The Truth of the Past.
When they break the kiss Manon looked deeply in Elide's eyes, they were lost in the moment until they heard a sound of someone coughing that break their thoughts.
Aelin stared at Manon with a little smile on her face like it was saying "I knew it" but when her eyes meet Elide's tears of relive and sadness started showing up.
"It's been a long time Elide" Elide let go of Manon that moment, and start walking weakly to the queen." I've been waiting a long time to tell your mothers final message to you" Aelin started crying remembering the nightmare that was that day. "Marion asked me to tell that she loved you very much, that you were her joy, her greatest gift" Aelin reached to Elide's hand both young woman looking at each other with eyes full of tears. " I'm so sorry, Marion is dead because of me, because she decided to stay behind, I'm so sorry, I loved Marion she was one of the few people that i loved when I was a child, she was one of the best person that i ever met and I'm sorry that you lost her." Aelin looked at the ground as if she was trying desperately to know what to say next, how to apologize for the death of a innocent woman.
"Don't apologize" Elide said quietly and soft, the eyes of Aelin slowly coming back to her own, Elide waited to Aelin look to eyes to continue. " You lost her too. You DIDN'T kill my mother, she protected you for harm of soldiers send to kill you, she protected a child that has nothing to do with it. You DON'T own me a apology, you don't own my mother any apology either because you did nothing, the king send those man to kill you and she did what it was right. I think that even then, even knowing what was going to happen she knew what were going to come, that you a Princess of a fallen nation, that you one day would come to us to set us free. She had hope because she loved you too because the knew you, so don't apologize for something that it's not you fault." They hug, and for both of them if felt light a heavy weight was lifted from her back's.
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Lorcan was looking at the scene incredulous, not by the knife on his neck, but from the truth that the conversation that happen right in front of him told. Marion- No Elide lied to him since the beginning not ever her NAME has true.
"So you lied to me about everything?" Lorcan asked when both woman break the embrace. " Not even your name was true, you took you mother's name to fool me for fun." Lorcan growled but didn't move because he was reminded by Rowan who press the knife on his throat to hold him back. Manon simply raised an eyebrow and looked at Elide with a pride smile, happy that her witchling knew who to take care of herself even with a bad leg.
"I didn't lie to you about everything. All that was important that you to know i said. Yes I was a prisioner of Morath, yes the person who saved me is the same one who rides Abraxos that you shouldn't mess with, because like a said she might kill you" she said poiting to Manon but never breaking eye contact to Lorcan, she might don't like him very much but he DID saved her life, Manon who again didn't say anything just smile smugly at Elide's words. "Yes, i've been running since Manon and I separated, but no i didn't lie to you for fun, i lied to you for survival to protect myself."
"I told you i would protect you, If you told me what I needed to know." Lorcan said.
"Would you stay by my side if I said all that you wanted to know?" Elide asked taking a step forward. "you would't kill me? or leave me to die? or worst deliver me to Vernon again?"
Lorcan looked at the ground trying to find to right thing to say to defend himself.
"Can you please let him go? He DID saved my life a few times" Elide asked Aelin softly who just nod her head to Rowan to let Lorcan go. "I'm sorry that this hole thing happen that make lie, but i'm not sorry for taking care of myself".