Rowan would have never joined Maeve’s cadre
No, he was too happy to do that
He and Lyria lived in a small house in Doranelle
With a big garden full of flowers
Together with their son Edan
Who had Rowan’s magic and incredible fighting skills
So it wasn’t much of a surprise when Maeve asked him to work for her
When Aelin came to Wendlyn
He was the one assigned to train her
She was broken and empty, but Edan wasn’t
He was patient with her and encouraged her
Made her know how powerful she could be
It took her time, but Aelin believed him
She started to trust him with her life
They became friends and she could always rely on him
Because there was something about him that make her feel like home
it was so similar, so calming…
And somehow not quite right. She couldn’t figure it out at first
But then it came Edan’s birthday and his parent’s visited him.
One look was everything she needed to find out
She had liked Dorian, loved Chaol. She had been in love with Sam
But never had she felt something like this
It was like a thread, pulling her towards the silver haired male in front of her.
The sound of his laugh was the most beautiful sound she had ever heard
For a moment, Aelin could think of something that wasn’t Nehemia or her parent’s
For a second she let herself hope that nothing was over
And then Enda introduced him
And when he looked at her, shock filled his eyes
He looked her up, too surprised to say anything
Then his perfect features without a trace of a tattoo relaxed and he just shook his head
It didn’t matter who she was
Aelin hadn’t been born to be happy
Everyone who got close to her got hurt
So even when she felt that bond between them break
even when her heart did the same
leaving an emptiness even greater than before
She couldn’t blame her mate for rejecting her before he ever had the chance to get to know her
Rowan had a happy life. A wife and a son he loved with his whole heart.
And Aelin couldn’t give him anything else than death, ruin, ash and her messed up heart.
