Kingdom of Ash

himself up as the sacrifice in Aelin’s stead.
So Elide endured those occasional nudges,
refusing to contemplate what manner of
creature had taken such an interest in her. In
all of them.
Elide had discarded those thoughts as
they’d combed through the streets, listening
for any whisper of Maeve’s location. The sun
had set, Rowan snarling with each passing
hour that yielded nothing. As all other cities
had yielded nothing.
Elide had made them keep strolling the
merry streets, unnoticed and unmarked. She’d
reminded Rowan each time he flashed his
teeth that there were eyes in every kingdom,
every land. And if word got out that a group of
Fae warriors was terrorizing cities in their
search for Maeve, surely it would get back to
the Fae Queen in no time.
Night had fallen, and in the rolling golden