A Throne Of Glass Roses

Unexpected Visitor

Prythian
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Feyre looked around the house of wind. Marvelling at how her whole court had survived the war. Rhysand sat behind her watching his mate, before roughly pulling her down and onto himself.
"I can't believe you convinced the High Lords to grant me life again."
He said through the mating bond.
"Oh that was easy." Feyre smirked. "All it took was a little seductive persuasion."
Rhysand's heart stopped for a minute before he realised she was joking.
"Cruel Feyre darling" he snarled but she recognised no threat as she kissed him on the cheek.

Across the hall Nesta and Elain sat eating breakfast, Cassian was pestering Nesta about how she should be training with him and not Amren.
"Come on Nesta, you can't rely on what ever power you were given from the cauldron to fight. Let me teach you how to defend yourself."
"No. I think I much prefer Amren 's company."

"She might be but she won't help you if your ever taken by someone will she?"
Amren gave Cassian a warning glare that made him flinch but he held firm. "Well maybe she would but that is still not the point I am trying to make."
Feyre could see the point he was trying to make and stepped in to help both out. "Nesta, Cassian trained me and is a good teacher. You will learn what you need to defend yourself." She turned to Cassian, "and you will get a chance to train my sister but not until she is ready, I won't force her out of Amren's teaching into yours if there is still more that she can learn."
"Spoken like a true high lady." Rhysand said standing from his chair.
"Its a pity that behind the doors she doesn't act like one." He replied through the mating bond so that on one else could hear.

"I'm going to find Az" Cassian said in a huff before walking outside and flying off. No one actually knew where the shadowsinger had gone off too. Elain didn't have him in the garden and Mor wasn't with him.

It took Cassian over an hour to find Azriel, he was outside the city looking out towards something that Cassian couldn't see.
"Do I want to ask what your looking for?" Asked Cassian.
"Something is out there. Strange and small as it is but it was not there a moment ago."
"Well you have a look at what it is. I will report back to Rhysand and no doubt find you again."
Cassian's wings boomed as he flew into the air and Azriel winnowed into the forest.

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Elide woke to complete darkness. The forest she now observed was different, smelt different. The clearing was now empty and the thirteen witches and wyverns were gone. The fire had disappeared like it had never been lit in the first place.
The cold had struck at Elide when she drew her first breathe. It had now crept into her ankle causing her great discomfort.
"Manon?" She asked into the night. "Asterin? Sorrel? Is there anyone around."
Crickets chirping was her only response.
"Abraxos?" She said with a louder tone. "Manon, where are you?"
The cold invaded her ankle, she needed to move and get out of the cold fast. But which way to go. The stars were none familiar and the northern star was nowhere to be found. "How do I find Terrasan if there is no northern star?"
"Who is Terrasan?" Asked someone stepping out of the shadows.

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Cassian landed on the porch of the house of wind.
"Where is Rhys? He said barging in and talking to no one in particular.
"Where are you manners?" Retorted Nesta, unaware of the current situation.
"This is serious Nesta, where is he?"
"He and Feyre just ran upstairs something about a shower, I don't know I stopped listening."
Cassian ran upstairs and didn't bother knocking as he ran through the door and into Rhys' bedroom.
"Rhys quick, Az is hunting something in the forest and he does not know what it is. He said it just appeared out of nowhere."
Cassian stood there waiting for a reply. Completely ignorant of Feyre standing behind him.
" That's a cool story Cass." She said startling him.
"Quickly," he said scooping her into one arm and running out of the house. Feyre could only hold on as he jumped out the window and flared his wings to fly upwards.
"Cassian, start explaining what the hell is going on?"
"Azriel found something in the woods that sparked his interest. Said it was too important and too strange not to investigate. Now I'm returning to help him look but I needed Rhys to help because of the vastness we need to cover."
"Well where is he and why didn't you atleast wait until I got a jumper. It's freezing through here."
Cassian flew over Azriel hiding in a tree carefully looking for something that no one could see.
He landed in the grass and let Feyre go to explore around her.
Azriel winnowed beside them.
"I feel it close, it's not a threat but it feels strange. My shadows are saying that it is female and she is scared. Very tiny and walks with a limp. I'm unsure if I should approach or not, I think your talking skills might be our best weapon here high lady."
"How far away. ." Feyre was cut off from what schedule was going to say as a scream shuddered the woods. Cassian was instantly in the air and Azriel had already winnowed to the sound. Feyre followed suit and found a young girl being pestered be five men. Wearing Hybern armor of all things. Cassian hit the ground with a great thud getting all their attention. Azriel stepped out of the shadows beside them, truth-teller in hand before stepping forward and stabbing the first soldier in the chest. He crumpled to the ground before Azriel could draw his first blade and decapitate the next soldier. The other three had weapons drawn at Az but seemingly forgot about Cassian charging them. Cass' blade went straight through the chest of a soldier and his fist found the jaw of another sending him to the ground. Azriel's sword severed the arm off of the last soldier while Cassian jumped forward and beheaded the one on the ground. Feyre approached the crippled soldier
"What are you doing here, you lost the war. It is over, we won."
The soldier laughed, "you may have defeated the king, but to every king there is a queen, and this queen will wipe the floor with a null of you."
Feyre turned around and gave Azriel the signal to finish him now. A quick dagger found its way under the soldiers chin and Azriel threw him to the ground.
"Where is she?" Feyre said looking for the young girl. In all the commotion she had run off tried to get away.
"I will get her." Said Azriel as he winnowed away.