Kingdom of Ash

Soldiers behind him shouted. In triumph
and relief.
“Close the gap,” Aedion growled to the
warriors on either side of him, and pulled
back enough to see the source of their
salvation, free and safe at last—
It was not Aelin who unleashed fire upon
the left flank.
It was not Aelin at all who had crept up
through the snow-veiled river.
Ships filled the Florine, near-ghosts in the
swirling snows. Some bore the banners of
their united fleet.
But many, so many he couldn’t count, bore
a cobalt flag adorned with a green sea dragon.
Rolfe’s fleet. The Mycenians.
Yet there was no sign of the ancient sea
dragons who had once gone into battle with
them. Only human soldiers marched across
the snow, each bearing a familiar-looking