Kingdom of Ash

more to herself. “As soon as Aelin freed
Lysandra, and offered to let us join her court,
Terrasen has always meant home. A place
where ... where the sort of people who hurt us
don’t get to live. Where anyone, regardless of
who they are and where they came from and
what their rank is can dwell in peace. Where
we can have a garden in the spring, and swim
in the rivers in the summer. I’ve never had
such a thing before. A home, I mean. And I
would have liked for Caraverre, for Terrasen,
to have been mine.” She chewed on her lip.
“So I would choose to fight. Until the very
end. For my home, new as it is. I choose to
fight.”
Darrow was silent for so long that she
peered up at him.
She’d never seen his eyes so sad, as if the
weight of all his years truly settled upon them.
Then he only said, “Come with me.”