Kingdom of Ash

to keep her hidden in Doranelle,” Lorcan
countered. “We would have heard about it by
now.”
He wasn’t sure when he’d last spoken to
the woman before him.
She hadn’t balked from how he’d broken
Maeve’s commanders, though. She’d cringed
during the worst of it, yes, but she’d listened
to every word Rowan and Lorcan had wrung
from them. Lorcan supposed she’d seen worse
at Morath—hated that she had. Hated that her
monster of an uncle still breathed.
But that hunt would come later. After they
found Aelin. Or whatever remained of her.
Elide’s eyes grew cold, so cold, as she said,
“Maeve managed to conceal Gavriel and
Fenrys from Rowan in Skull’s Bay. And
somehow hid and spirited away her entire
fleet.”
Lorcan didn’t reply. Elide went on, her