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He could have sworn disgust flitted over her pale face before she said, "He can"

They did not waste time Did not wait

And even Dorian found himself unable to look away as Maeve flicked a hand at herself and her purple gownblack dress Little h it, artfully concealing the parts of her that only the one who rearment would see, and when she turned frorave

"You will not like what you are about to witness" Then she slung her cloak around her, hiding that lush body and sinful gown, and swept out the door

He shifted into a slithering insect, swift and flexible, and trailed her, lingering at her heels as Maeve wound through the halls To the base of that tower

He tucked into a crack in the black wall as Maeve said to the Valg posted outside, "You knoho I am What I am Tell him I have cohtly

But one of the guards--whom Dorian had never once seen so much as blink--turned to the door, knocked once, and strode inside

He e

Maeve waited Then strolling footsteps sounded froain, the putrid wind and swirling darkness within threatened to send hi Erawan, still clad in his clothes despite the late hour, lifted his brows "We have atomorrow, sister"

Maeve took a step closer "I did not couards, "Leave us"

CHAPTER 74

As one, the guards outside Erawan’s toalked away

Alone, the Valg king blocking the doorway to his tower, Maeve said, "Does that rip on her cloak, the front folds falling open to reveal the sheer gown

Erawan’s golden eyes surveyed every inch Then her face "Though you may not believe so, you are my brother’s wife"

Dorian blinked at that At the honor of the demon within the male body

"I do not have to be," Maeve murmured, and Dorian knew, then, why she had warned him before they’d left

A shake of her head, and her thick black hair turned golden Her htly, to a sun-kissed tan The angular face rounded slightly, dark eyes lightening to turquoise and gold "We could play like this, if you’d prefer"

Even the voice belonged to Aelin

Erawan’s eyes flared, his chest rising in an uneven breath

"Would that appeal to you?" Maeve gave a half-smile that Dorian had only seen on the Queen of Terrasen’s face

Disgust and horror roiled through him He knew--knew there was no true lust in Erawan’s eyes for Aelin No true desire beyond the claiain Golden hair paled to white, turquoise eyes burning to gold

Icy rage, pure and undiluted, tore through Dorian as Manon now stood before the Valg king "Or " She peered down at herself, s "Was she your intended queen when this as over, the Wing Leader? Ormare?"

Erawan’s nostrils flared, and Dorian focused upon his breathing, on the stones beneath hi at the desire--true desire--that tightened Erawan’s face

But if it got Maeve inside that tower--