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become an enemy stronghold. That Maeve,
while she’d whipped and punished him for
any defiance or for her own amusement,
would become as great a foe as Erawan. And
to send Elide into Maeve’s clutches—it had
taken all of his will to let her walk away.
If Elide was captured, if she was found out,
he wouldn’t hear of it, know of it. She had no
magic to wield, save for the keen eyes of the
goddess at her shoulder and an uncanny
ability to remain unnoticed, to play into
expectations. There would be no flash of
power, no signal to alert him that she was in
danger.
But he stayed away. Had watched her cross
that bridge earlier, his breath tight in his
chest, and pass unquestioned and unnoticed by
the guards posted at either end. While Maeve
did not allow demi-Fae or humans to live
within Doranelle’s borders without proving