the inside before Maeve returned.
But she did not know how she’d endure it.
Endure another few days of this, let alone the
next hour. To ease the strain, just a fraction ...
She shut down the thoughts that snaked
into her mind. Her own or Maeve’s, she didn’t
care.
Fenrys blinked again, the same message
over and over. I am here, I am with you.
Aelin closed her eyes, praying for oblivion.
“Get up.”
A mockery of words she’d once heard.
Cairn stood above her, a smile twisting his
hateful face. And the wild light in his eyes ...
Aelin went still as he began unfastening
her chains.
Guards stomped in. Fenrys snarled.
The pressure writhed against her skin,
pounding in her head like a brutal hammer.