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Now I had to go now--quickly I took a step away from the outlook

My sister narrowed her brows at ?"

"I’ll be back soon," was all I said I didn’t dare wonder how much of our army would be left when I did

By the time I strode away, Nesta had already faced the battle onceher unending vigil of the general battling on the valley floor below

I had to track the Suriel

And even though Elain could not see the Hybern host … It orth a try

Her tent was dihter far away, drea

"I need you to find so water everywhere as I laid a entle as I should have been, but she at least sat up at my tone Blinked at the map of Prythian

"It’s called the Suriel--it’s one of many who bear that name But … but it looks like this," I said, and reached for her hand to show her I hesitated "May I show it to you?"

My sister’s brown eyes were glazed

"Plant the ie in your mind," I clarified "So you knohere to look"

"I don’t kno to look," Elain mumbled

"You can try" I should have asked Amren to train her, too

But Elain studied me, the map, then nodded

She had no ates to her mind … Solid iron, covered in vines of flowers--or it would have been The blossoles of leaves and thorns

I took a step beyond thee of the Suriel there, trying to infuse it with safety--the truth that it looked terrifying, but had not harmed me

Still, Elain shuddered when I pulled out "Why?"

"It has answers I need Iht not have ht that entire Hybern host once I located it

Elain again glanced at the map At me Then closed her eyes

Her eyes shifted beneath her lids, the skin so delicate and colorless that the blue veins beneath were like sh the world like … like the breath of the western wind"

"Where is it headed?"

Her finger lifted, hovering over the map, the courts

Slowly, she set it down

"There," she breathed "It is going there Now"

I looked at where she had laid her finger and felt the blood rush from my face

The Middle

The Suriel was headed to that ancient forest in the Middle Just south--miles, perhaps …