A Court of Snow and Shadow

CH 1

During ACOWAR

I was watching the soldiers practicing. With a new war coming, they had to be prepared well. If they weren't then our low chances of winning would slim down even more.

Amarantha was trained by Hybern. If she was the trailer then how bad would the movie be? I shuddered at that thought.

No. not again. This time we would win. We wouldn't let Prythian suffer again. Not like the children who were killed by Amarantha suffered.

That memory still gave me nightmares... of how their cold bodies lay, on top of the soft bed of snow, utterly motionless.

I wouldn't let that happen again. Not even if it took all of me to stop it.

Hybern had hundreds and hundreds of soldiers. Not forgetting to mention the attors or the cauldron. If the seven courts have to defeat him, we'd have to give more than we have ever given before.

That is if all seven courts worked together. That is the reason my brother and sister-in-law went to the dawn court for a meeting with the high lords. To talk about joining forces.

Rhysand and the night court have asked for this meeting to be held. They are one of our allies so surely they will agree. Helion, Thesan and Tarquin would probably agree as well. But the problem is with Beron and Tamlin. Beron is a jerk with sons who are jerks and Tamlin is also a jerk but he has girlfriend issues. But they probably wouldn't let Prythian be in the hands of Hybern just because they're jerks....yea, they wouldn't. They wouldn't.

Being alone with my thoughts was too dangerous. So I started going through different sets of positions with my sword.

As the second-in-command to my brother, I was given many responsibilities and privileges. Like leading a whole unit of spies. I was the first woman to ever command a unit in the history of the winter court. With many men feeling troubled by my brother's decisions, I decided to show them why my brother chose me.

Obviously being the high lord's daughter also came with its advantages. I was equal to Killias in terms of our powers. No, I actually have one more power than he has, I can go invisible for short intervals of time. Almost as if I was blending into the shadows. The only reason why he was high lord and not me was that he's older by a few decades and.....because 'there is no high lady'. It's all bullshit. Hopefully one day I'll be able to stop this misogynistic crap. But we have to take it one step at a time. Don't we?

I was trained as a warrior ever since I was four. that was one of the few good things that my father did. Train the girl to be both a lady and a weapon. It's as if he wasn't sure if anyone would want my hand so he created a backup plan so that in the end I was of some use to him. If only he were alive right now to see how I was both a lady and a weapon. Modesty isn't one of my greatest traits. I'd be lying if I said that I wasn't utterly gorgeous and that I couldn't kill a man with my eyes closed. I would rather not go publicizing that around though.