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Pris sends tibris away if she sends a healer to the hybrid rebels they will trust her messenger more. Lorian & the guys join her demos thol & asinia to the caves where they know is the best shot to find the hourglass. The caves have waves of small fleets of men to wear them down before they find a warm cave bath to fuck rest & east in but the fae iron walls are weakening them. Iron guards show up they kill thol

Pris finds out her entire town was burned & everyone she knew killed by regner she didnt think to protect them & goes into a 2 day depression over it. Her brothers return with thol the only survivor was out hunting when their town was attacked. They make him take a blood oath and let Lorian in on the hourglass with a blood oath and discuss how its in underground water tunnels near gromalia & eprotha being moved soon

Pris blackmails the kings son into letting them
Stay a few nights by knowing about his lover who’s his dad’s guard. At breakfast the king is critical mean and following the plan without knowing it. Pris pretends to be upset to get the prince alone to spark engagement rumors to hurt the kings alliance with regner. The king is furious she’s muddying their reputation & guards too in but Lorian sparks fae fire

They head to an inn & prepare to meet the gromalian king (the one Lorian pretended to be last book in disguise @regners) cavis asinia Lorian her aunt & pris take a carriage up to the castle. The king& his son are displeased Lorian was let in with his full magic not knowing 1 of the amulets was found. They dont agree they have beef w regner& dont want to join her but invite them for dinner. pris is brewing a plan

The drax wolf followed her through her can speak in the hybrid minds. He’s there for protection Lorian welcomes anything that wants to protect pris.

To prove her readiness to be queen she tells Lorian she wants to go to gromalia he’s in

Pris returns up from the ground the elders told her she is not yet ready to be queen. Lorian catches up with her she realizes they are playing both sides that her cousin got to them first & that’s why he killed their spy. They need to know what he’s up to. His parents lowered the ward for regners human ships. He’s known since 12 the truth and hasn’t done anything about it. she tells Lorian she wants her crown

Pris walks a long hallway to a table of 4 counsel members wearing fine clothing & jewels. One reads her thoughts that she judges them for wearing such as her people are starving homeless. one shows her the past the humans attacking them helpless without the ward. A brief vision of her parents & her grandmother with the hourglass necklace screams to curse all humans with hate in their heart to sink protecting the land

The group finds rythos’s home town full of fae in true form. They head to the docks to steal a ship &one of rythos old friends comes by to try to leave with them (it’s his fathers ship they’re stealing) rythos says no they shove off& fendrell sneaks in anyway. They cross the sleeping sea underwater with a protective bubble ward before reaching the hybrid shore. Fendrell gets killed. Pris falls into a magic hole

Lorian shows pris his letters with conreth showing he planned to take her with him even before he knew she was the queen. They have a quick hot sneaky link in the woods & they continue traveling. Lorian says they’re going to see rytbos people but they disowned him when he left with Lorian and now they plan to steal from them

Lorian returns from his side quest &discovers the group has gone. He tells his brother he’s going after her& doesnt care if conreth permits him. He takes galon and the guys they find her in the creepy dark woods. Lorian pulls pris aside & says she is too never leave without him again. She doesn’t want to make that promise as she knows he can’t go to the hourglass with her. Lorian thinks he wants to marry her