Most of the tomes were wholly written in
Wyrdmarks, but annotations scribbled in the
margins had driven her to seek out the young
rukhin. Borte, thoroughly bored with helping
Yrene, had leaped at the chance to assist them,
passing Valg duty onto her scowling
betrothed.
But for the two hours that Aelin and Rowan
had perused the collection Chaol and Yrene
had brought from Hafiza’s forbidden library
atop the Torre, nothing had proved useful.
Aelin sighed at the canvas ceiling of the
prince’s large tent. Fortunate that Sartaq had
brought these trunks with him, rather than
leaving them with their armada, but ...
exhaustion nipped at her, fogging the intricate
lattice of symbols on the yellowed pages.
Rowan straightened. “This one opens
something,” he said, flipping the book to face
her. “I don’t know the other symbols, but that
lily
(lily)
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