Kingdom of Ash

Anielle, and outfitted herself with whatever
spare weapons Fenrys and Lorcan handed to
her.
Yrene, Elide, and the healers would remain
in the rear—until ruks could carry them into
Orynth. Dorian and Chaol would lead the wild
men of the Fangs on the right flank, the
khaganate royals on the left, Sartaq and
Nesryn in the skies with the ruks. And Aelin
and Rowan, with Fenrys, Lorcan, and Gavriel,
would take the center.
The army had spread out as they’d neared
the foothills beyond Orynth, the hills that
would take them to the edge of Theralis’s
plain, and offer their first view of the city
beyond it.
Heart hammering, the Lord of the North
unfaltering, Aelin had ascended the last of
those hills, the highest and steepest of them,
and looked upon Orynth for the first time in