Kingdom of Ash

had been hers, from the start. Longer than
that. And Maeve had thought to break them,
break her to get what she wanted.
He wouldn’t let that go unpunished. Just as
he could not forget that Lyria, regardless of
what truly existed between them, had been
carrying their child when Maeve had sent
those enemy forces to his mountain home. He
would never forgive that.
I will kill you, Aelin had said when she’d
heard what Maeve had done. How badly
Maeve had manipulated him, shattered him—
and destroyed Lyria. Elide had told him every
word of the encounter, over and over. I will
kill you.
Rowan stared into the burning heart of
Goldryn’s ruby.
He prayed that fire, that rage, had not
broken. He knew how many days it had been,
knew who Maeve had promised would oversee