bring a ring out of his pocket, a man's ring, sized large enough to hold the pale moonstone across it. "What do you think of this?" he asked, passing it to Janus. Read more
A prologue that wasn't
(In which Janus discovers Maledicte's disappearance.)
From the moment their carriage drew up to Lastrest, the jingle of the horses' harnesses lost under the crunch of hard-rimmed wheels in the oyster-shell drive, Janus Ixion, Earl of Last, anticipated disaster. He sensed it in the air, like a wisp of smoke signaling an unseen fire. Read more
