Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass, #2)

by Sarah J. Maas

All this walking and fretting, and all you’ve discovered is useless castle records. That’s probably what that creature was after: an ancient king’s grocery bill.

So Dorian closed his eyes, and took another long breath. And when he opened his eyes, he let her go.

Rena Goldsmith was still reciting her list of the dead when the ax fell.

The rest of the world quieted into nothing. In that moment, after ten long years, Celaena looked at Chaol and realized she was home.

Celaena Sardothien stood from her chair.

There would be no candles for these midnight deeds, no ivory horn to signal the start of this hunt.

It was war upon them all. Let them tremble in fear at what they had awoken.

Then Celaena and the King of Adarlan smiled at each other, and it was the most terrifying thing Dorian had ever seen.

With a battle cry that shattered through the mists, Celaena plunged Damaris into the earth.