the southern gate. Into Orynth.
Slowly, Aelin turned to the rising wave of
darkness.
She had doomed them.
Behind her, the southern gate groaned shut.
The boom echoed into her bones.
Soldiers left on the field shouted in panic,
but orders went out. Form the lines. Ready for
battle.
She could do this. Adjust the plan.
She still scanned the skies for a white-
tailed hawk.
No sign of him.
Good. Good, she told herself.
Aelin shut her eyes for a heartbeat. Put a
hand on her chest. As if it might steady her,
prepare her, for what squatted in the
approaching darkness.
Soldiers shouted as they rallied, the
screams of the injured and dying ringing
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