Kingdom of Ash

Had she been a fool, to expend those three
hard-won months of descent into her power on
that army, rather than Maeve? Maeve and
Erawan? Even if she began now, it wouldn’t,
could never, be the same.
“Don’t burden yourself with the what-ifs,”
Rowan said, reading the words on her face.
I don’t know what to do, she said silently.
He kissed the top of her head. Together.
And as the wind howled through the peaks,
Aelin realized that her mate, perhaps, did not
have a solution, either.