Behind them, across the hall, the dancers shattered their roses on the floor, and Aedion grinned at his queen as the entire world went to hell.
You survived; I survived. We’re together again. I once begged the gods to let me see you — if only for a moment. To see you and know you’d made it. Just once; that was all I ever hoped for.
Aedion touched her shoulder. Welcome home, Aelin.
Her scent hit him. For a second, he could only breathe it deep into his lungs,his Fae instincts roaring that this was his family, this was his queen, this was Aelin. He would have known her even if he...
She was fire, and light, and ash, and embers. She was Aelin Fireheart, and she bowed for no one and nothing, save the crown that was hers by blood and survival and triumph.
She was shaking so badly that she tucked her hands into her pockets and clamped her lips together to lock up the words.But they danced in her skull anyway, around and around. You should have gotten D...
You deserve to be happy, he said. And meant it. She deserved the joy he so often glimpsed on her face when Rowan was near—deserved the wicked laughter she shared with Aedion, the comfort and teasing w...
What in hell is that?She kept going toward the bathroom, refusing to apologize or look down at the pink, delicate, veryshort lace nightgown. When she emerged, face washed and clean, Rowan was sitting...
Thirty minutes later, Rowan was still staring up at the ceiling, teeth gritted as he calmed the roaring inhis veins that was steadily shredding through his self-control.That gods-damned nightgown.Shit...
Aelin hissed, Need I remind you Captain, that you went to Endovier and did not blink at the slaves and the mass graves? Need I remind you that I was starved and chained and you let Duke Perrington for...
She dared a look at Rowan, whose face remained carefully blank, but saw the words there anyway. You wicked, clever fox. And here you were, thinking the red hair was just for vanity. I shall never doub...
I missed you, he said quietly, his gaze darting between her mouth and eyes. When I was inWendlyn. I lied when I said I didn’t. From the moment you left, I missed you so much I went out of mymind. I wa...
She had never contemplated what it would be like--to yield control. And not have it be a weakness, but a freedom.
The Wing Leader said from behind her, Do you believe monsters are born, or made?From what she'd seen today, she would say some creatures were very much born evil. But what Manon was asking... I'm not...
He lifted the lavender soap to his hair, and she squeaked.You don’t use that in your hair, she hissed, jolting from her perch to reach for one of the manyhair tonics lining the little shelf above the...
Rowan’s head was still angled as he asked, Your mothers were cousins, Prince, but who siredyou?Aedion lounged in his chair. Does it matter?Do you know? Rowan pressed.Aedion shrugged. She never told me...
Maybe this city did deserve Aelin Galathynius’s flames. Maybe Chaol deserved to burn, too.
He lifted the lavender soap to his hair, and she squeaked.You don’t use that in your hair, she hissed, jolting from her perch to reach for one of the many hair tonics lining the little shelf above the...
He stared at her; she stared right back. Unyielding, unbreakable. They'd been cut from the same cloth. Aedion loosed a breath and looked at their joined hands - then opened his to examine her scarred...
Aelin sighed. 'This place has been shut down for months, and yet I swear I can still hear the music floating in the air.'Rowan angled his head, studying the dark with those immortal senses. 'Perhaps t...
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