“Here we are,” Maeve said. “You, poised to
sweep this continent. And me, willing to help
you.”
Erawan crossed an ankle over a knee.
“Again: Why?”
Maeve’s fingers smoothed over the facets
of her goblet. “My people have betrayed me.
After all I have done for them, all I have
protected them, they rose up against me. The
army I had gathered refused to march. My
nobles, my servants, refused to kneel. I am
Queen of Doranelle no longer.”
“I can guess who might be behind such a
thing,” Erawan said.
Darkness flickered in the room, terrible
and cold. “I had Aelin of the Wildfire
contained. I had hoped to bring her here to
you when she was ... ready. But the sentinel I
assigned to oversee her care made a grave
error. I myself will admit that I was deceived.
lily
(lily)
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