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ALSO it is revealed that Neema has the Raven fragment, Cain has the whole Fox, & I think Ruko has a piece of the tiger bc he can talk to something in his head

The Hound Trial had them scaling a wall Cain came in 1st Neema 2nd Ruko shows compassion&saved Tala from falling Fenn was captured by Hounds Ruko chokes Cain during their fight&i think the unconsciousness wakes up the Fox who takes over full time; (Bc they are all tied they go to the Dragon Trial Neema sees a vision of her exiling herself Ruko sees the throne Neema tells him about the Raven warning of the Return

It was so good when Neema was talking with Ruko after the Dragon Trial He was trying to be nice by offering her a spot at court but when she told him about failing to kill him&stop the Return he was comfortable talking so coldly to her which revealed to her that he can be compassionate but his armored side wins out I like that she told him to start thinking for himself

The Hound Trial had them scaling a wall Cain came in 1st Neema 2nd Ruko shows compassion&saved Tala from falling Fenn was captured by Hounds Ruko chokes Cain during their fight&i think the unconsciousness wakes up the Fox who takes over full time ;( Bc they are all tied they go to the Dragon Trial Neema sees a vision of her exiling herself Ruko sees the throne Neema tells him about the Raven warning of the Return

Ruko wins his fight w theVisitor killing him Neema realizes she has to take the throne to stop the world from ending The 2nd part of the monkey trial is an interpretive performance Neema channels Sol to put on a performance that paints her as a Raven empress SO COOL The emperor goes to the prisons to visit the prisoner Benna heard TURNS OUT Bersun is actually Andren who trapped Bersun’s bro Gedrun to steal his face

In the BearTrial they are interrogated&physically challenged Tala tellsNeema her wife took their kid off the island&she blames Neema Neema comes in2nd of the trialHavoc drops out TheMonkey trial is a exhibit of their artCain&Neema are scheduled to fight During TheFox takes overCain&Neema slices her neckCain says has all the fragments of theFox in him butNeema figured He slips in&out of control&doesn’t trust himself

Cain is being watched by the other Ravens & gets a visit from Sol in the form of the book of tales Spl tell Cain the tale of the Fox leaving the Hidden Realm&never being able to return so it had to find hosts so it could return when they sleep The Gox chose Cain when he was a baby left in the cold Cain is in disbelief&throws the book out the window but it transforms in Sol & flies away

Ruko visits Benna She tells him abt her&Yana’s revenge plans&he bribes the guards to let her escape Neema goes to theOx party Cain shows up&they dance :P In the middle Havoc&hounds come to bring them to the emperor Katsan takes the blame for stealing the Blade&tests the emperor&sees he’s a fraud she gets to leave the island Havoc suggests Gaida committed suicide w the tea but Neema finds out he poisoned her

Cain is almost attacked by a tiger Neema joins the Ox Trial&wins by making herself useful Cain 2nd The fights go onRuko&Tala have a close fightCain destroysHavoc Neema fightsKatsan w the fans from theRaven chest She uses what she learned from the dreams&stories fromSol to guide her Neema uses the fans to strikeKatsan’s forearm to the bone They have to amputate Them emperor was expecting Neema to die but she won

Ngl there was a weird format during the last 3 chapters from the dinner to the fight It felt choppy and unlike the writing throughout the previous parts of the book which was weird I also thought it was weird how Neema was able to come to the conclusion that Benna was the one behind it when there wasn’t a lot to evidence
& I still don’t understand where Benna got the money from