CHAPTER 36

“How long will it take to reach the coast?”
Elide’s whisper echoed off the river-carved
cavern walls.
She’d panicked when the boat had ventured
beyond the glow of the shore and into a
passageway across the lake, so dark she
couldn’t see her own hands before her face.
To be trapped in such impenetrable dark for
hours, days, possibly longer ...
Had it been like that in the iron coffin?
Aelin gave no indication that the smothering
dark bothered her, and had shown no
inclination to illuminate their way. Hadn’t