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troops where they were ordered, for your utter
defeat at the border and the loss of Perranth,
you are stripped of your rank.”
Aedion barely heard the words.
“Consider yourself now a soldier in the
Bane, if they’ll have you. And as for the
imposter you’ve paraded around ...” A sneer
toward the healers’ tents.
Aedion snarled.
Darrow’s eyes narrowed. “If she is again
caught pretending to be Princess Aelin”—
Aedion almost ripped out his throat at that
word, Princess—“then we will have little
choice but to sign her execution order.”
“I’d like to see you try.”
“I’d like to see you stop us.”
Aedion smirked. “Oh, it’s not me who
you’d be dealing with. Good luck to any man
who tries to harm a shifter that powerful.”
Darrow ignored the promise and held out a