Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7)

by Sarah J. Maas

Had Aelin been here, she might have heated it within a heartbeat. He shut out the tightness in his chest. Had Aelin been here, one breath from her and the five thousand troops they’d exhausted themselves killing today would have been ash on the wind. None of the lords around him had questioned where their queen was. Why she hadn’t been on the field today. Perhaps they hadn’t dared. Ren said, “If we move the armies south without permission from Darrow and the other lords, we’ll be committing treason.” “Treason, when we’re saving our own damn kingdom?” Ravi demanded. “Darrow and the others fought in the last war,” Sol said to his brother. “And lost it,” Ravi challenged. “Badly.” He nodded toward Aedion. “You were at Theralis. You saw the slaughter.”