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But Aedion kept his attention fixed on Lysandra. "Please. I am begging you. I am begging you, Lysandra, to go."

Her chin lifted. "you are not asking our other allies to run."

"Because i'm not in love with our other allies."

A princess who was to live for a thousand years. Longer. That had been her gift. It was now her curse.

" I love you," he whispered in Elide's ear. "I have loved you from the moment you picked up that axe to slay the ilken." Her tears flowed past him in the wind, "And I wil be with you..." His voice broke, but he made himself say the words the truth in his heart. "I will be with you always."

" I promise to always find you. I promised you, and you promised me. I came for you because of it; I am here because of it. I am here for you, do you understand ? And if we don't get onto that horse now, we won't stand a chance against that dam. We will die."

He had been hunting for her since the moment she was taken from him.

His mate.

He barely remembered his own name. And only recalled it because his three companions spoke it while they searched for her across violent and dark seas, through ancient and slumbering forests, over storm-swept mountains already buried in snow.

She would not go quietly. She was not afraid.

Rowan couldn't bring himself to care about Lorcan and Elide screaming at each other from the other side of the boat. He couldn't bring himself to care about anything. His ears were overwhelmed with a strange ringing sensation.8 months, 8 months they had been travelling. They had nothing. No idea where she was, no idea how Aedion was doing, no idea if she was still alive.....No he couldn't go there. Wouldn't go there. He had to be strong. He had to fight the darkness that threatened to swarm him at every turn. If only for her, he would do it. If only for the chance to see his queen again.

He snapped out of his bottomless haze when he heard a scream. A high note that sliced him like an arrow. He snapped around, panic rising in his immortal chest.Where had it come from?

Elide and Lorcan were oblivious to it. Gavriel was reading. Nobody seemed to notice. His heart raced.It sounded like her, like his queen.

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Deciding to try and be rational, Rowan strained his still singing ears towards the horizon.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds.

There it was again, closer this time. It was her. He could feel his heart beating in his chest so fast it was as if it might burst out and run to her.

This time, Gavriel and Lorcan noticed it too. Rowan glanced at them to see them staring right back at him.With a mask of anger on his tired face, he nodded, answering an unasked question. Is it her?Elide glanced over at the three fae warriors to see the strange expressions being passed and immediately got the sense that something was wrong."What is it?" She demanded, whispering because of some strange feeling in her gut.

They all turned to her, trying to conceal the worry and fear written all over them. It didn't work.She asked a bit louder this time"What is it?"

Lorcan stepped forward planning to grab her arm for comfort but she pulled back, suddenly furious."What. Is. Wrong?" She asked trying to keep her tone calm.

Rowan took a step back as if he was trying to stop himself from turning and running right there "Its her, I Can hear her. Screaming. Its Aelin."

Elides heart stopped. Aelin was close. Aelin was in pain. Her queen needed her and she would do everything in her power to find Aelin again and save her from the bitch who had stolen her away

Spoiler(cliquez pour révéler)"Alors voilà," dit Aelin, hochant la tête en direction de la tache sombre sur les pierres du balcon. "Là où Erawan a trouvé la mort aux mains d'un guérisseur." Elle a froncé les sourcils. "J'espère que ça va partir."

Spoiler(cliquez pour révéler)Rowan grogna, et quand elle regarda par-dessus son épaule, le vent lui fouettant les cheveux, elle le trouva appuyé contre la porte de la cage d'escalier, ses bras croisés.

Spoiler(cliquez pour révéler)"Je suis sérieuse," dit-elle. "Ce serait odieux d'avoir son bordel là-bas. Et j'ai l'intention d'utiliser ce balcon pour me mettre au soleil. Il va tout gâcher."

Spoiler(cliquez pour révéler)Rowan a gloussé et a poussé la porte vers le rail du balcon. "Si ça ne s'en va pas, on lui jette un tapis dessus."

" For those we love, we can rise above that fear."

" I have loved you," she went on, "from the moment you came fight for me against Vernon and the Ilken" The light in her eyes stole his breath. "And when I heard you were somewhere on that battlefield, the only thing I wanted was to be able to tell you that. It was the only thing that mattered. "