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“She lifted her face to the stars. She was Aelin Ashryver Galathynius, air of two mighty bloodlines, protector of a one glorious people, and Queen of Terrasen. She was Aelin Ashryver Galathynius, and she would not be afraid.”

There is one true king in this room—­there always has been. And he is not sitting on that throne. There is a queen in the north, and she has already beaten you once. She will beat you again. Because what she represents, and what your son represents, is what you fear most: hope. You cannot steal it, no matter how many you rip from their homes and enslave. And you cannot break it, no matter how many you murder.

“But these days. . . she didn’t know what she needed. All she knew was that whatever and whoever climbed out of the abyss of despair and grief would not be the same person who had plummeted in. And maybe that was a good thing.”

THIS BOOK IS SO BEAUTIFUL “She yawned, and Rowan rubbed his eyes, his other hand still in hers. But he didn’t let go. And when she woke before dawn, warm and safe and rested, Rowan was still holding her hand, clasped to his chest. Something molten rushed through her, pouring over every crack and fracture still left gaping and open. Not to hurt or to mar—but to weld. To forge.”

“She was not becoming anything different from what she always was and always had the capacity to be. You just finally saw everything. And once you saw the other part of her… You cannot pick and choose what parts of her to love.”

“It would have been nice, she supposed. It would have been nice to have one person who knew the absolute truth about her—and didn’t hate her for it.”

“See what you want, and seize it. Don’t ask for it. don’t wish for it. Take it.”