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love him. More than she had ever loved
anything.
Aelin again faced her aunt. “The queen was
clever, and ambitious. I would think she could
do anything, even find the keys.”
“So you would believe. And yet they
eluded her.”
“Where did they go?”
Maeve’s dark stare unwaveringly held hers.
“Where do you think they went?”
Aelin opened her mouth. “I think—”
She blinked. Paused.
Maeve’s smile returned, soft and kind. As
her aunt had been to her from the start.
“Where do you think the keys are, Aelin?”
She opened her mouth once more. And
again halted.
Like an invisible chain yanked her back.
Silenced her.
Chain—a chain. She glanced down at her