A Court of Horizon and Shadows

ERILEA

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To anyone who has not read the "Throne of Glass" series -

This special bonus chapter will contain spoilers.

Yes, this will be an eventual crossover, but I don't want to anger anyone who hasn't read or finished Celaena Sardothian's journey. I recommend reading the entire series first.

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Elain jolts awake as the cold water washes over her feet.

She holds Nyx tightly in her arms, his cries shrieking through the air. Elain could see a cut on top of his left wing, the blood dripping onto her soaked dress.

Elain immediately sat up, ignoring the pounding in her head. She sets her nephew down on her lap, moving her legs up and down to calm him. She rips a piece of her peach-colored dress, wrapping it over the wound.

Once she does the best that she can, she takes the child into her arms once more, rocking back and forth to soothe him as she takes in her surroundings.

She is at the shores of a beach unknown to her, the sand sticking onto her wet attire. The waves overlap harshly over one another, spraying cool mist onto her. Elain shivers as the wind hits her skin, feeling as if she was going to freeze if she didn't move. The sky was bright, but the sun never showed, giving her no sense of warmth.

A few feet away, Elain could see Perseus, the Daughter of Dawn's wolf, eating a dead animal of some sort. Once he laid eyes on her, the wolf immediately sprinted towards them, smelling Nyx and licking the covered wound on his wing, making the child whine.

"Where are we?" Elain breathes, feeling nothing of the world she knew.

She stands from the grass, hissing as the cold water flowed down her legs. Perseus whined, nudging Elain's leg. He growled.

"What is it, Perseus?" She asked, looking at her nephew, wanting to make sure that he was okay. The boy cried silently, but Elain wiped his tears away, putting her lips on his forehead.

Elain heard a few voices in front of her as she was distracted, making her lift her head. She saw five men on the shore with her, staring at her as if she were a piece of meat to be passed around. They smiled at her, licking their lips as they grew closer to her.

"Perseus, protect," Elain commanded, not taking her eyes off the men.

Immediately, Perseus growled at the men, warning them not to come any closer. The men stared down at the wolf, their toothy grins disappearing from their faces. Perseus barks at them, making them stumble back as the wolf stalks closer to them.

Elain steps forward, her blood boiling beneath her veins, "Where am I?" She seethes, feeling as if she might explode with anger.

One of the men narrows his brows, "What do you mean? Did you hit your head or something, clueless bitch?" He asks.

Again, Perseus growls.

"If you don't want me to command that wolf to rip all your heads off, tell me where the hell I am! How did I end up here?" She yells at them.

"How the fuck are we to know? We should be asking you. There was a rumbling that shook the entire island and then a huge bright light came from this side of the shore. We came to investigate and we found you." Another one of the men explains.

Elain felt her stomach drop.

The last thing she remembered was Nesta pushing her into the portal she and the human Cauldron had created. Everything had gone dark after that.