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oath to me, and I’ll let you roam wherever you
wish.”
Fenrys cursed behind them, but Lorcan
barely heard it over the roaring in his head.
“And what, exactly,” he managed to say,
“do I get out of it?”
Aelin’s eyes slid over her shoulder. To
where Elide watched, mouth agape. When the
queen met Lorcan’s gaze again, a touch of
sympathy had softened the steely arrogance.
“You will be allowed into Terrasen. That is
what you will get. Where you choose to live
within Terrasen’s borders will not be my
decision.”
Not her decision, or his. But that of the
dark-haired female gawking at them.
“And if I refuse?” Lorcan dared ask.
“Then you will never be allowed to set foot
in my kingdom, or to travel further with us—
not with the keys in the balance, and Maeve’s