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Morath soldiers toward the end of the battle—
trying to bring that dam down.”
Rowan swore, and Chaol echoed it.
“I’m assuming they didn’t succeed thanks
to you,” Aelin said, gazing toward that too-
near dam, the raging waters of the upper lake
and river it held at bay.
“Partially,” Sartaq said, a muscle
feathering in his jaw. “But we arrived after
much damage had already been done.”
“Out with it,” Hasar hissed.
Sartaq’s dark eyes flashed. “We need to
evacuate our army off the plain. Right now.”
“It’s going to break?” Chaol’s father
demanded.
Nesryn winced. “It likely will.”
“It could burst at any moment.” Sartaq
gestured to the khagan’s army on the plain.
“We need to get them out.”
“There’s nowhere for them to go,” Chaol’s