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Rowan’s mouth twitched, but his eyes were hard as he surveyed the enemy army "Tomorrow’s battle will be just as brutal," he said "But the plan is sound"

They’d be on the battle for any desperate ht atte herded and crushed by the khagan’s army Elide would be with Yrene and the other healers in the Great Hall, helping the injured

Where Lorcan and Gavriel would be, Aelin could only assu watch so But they’d probably be fighting right alongside thehts had summoned hih," he said by way of greeting, then unceremoniously dropped to the floor beside Fenrys and hauled the platter of chicken toward hi these walls have worn on the to tell the Lion they’d just discussed this as Gavriel ripped into the food "We’ll have to make sure they don’t balk to," Elide said to none of them in particular after a moment "Since Maeve is an imposter, ould rule Doranelle if she was banished with all the other Valg?"

"Or burned to a crisp," Fenrys rimly, but Elide’s question settled into her

Gavriel slowly set down the chicken

Rowan’s arreen eyes ide "You"

Aelin blinked "There are others froh the maternal line--to a female only Or it should have," Rowan said "You’re the sole female with a direct, undiluted claim to Mab’s bloodline"

"And your household, Rowan," Gavriel said "Someone in your household would have a claio to her" Even as a prince, Rowan’s own heritage connecting hi in name only Aelin was more closely related to Elide, probably to Chaol, too, than she was to Rowan, despite their distant ancestry

"Well, Sellene can have it," Aelin said, wiping her hands of dust that was not there "Doranelle’s hers"

She wouldn’t set foot in that city again, Maeve or no She wasn’t sure if that ic’s co ru his jaw "What you were"

They had always known her, the Little Folk Had saved her life ten years ago, and saved their lives these past feeeks They had known her, and left gifts for her Tribute, she’d thought, to Brannon’s Heir Not to …

Gavriel murmured, "The Faerie Queen of the West"

Silence

Aelin blurted, "Is that an actual title?"

"It is now," Fenrys muttered Aelin shot him a look

"With Sellene as the Fae Queen of the East," Rowan hed up at the ceiling "What’s another fancy title, I suppose?"

They didn’t answer, and Aelin tried not to let the weight of that title settle too heavily All it iht not only look after the Little Folk on this continent, but with the cadre, begin a new hoht wish to join thehter in Terrasen ten years ago and ht wish to return

A fool’s dream One that she would likely not come to see To create

"The Faerie Queen of the West," Aelin said, tasting the words on her tongue

Wondering how long she’d get to call herself such

Fro the sae and deterht somehow spare her from the sacrificial altar

But that would coate, and eternity lay beyond its black archway