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him.
He’d crawled after Maeve on the beach to
save Aelin. And he had found her during her
escape—had ensured Aelin made it out. Did it
wipe away what he’d done in summoning
Maeve in the first place? Even if Maeve had
set the trap, even if he hadn’t known what
Maeve intended for Aelin, did it erase his
decision to call for her?
The last time they’d spoken as friends, it
had been aboard that ship in the hours before
Maeve’s armada had arrived. He’d told her
they needed to talk, and she’d assumed it was
about their future, about them.
But perhaps he’d been about to tell her
what he’d done, that he’d been wrong in
acting before Aelin’s plans played out. Elide
stopped twisting the ring.
He’d done it for her. She knew it. He’d
summoned Maeve’s armada because he’d