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Three weeks before the Pack's rebellion
“But why, Eydis?” Aelin whined, her small legs rushing to keep up with her elder sister's longer strides, reaching with small hands to grab for the hem of her cloak that was dropped just as quickly, her face distorting into a look...
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Aelin’s eyes were not full of anger as she gazed upon the face of her elder sister, but love, perhaps foolish. It was out of that same love that she'd found the strength to rise after all they had lost as children. Where she found the courage to not lay down and die, but...
THE PAIN
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“It hurts so much…” Aelin gasped, shaking fingers motioning towards the horrifying red gash spread open across a large portion of her chest, carved with the accuracy and skill of a practiced butcher; blood soaked into her shirt and pooled, coagulating around...
U N B O U N D
“When you tear down the persona, what beast lies within?”
She took a deep breath, the scent of the room filling her senses, focusing on the aromas that she’d come to associate with the Drage home - particularly that of meadows and long grasses, gardens and roses...
Early morning, just before, 'Oath of The Moon'
She loved early mornings on Bellassa.
Having developed the habit of waking up long before dawn while the house beyond yet remained silent, Aelin quietly worked to unlatch her bedroom window and crawl onto the rooftop, sitting with her knees pulled...
Two Days Before, 'All Men Must Die, But We Are Not Men'
She'd been there, begging and weeping through every scream of her father and every crunch of bone as they smashed his legs again and again. He hadn't fought back to defend himself, nor his family when the thugs who burst into their home...
The change was overwhelming, scream after scream bubbling over her lips every time a piece of bone snapped to rearrange itself. Tears streamed down her face in angry sobs, trying not to let the madness of the pain completely envelop her. Trying not to think of the constant sparks of fire imbued...