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unfaltering.
Live.
She’d use the blood oath to force him to
remain on this side of life. Still Fenrys didn’t
stir.
Across the bubble of flame and heat, Elide
put a hand over her mouth, eyes shining
bright. She’d read the word on Aelin’s lips,
too.
Aelin spoke a third time, teeth flashing as
she gave Fenrys her first order. Live.
Rowan didn’t breathe as they waited. Long
minutes passed.
Then Fenrys’s eyes cracked open.
Aelin held the wolf’s gaze, nothing in her
face save that grave, unyielding command.
Slowly, Fenrys stirred. His paws shifted
beneath him, legs straining. And he rose.
“I don’t believe it,” Lorcan whispered. “I
don’t ...”