result will be the same.”
“Tell me something interesting, Vernon,
and maybe it will change.”
His eyes swept over her. “Had I known
you’d grow into such a queen, perhaps I would
not have bothered to kneel for Adarlan.” A sly
smile. “So different from your parents. Did
your father ever torture a man?”
Ignoring the taunt, Aelin drank, swishing
the ale in her mouth, as if it could wash away
the taint of this place. “You tried and failed to
win power for yourself. First by stealing it
from Elide, then by trying to sell her to
Erawan. Morath has sacked Perranth, and no
doubt marches on Orynth, and yet we find you
here. Hiding.” She drank again. “One might
think Erawan’s favor had shifted elsewhere.”
“Perhaps he stationed me here for a reason,
Majesty.”
Her magic had already felt him out. To
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