Hanging Tree
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"But one doesn't have to be a confidant of the High Lord to know no war is as easily won as the one against Hybern. Quietness after bloodshed is never a good sign, general Cassian."
Time is fleeting for those who do not live forever. Never enough to achieve fulfilment, never enough to overcome regrets.
For those blessed with forever, endless time is the biggest of burdens. Time cannot swallow secrets, nor can it erase them.
On the night of the Winter Solstice, three decades after the war against Hybern has been won, a female Illyrian crawls her way from the mountains, holding a shadow of the High Lord's blurry past.
Fighting a ghost whose power is unknown, the Inner Circle crumples from within and new alliances must be formed before death takes its newest victims.
Disclaimer: I do not own the ACOTAR series or the characters and places therein. I take credit only for this story and my original characters. This story does not follow the events of canon nor the characters' descriptions.
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