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OH I FORGOT TO MENTION Ione undid her Maiden Card & has feeling again whoopie!

(2)Nightmare mentioned needing a spare to give up their charm to the alderwood&planned on it being Gorse but Ravyn ruined that Jespyr ends up sacrificing herself The wood opens Nightmare&Ravyn chase her2theTwinAlders that trap her w roots&try to makeRavyn sacrifice her butElspeth gets theNightmare2not haveRavyn go thru whatTaxus went thru w his own sis TheAlders forceRavyn 2 speak w the Spirit&he dragsNightmare w him

(1) Finished Part 2:To Barter Elm was able to steal the Nightmare Card from Hauth’s room&use it on Ione mems He was able to see where she hid the card&they found it in a fireplace Ione reveals that Hauth pushed her out of a tower&she bled out into the Maiden Card healed her;( Elm figured out that her marriage contract says she married the heir which is now him

The Nightmare is revealing more abt his life as Taxus&making the cards which is so interesting
I feel that smth bad is going to happen to Jespyr bc Ravyn keeps saying sweetly to her to stay close&she replies I always do ;( also their family has many parallels to Taxus’& his sis died when she stepped into the alderwood
Elm&Ione are off in their own world still searching Last thing from his POV is that Hauth woke eek

Ravyn&crew woke up in a camp of infected The sisters in charge caught Gorse too&doesnt believe them abt their treason against the king Makes the destreirs fight Ravyn kills Gorse in his rage Elspeth’s aunt is there&testifies for them When the sis aren’t looking they untie Nightmare which allows them to escape Nightmare bends the trees to direct them to the alderwood which is the 2nd part of the rhyme

The destrier ran away from the group2go back2reportRavyn to the king Elm&Ione are walked in on He finds her marriage contract to Hauth&I think he found a loophole but it wasn’t revealed Now Elspeth is out of the dreamscape&she begs Nightmare to let Ravyn in to talk He allows it which distracts all of them&they are ambushed by gassy arrows that knock them out Elspeth saw the kings mems of Taxus bartering 4 the cards

Elm&Ione use a Chalice to ask each other q’s&Ione tells him that she vaguely remembersHauth using hisScythe to make her hide her MaidenCard Ravyn&the little gang start there journey into the mistNightmare uses his pwrs to talk to the trees&guide them thru the wood They make it first to the lake&barter their blood They swim&hear their inner demons Petyr uses theMaiden to heal Elspeth is let out of the dreamscape

Is this Elm’s book bc his chapters are so damn long&while I find Ione&his sitch interesting I care more abt Ravyn&Elspeth&NightmareE Elm learns that his father ishosting feasts for him to find a wife but cmon he’s attracted to Ione Ravyn&crew arrive@CastleYew NightmareE sat under the yewtree bythe chamber w a crown& Ravyn gave him his sword backElspeth saw the vision of the spirit givingTaxus the stonetable&sword

NightmareElspeth tells the king she’ll get the Twin Alders&he can sacrifice her infected blood instead of Emory’s Ravyn went to CastleYew&saw the ShepherdKing’s grave&his ghost daughter Tilly RealElspeth is in this endless darkness in her mind while the Nightmare is in full control Elm used the scythe to make her family go away but Ione is still there & wants to find her Maiden card bc it has healing abilities