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While she ate, he made sure the room passed inspection: the fire was still high (suffocatingly hot, as it had been since morning, thanks to the chills that had racked her), only one window was cracked (to allow in the slightest of breezes when she had hot flashes), the door was shut (and locked), and yet another pot of tea was waiting (currently steeping on his worktable). When he was done ensuring all was accounted for and no threats lurked in the shadows, he looked her over with the same scrutiny: skin (wan and gleaming from the remnants of those hot flashes), lips (pale and cracked),
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“I claim you, Rowan Whitethorn. I don’t care what you say and how much you protest. I claim you as my friend.”
She would not let that light go out.
would not take a monster to destroy a monster—but light, light to drive out darkness. She was not afraid.
He knew Aelin was alive, because during all these weeks that they had been breathing each other’s scents, they had become bonded.
and sometimes she grew quiet and cried—and during those times he leaned over to wipe away her tears.
“Your mother would be proud,” Emrys said.
It was a message to the world. Aelin was a warrior, able to fight with blade or magic. And she was done with hiding.
She was the heir of ash and fire, and she would bow to no one.
“Together, Fireheart,” he said, pushing back the sleeve of her tunic. “We’ll find a way together.” He looked up from her exposed wrist. “A court that will change the world,” he promised.
No longer would they be locked away in her heart. No longer would she be ashamed.