“You care about them—the spiders.” “You will find, Your Majesty, that a loyal friend is a rare thing indeed. They are not so easy to sacrifice.” “You offered up six of them to those princesses.” “And I shall remember that for as long as I live,” Maeve said, and some kernel of emotion indeed danced over her face. “They went willingly. I tell myself that whenever I look upon them now and see nothing of the creatures I knew. They wished to help me.” Her eyes met his. “Not all Valg are evil.” “Erawan is.” “Yes,” she said, and her eyes darkened. “He and his brothers … they are the worst of our
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