his foot through the icy earth.
Just as Aelin clapped her palm upon her
arm, sealing the three Wyrdkeys into her body
while her other hand gripped Dorian’s.
It had to work. It had to have been why
their paths had crossed, why Aelin and Dorian
had found each other twice now, in this exact
place. He could accept no other alternative.
He couldn’t have let her go otherwise.
Rowan didn’t breathe. Beside him, he
wasn’t sure if Chaol did, either.
But while Aelin and Dorian still stood
there, heads high despite the fear he scented
coursing through them, their faces had gone
vacant. Empty.
No flash of light.
No flare of power.
Aelin and Dorian simply stood, hands
united, and stared ahead.
Blank. Unseeing. Frozen.
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