unable to rise as Deanna wiped her ghostly
hands, and said, “We do not make bargains
with mortals. Not any longer. Keep Erawan, if
that is what you wish.”
Then the goddess strode through the
archway into her own world.
Aelin stared at the empty place where
Elena had been only heartbeats before.
Nothing remained.
Not even a shimmering ember to send back
into the Afterworld, to the mate left behind.
Nothing at all.
lily
(lily)
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