The shield of flame surged and receded, pulsing like the light around her body. She was burning out. Why hadn’t she retreated? Another step closer and the things said something that had her raising her head. Rowan knew he could not reach her, didn’t even have the breath to shout a warning as Aelin gazed into the face of the creature before her. She had lied to him. She had wanted to save lives, yes. But she had gone out there with no intention of saving her own.
