Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4)

by Sarah J. Maas

Then he’d forgotten the names of the others who had meant so much to him.

:,( he forgot them AFTER himself

the shape of the chin poking from the shadows of the cowl, the way his left

:,( he forgot them AFTER himself

‘fire-breathing bitch-queen.’ ”

father to leash him like a dog. Aedion

Even from the distance, the captain’s eyes locked onto Aelin’s. He didn’t smile.

Fuck u chaol

The ground rocked beneath her. Ren Allsbrook. Another child of Terrasen. Still alive. Alive.

“No. Not a chance. Not with you so unpredictable.”

Fuck you

“There is no we.”

I HATE YOU

Once magic is free, who is to stop the monsters from coming out again? Who is to stop you?” A spear of ice shot through her heart. Monster. It truly had been horror and revulsion that she’d seen on his face that day she revealed her Fae form in the other world—the day she’d cleaved the earth and called down fire to save him, to save Fleetfoot. Yes, there would always need to be checks against any sort of power, but … Monster. She wished he’d struck her instead.

I HATE YOU SO MUCH

“I’ll be at my old apartment, should you decide to take your head out of your ass. Good night.”

Kill him

Or maybe he’d been a fool all this time, a fool to look at the lives she’d taken and blood she’d so irreverently spilled, and not be disgusted.

Chaol is the WORST

friend … What would she do to the empire that had enslaved and butchered her people? He would not tell her how to free

Fuck u chaol

A few months later, he hadn’t felt particularly bad when he’d gone to Endovier and stopped seeing her. He’d never told Dorian—or Aelin.

I hate u

Tonight, he’d seen her rip into one of those Valg soldiers like she was filleting a fish.

But SHE isn't a "monster"

“No. But I thought I should warn you. I bet she had a reason for doing it.”

She did

Aelin probably had just been in a pissy mood and decided to unleash her temper on the pleasure hall.

I hate u

“You should have known better than to get tangled up with a woman like that.”

I hate you too

Sorry for trying to kill you this winter. I was the one with the twin swords. Nothing personal. —Ren

<3

Arobynn had no doubt known she would return here. At some point. She padded into her bedroom. She didn’t

The duke stroked an idle hand down Kaltain’s thin arm, its white flesh marred with too many bruises to be accidental.

Poor Kaltain:(((

He liked to do that—just tumble off as though he’d been struck dead. Her wyvern, it seemed, had a wicked sense of humor.

Fuck you

Abraxos the prankster

they were smart—had heard the

I HATE YOU

Cowering. The woman said, “I came to warn you,” and pulled back her hood just enough to reveal her face. Large, slightly uptilted green eyes, sensuous lips, sharp cheekbones, and a pert nose combined to create a rare, staggering beauty that caused men to lose all common sense. Aelin stepped under the narrow awning and drawled, “As far as memory serves me, Lysandra, I warned you that if I ever saw you again, I’d kill you.” “Please,” Lysandra begged. That word—and the desperation behind it—made Aelin slide her blade back into its sheath. In the nine years that she’d known the courtesan, never once had she heard Lysandra say please—or sound desperate

I HATE YOU SO MUCH

at her: a dagger. They hadn’t seen each other since. Aelin figured she was perfectly justified in

Kill him

mistress—or would have been, were it not for the deep, jagged scars on both cheeks. Scars that explained the hideous, branded-out tattoo on the inside

Chaol is the WORST

your head.” Lysandra gave her a little smile. “You missed.” True—but she’d still grazed the courtesan’s ear. As far as she’d been concerned, it had been deserved. But it was a woman sitting before her—they

I hate u

me to tell you the plans so that I might check up on you—test you, see how much you’re

But SHE isn't a "monster"

down. “This is for you. Please read it.” “So you’re Arobynn’s whore and courier

She did

in her eyes that for a moment, Aelin believed it. “Wesley,” Aelin said. “Arobynn’s bodyguard. The one

I hate u

of it contemplating ways to kill me.” The courtesan nodded. “Arobynn murdered

I hate you too

walked to the door, keeping herself and Evangeline a healthy distance from Aelin. She paused in the

<3

what or who you might find selling their wares or meandering through the dirty, damp tunnels. The market was packed tonight,

Poor Kaltain:(((

Chaol realized thanks were indeed in order.

Ya fuck u chaol

could handle this mortal pig who would be worm food in a few decades—and then she could return to her glorious, wicked, immortal existence. Manon flung open the

Abraxos the prankster

Elide.

ELIDEEEEE

But anyone with witch-blood in their veins was worth keeping an eye on.

Interestinggggg

“and I don’t care what you were to me, or what you have done to help me. You betray them, you hurt them, and I don’t care how long it takes, or how far you go: I’ll burn you and your gods-damned kingdom to ash. Then you’ll learn just how much of a monster I can be.”

Yessssssss

“Hello, gorgeous.” Then she was upon them, slicing and twirling and ducking. Five guards were dead before the others could even move.

Hot

if she got into trouble. If Arobynn had

Ya fuck u chaol

and Aedion grinned at his queen as the entire world went to hell.

the

ELIDEEEEE

the crowd, altering her demeanor as Lysandra had instructed. The paleness

Interestinggggg

The crowd began shattering the windows and the glass doors, trampling one another and the guards. People grabbed buckets to douse the flames, water spraying everywhere and splashing away the Wyrdmarks on the thresholds.

This is so clever

It was with no small amount of horror that she found Dorian strolling toward them.

Noooo

place. “No. However he was made, something went wrong with that part.” Elide didn’t think that constituted going wrong, but kept her mouth shut. Abraxos was still staring up at her, and the Wing Leader said, “Let’s go hunt, Abraxos.” The beast perked up, and Elide jumped back a step, wincing as she landed hard on her ankle. The wyvern’s

Yessssssss

To even the odds between them. No one saw as he climbed into the sewer, closing the lid overhead. Tunnel after tunnel, his sword gleaming in the afternoon light streaming in through the grates, Chaol hunted

Hot

A smile tugged at her lips, and her eyes—their eyes—sparkled. “Hello, Aedion.” Hearing his name on her tongue snapped something loose, and he had to close his eyes, his body barking in pain as it shook with the force of the tears trying to get out of him. When he’d mastered himself, he said hoarsely, “Thank you for your spectacular rescue. Let’s never do it again.”

SO cuttteeeeeeeeee

“It was worth it,” he said, his smile fading. “You were worth it. All these years, all the waiting. You’re worth it.” He’d known the moment she had looked up at him as she stood before his execution block, defiant and wicked and wild.