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slumping her shoulders as Chaol Westfall cast his gaze in her direction.
she wondered if he’d even realized that this entire evening had been a test for him as well, and that she’d brought those men right to the Vaults.
“Are you hurt?” His voice was hoarse.
But then Chaol looked—to the empty finger where his amethyst ring had once been.
That was all she needed to see to know he’d planned to keep it from her. Not from Celaena, his former friend and lover, but from Aelin—Queen of Terrasen. A threat. Whatever this information about magic was, he hadn’t planned to tell her.
I won’t jeopardize Dorian to satisfy your curiosity.”
She wished he’d struck her instead.
No, Celaena Sardothien certainly did not exist anymore. That woman—the woman he had loved
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.
At first light, Chaol went to the nearest jeweler and pawned the ring for a handful of silver.
She could forgive the girl who had needed a captain of the guard to offer stability after a year in hell; forgive the girl who had needed a captain to be her champion. But she was her own champion now.