Kingdom of Ash

human, deep down, without a human body to
possess?”
Elide considered. “I suppose you’re the
only person who can decide that.”
Aelin hummed, dunking under the water
again.
When she emerged, Elide asked, “Are you
afraid? Of facing Erawan in battle?”
Aelin hugged her knees, her tattoo flexing
across her back. She was quiet for a long
while.
“I am afraid of not reaching Orynth in
time,” she said at last. “If Erawan chooses to
drag his carcass up there to fight me, I’ll deal
with it then.”
“And Maeve? What if she arrives with
Erawan, too?”
But Elide knew the answer. They would
die. All of them.
There had to be some way—some way to