CHAPTER 80

The room was spinning slightly. Even the
droplet of her mother’s magic couldn’t steady
her.
Worse. Worse than anything Aelin had
imagined hearing from Vernon’s lips.
“Did Maeve bring her army?” Her cool,
unruffled voice sounded far, far away.
“She brought no one but herself.”
“No army—none at all?”
Vernon drank again. “Not that I saw before
Erawan packed me off on a wyvern in the
dead of night. Claimed I had asked too many
questions and I was better suited to be