Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5)

by Sarah J. Maas

Elide was sobbing. In terror and despair. Each sound whetted his rage into something so lethal Lorcan could barely see straight. Then the ilken threw her into that iron box. And Elide proved she wasn’t bluffing in her claim to never return to Morath. He heard her nose break as she hit the rim of the box, heard her uncle’s cry of surprise as she rebounded and lunged for him— And grabbed his dagger. Not to kill him. For the first time in five centuries, Lorcan knew true fear as Elide turned that knife on herself, the blade angled to plunge up and into her heart. He threw his hatchet. As the tip of that dagger pierced the leather over her ribs, the wooden handle of his hatchet slammed into her wrist. Elide went down with a cry, the dagger flying wide—