Kingdom of Ash

army at our backs.”
“Some willingly joined Erawan,” Chaol
said quietly. “Some willingly took the ring.
Yrene can tell, when she’s in there, who
wanted it or not. She doesn’t bother to save
those who gladly knelt. So most of those she
does save were either fools or taken forcibly.”
“Some want to fight for us,” Sartaq said.
“Those who pass our vetting process are
allowed to begin training with the foot
soldiers. Not many of them, but a few.”
Fine. Fine, and fine.
Yrene gasped, her light flaring bright
enough that Aelin squinted.
The man bound to the cot coughed,
arching.
Black, noxious vomit sprayed.
Borte grimaced, waving away the smell.
Then the black smoke that rippled from his
mouth.