I watch as feyre walks into her last test. Amaratha refused to tell even me what it was about. I just stand in the audience watching in horror as three Hooded Fae are dragged in. i look over and see Amaratha smiling. She has something planned. What is it. That is when i notice Tamlin isn't by her side. Maybe she killed him. I wish.
I watch feyre walk into the room. Chained. The Guards release her and Amaratha speaks.
"One last simple task" she says "kill these three Fae. just do that and this will all be over"
The Fae are pushed to their knees and feyre is given a dagger.
"Hurry up darling. I don't want this to bore me" she snides
Feyre hesitated before walking up to the first Fae. she removes a hood to reveal a male. He was a handsome young fae. Eyes like the sky. He would never see the sky again. Feyre took a step forward and his eyes lined with silver tears.
"Please. Please. Dont. dont. Please" he pleaded with her.
She raised the ash dagger in her hands. Tears racked her body. She took a breath before the lunged and plunged the dagger into his heart.
"Very good" praised Amaratha.
She takes the hood off the next fae to reveal a female. She has simple features. Hair much like feyres and copper eyes. So much understanding an wisdom in her eyes. She nodded once to feyre with an understanding smile. She started speaking
"Cauldron save me, mother hold me. Guide me to you" she says. Voice rich and beautiful. "Let me pass through the gates; let me smell the immortal land of milk and honey" feyre's body shook with tears. "Let me fear no evil. Let me feel no pain"
"Im sorry" moaned feyre.
"Let me enter eternity" she said then held her head high and looked at feyre and repeated "let me enter eternity" her face softened and she said one last verse for feyre. "Fear no evil, feel no pain"
Feyre gripped her shoulder and blunged the ash dagger into her heart. The female gasped and slumped over. Unmoving. Feyre cried over the body. She cried for a good long while before closing the females eyes and moving to the next. Her face fell and she turned to Amaratha when she removed the hood of the final Fae. it was tamlin.
She and Amaratha screamed back and fourth at each other. I didn't hear any of it. I just stared at tamlin. Why wouldn't she just stab him. He has a heart of stone. He has a literal heart of stone. Something like understanding flashed in her eyes. She turns to tamlin.
"I love you" she whispers to him and stabs him in the heart.
She removes the dagger only for the wound to heal instantly. A smile creeps over her face. She did it.
"Ha! I said i would release them but i didn't say when" yells Amaratha.
Feyres face falls before she screams one word "LOVE" amaratha looks dead into her eyes "the answer to your riddle is love!"
amaratha lets out a wild scream before feyre is thrown back and a deafening crack breaks her spine. I stare at her body. She is my mate. I fall to my knees and don't even notice when Tamlin rips Amarathas head from her shoulders. All the highlord's send power into feyre. She will live.
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Child of Night and Fire
Fantasywhen ten year old Aelin escaped after her parents were killed she falls into the rivver. only to be saved by elena. but to save the young fire-bringer she has to send her to another realm. there she meets the inncercirlce. her memories of her family...
