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  Part One: Heir of Ash  Celeana is in Varese, the capital of Wendlyn. She was sent by the King but she has her own agenda.  Honestly, for me, the events that happen before she meets Rowan is not important. Until she meets him, it's just filler. I love them together and I love the slow burn of their relationship. He trains her in magic so she can prove herself in order to meet Maeve and gain information.  SPOILER ALERT: she does, Rowan is freed from the blood oath to Maeve.  Back in Rifthold, the King discovers Chaol's involvement with the rebels. The king tries to kill Chaol, causing Dorian to use his magic. Sorscha, a rebel, is killed. Aedion is captured, in attempt to get Aelin to return. Dorian is enslaved by his father with a Valg.  Aelin returns to the capital.  What a crazy ride. 

  Celeana has become the king's champion. She is the king's personal assassin, taking out his enemies. Then she is tasked with taking down rebels to the crown. Her first target is someone she knows: Archer Finn. The king thinks she is actually killing her targets, but she is giving the option to fake their deaths and flee. So far everyone has agreed and it worked because she was away with Rifthold. But now her targets are in the city.  Numbers in Calaculla, the sister labor camp to Endovier, are swelling. Nehemia wants to help them but the king refuses to see her.  Lord Roland visits the capital.  Something mysterious roams the castle and Celeana runs into it in the library.  She visits the tomb again and meets Mort, a bronze door knocker who can talk. Elena isn't in the tomb. Mort explains that she is weak from the events during the last test. And has a message for her. It's not over. Cain was just the beginning, there is a deadlier power. Elena tasks her to fi...