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allies. Proof they don’t trust the khagan’s
army to actually save them. It will make for
sloppy fighters. Could create a weakness
where there shouldn’t be one.”
“Perhaps you should have told Chaol,”
Aelin said. “He could give them some
motivational speech.”
“I have a feeling Chaol has given them
plenty. This sort of fear rots the soul.”
“What’s to be done for it, then?”
Rowan shook his head. “I don’t know.”
But she sensed he did know. Sensed that he
wanted to say something else, and either their
current company or some sort of hesitation
barred him.
So Aelin didn’t push, and surveyed the
battlements with their patrolling soldiers, the
sprawling, dark army beyond. Baying cries
and howls rent the night, the sounds unearthly
enough that they dragged a shudder down her