even his voice was thick with tears.
“Together,” Dorian breathed, shaking.
“We’ll rebuild this world together.”
She couldn’t stand it, this ache in her chest.
But she made herself pull away and smile at
their tear-streaked faces, a hand on her heart.
“Thank you for all you have done for me.”
Dorian bowed his head. “Those are words
I’d never thought I’d hear from you.”
She barked a rasping laugh, and gave him a
shove. “You’re a king now. Such insults are
beneath you.”
He grinned, wiping at his face.
Aelin smiled at Chaol, at his wife waiting
beyond him. “I wish you every happiness,”
she said to him. To them both.
Such light shone in Chaol’s bronze eyes—
that she had never seen before. “We will see
each other again,” he repeated.
Then he and Dorian turned toward their
lily
(lily)
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