Windows were shuttered as they passed, probably because of Rowan, who looked like nothing short of death incarnate. But he was surprisingly calm with the villagers they approached. He didn’t raise hi...
Wind-seeker, her mother had once called her. Unable to keep still, always wandering where the wind calls you. Where shall it beckon you to journey one day, my rose? How far the wind had now called her...
Why should I bother defending myself, Nesta said with lethal cold, to a male who is so puffed up on his own sense of importance there's barely enough space in the room for his enormous head?
Why can't be High Lady as well?
What if we go on, he said, only to more pain and despair? What if we go on, only to find a horrible end waiting for us? Aelin looked northward, as if she could see all the way to Terrasen. Then it is...
What are you planning? Something very stupid, I think.
Tomorrow will be better. It might be only a foot more than today, but it will be a foot longer that you can run
Though I think the real question is, who would have guessed that the solemn Captain of the Guard could be so passionate? She lay down beside Celaena, also smiling. I’m happy for you, my friend.Celaena...
These beasts, despite their dark master, are capable of love.
There’s a grave I need to visit.
There will be a monument, she said to Abraxos, to Manon. Should you wish it, I will build a monument right there. So no one shall ever forget what was given. Who we have to thank.
There were two men in this city responsible for destroying her life and the people she’d loved. She would not leave Rifthold until she’d buried them both.
Then go to hell
The prince’s eyes shone with amusement at her brashness but lingered a bit too long on her body.
Son or no son, the king snarled, I am still your king. You will obey me, Dorian Havilliard, or you will pay. I’ll have no more of your questioning.
Some party, the stranger whispered in her ear. She twisted to see sapphire eyes gleaming at her. Are you from Melisande?
Shivering, Elide rose. He seemed bigger with every step. But that wing remained extended, as if she were the animal in need of calming. As she reached his side, she could hardly breathe as she extende...
Shining brighter than the snow outside, Aelin lifted her chin and began her final walk home.
She passed through a world where a great city had been built along the curve of a river, the buildings impossibly tall and glimmering with lights.
She had often wished for adventure, for old spells and wicked kings. But she hadn’t realized it would be like this—a fight for her freedom. And she’d always imagined that there’d be someone to help he...