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"Keep your House of Shadow," Acaeja said. "Keep your House of Blood. But the Houses of Death and Night are under my protection."
"And what of us?" Shiket said. "You expect us to simply allow this?"
Acaeja turned her icy gaze to her sister, steadfast and serious. "No, Shiket. I expect that we will be at war."
(Pg 505)

"Three times now, I have warned you, Nyaxia, of how this path ends," she said. "I have had enough. This is my territory now. The king and queen of the House of Night have pledged themselves to me. And so now have the king and queen of Vathysia, the House of Death. You will make no move against them, or else face the wrath of me.” (Pg 505)

GodofDeath tries to raise the dead forNyaxia’s army butMische uses the glyphs inMorthryn to stop&draw him there He chases her until she compels Asar to come back w memories&their song She cuts out Alarus’ heart in 1/2&puts a piece in herself Asar is back but the gods are drawn Nyaxia goes to punishAsar&Mische butAcajea stops her&breaks from her siblings to fight against destruction w the HouseofNight&HouseofDeath

— “My thumb traced the path through her freckles."Hello, Dawndrinker," I whispered.
She smiled through her tears. "Hello, Warden."
And I kissed her again, as theUnderworld bowed around us.” (Pg 498)

“And I knew this was true ascension. My queen. My light. My darkness. My future. The answer to every question. The ending to every sentence. She broke the kiss to draw in a shaky inhale. I pressed my forehead to hers, drowning in those eyes, still gleaming with the dregs of divinity.”
(Pg 498)

Mische is guided thru theUnderworld God of Death visits he vaguely remembers Asar’s feelings/memories He reinvigorates a poppy&thefirefinch guardian’s skull Mische finds them&theUnderworld tells them they’re gifts for her She takes them&they speak to her like the crown/eye/heart speak to Asar! Mische puts Saescha to rest Mische finds Morthryn&inside the library is Luce&a littleAsar who gives his heart toMische

Mische wakes inUnderworld Vincent was working for the goddess of fate bcOraya’s mom did He wants to make things better&it starts w Mische who has a piece ofAlarus’ power&helped the souls TheUnderworld chooses her now thatAsar is gone She is given an HeirMark&sword is remade with poppy&pheonix She can use the sword to takeAsar’s divinity for herself but she can’t She lets the underworld guide her

Nyaxia has the heart ofAlarus She cut it out of his body Asar offers to ascend&stand by her side bc he remembers Mische saying how lonely she must be Nyaxia tears out Asar’s heart&replaces it w Alarus’ The next chapter POV has Asar’s name crossed out&replaced w GodofDeath Mische calls after him but he doesn’t remember her Luce tries chasing after him Saescha theSentinel grabs onto Mische Mische gives up

Vale is actuallyGideon w an illusion Asar&Mische see thru it TheHouseofNight is attacked byShiket’s setinels Gideon says this attack is just a distraction A sentinel(who’s actuallySaescha) takes Mische toVostis to pay for eternal night but the HouseofShadow attacks the Shiket/Atroxus Citadel on Nyaxia’s behalf Asar uses the spira to find Mische Nyaxia arrives in Vostis Egritte captures Asar&offers him to Nyaxia

A mutant soul eater breaks thru the underworld&attacks them in the castle The little girl soul they saved was in it&she was tethered to them so that’s how the monster found them The underworld is at the brink of collapse Asar says they need to do the ritual ASAP Mische’s soul is slipping away Mische finds Asar a cello they play a song&create a vision of their future Vale arrives w the blood