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A Court of Mist and Fury Chapter 28
Feyre and Rhysand escort her sisters to a nearby village to post a letter, then return to Velaris. Once home, Rhysand pulls Feyre into his memories to share what happened during the interrogation. Feyre witnesses Azriel break the Attor in the Court of Nightmares and learns that the King of Hybern sent it after her. Feyre also glimpses Hybern’s forces massed along the shore in preparation for a full-scale invasion.
The memory reveals another troubling development. Tamlin has locked down the Spring Court’s borders, leaving Azriel without any sources inside. In response, Feyre writes a brief letter to Tamlin, making it clear that she left by choice and has no intention of coming back.
Rhysand then lays out the plan. Azriel will infiltrate the mortal queens’ courts to locate the queens’ half of the Book of Breathings, while Rhysand and Feyre will head to the Summer Court for the other half. Rather than rest, Feyre asks Rhysand to show her the city, and he agrees to take the entire Inner Circle out that evening.
Just before the group leaves for dinner, Amren stops by Feyre’s room to tell her that the amulet Amren lent her carried no magic. Amren had simply given Feyre something to believe in. Feyre is annoyed, but Amren remains unbothered as she walks out.
A Court of Mist and Fury Chapter 29
The group spends the evening wandering through Velaris before settling into a small riverside restaurant for dinner. During the meal, the owner mentions that spice prices might go up because of rumors about Hybern, and Rhysand reassures her that he’ll sort it out. Amren accepts a cup of blood and drinks it without ceremony.
After dinner, Mor wants to go dancing. Azriel agrees, and Cassian tags along, though he insists he’s only coming for the drinks. Rhysand skips the outing and walks Feyre back along the river instead.
On the way, Rhysand tells Feyre the history of Velaris and explains why the city has remained hidden from the rest of Prythian for so long. When they cross to the other side of the river, Feyre hears street musicians playing the same melody that had drifted into her cell during her captivity Under the Mountain. She realizes Rhysand was the one who sent the music to keep her from breaking, and she thanks him. He flies her the rest of the way home.
Later, Rhysand slips a flirtatious note into the book Feyre is reading, and the two trade increasingly suggestive messages back and forth through a piece of paper that travels between their rooms. Feyre ends the exchange and tosses the letter into the fire. She falls asleep dreaming about the Attor but sleeps through the night.
A Court of Mist and Fury Chapter 30
Feyre spends the afternoon training with Cassian on the rooftop of the House of Wind. He corrects her punching form and pushes her through an hour of drills that expose how badly she struggles with her left side.
During a water break, Cassian asks about the letter Feyre sent to Tamlin. Feyre deflects with a comment about his feelings for Mor, and he backs off, apologizes, and admits that he was only checking on her.
Once Feyre and Cassian return to sparring, Feyre’s emotions catch up with her. She thinks about everything she sacrificed for Tamlin, how he shut her away after he regained his power, and how little he gave in return. She breaks down mid-session, and her fire magic burns through the sparring pads.
Feyre says out loud for the first time that she killed people Under the Mountain and believes she should’ve died instead. Rhysand steps in, wraps his wings around her for privacy, and tells her the guilt won’t go away but that she can learn to live with it instead of letting it destroy her. He opens up about losing his mother and sister and admits that he still has nightmares about Feyre’s death.
Rhysand then tries to help Feyre summon darkness. When she can’t do it, he conjures the darkness himself, and she finds it calming. He tells her they’ll keep working on it. Feyre then asks Cassian to fly her home.
A Court of Mist and Fury Chapter 31
Feyre is sparring with Cassian on the rooftop of the House of Wind while Amren lounges nearby. Mor arrives, and soon after, Rhysand shows up to deliver news from the Summer Court. He tells the group that he, Feyre, and Amren will be traveling there the following day.
Cassian immediately objects, worried the trip could be a trap and wanting to come along. Rhysand reminds Cassian that the Summer Court banned him after he destroyed a building there, and Rhysand also needs him available for work in the human realm. To get Amren on board, Rhysand casually mentions that the court holds plenty of uncatalogued treasure. Amren agrees without hesitation.
The group learns that Feyre’s actual job during the visit is to find and steal the Book of Breathings. Rhysand also points out that the Summer Court’s young High Lord owes him a favor from their shared time Under the Mountain, which should make the visit easier to navigate.
After the meeting wraps up, Feyre follows Rhysand into the hallway, and they fall into easy, playful banter. Rhysand gets the last word with a pointed comment about her sharp tongue before slipping away into shadow.
A Court of Mist and Fury Chapter 32
Feyre, Rhys, and Amren head to Adriata, the Summer Court’s capital city, where Feyre is Feyre, Rhys, and Amren head to Adriata, the Summer Court’s capital city, where Feyre is supposed to pass herself off as “Rhys’s newest pet” while secretly hunting for the first half of the Book of Breathings.
When Feyre, Rhys, and Amren arrive, Tarquin, the High Lord of Summer, meets them along with his cousin Cresseida, her brother Varian, and several advisers. Tarquin brings the visitors inside for a meal, during which Rhysand tells him that war with Hybern is no longer on the horizon but already arriving. Tarquin confirms that the Summer Court has no intention of being enslaved again and will fight.
The mood sours when Cresseida points out that Fae law technically still binds Feyre to Tamlin as his intended and that the Summer Court could be obligated to return Feyre to him if he asked. Feyre firmly shuts that down. Tarquin reminds Cresseida that Feyre and Rhysand once saved their lives, and he invites the group to a party on his barge that evening and gives them free run of the city.
Rhysand then makes it clear that anyone who tries to hand Feyre back to Tamlin would die.
A Court of Mist and Fury Chapter 33
Rhysand slips into Feyre’s room to brief her on the mission. He admits that he actually likes Tarquin and Cresseida, which makes things more complicated, and tells Feyre that she needs to get the book without burning bridges or getting caught. The two of them have a charged, tense exchange, and somewhere in the middle of it, Feyre accidentally uses water magic and then very deliberately turns the magic on Rhys.
Before Rhysand goes, Feyre tells him she’d go back to Tamlin if that’s what it took to stop a war, and Rhysand leaves her with the thought that love can turn into something dangerous.
That evening, Feyre uses dinner on Tarquin’s barge to steer the conversation toward the Summer Court’s treasury, and by the end of the evening, Tarquin has agreed to show her the collection the following day. Feyre and Tarquin also end up in a candid conversation about class inequality in Prythian, and Feyre finds herself genuinely liking him, which makes the plan to rob him feel even worse.
Meanwhile, Rhysand spends most of the night openly flirting with Cresseida, and Feyre is caught off guard by how much Rhys’s behavior bothers her. She slips away to spend the rest of the evening alone at the stern of the barge. When the boat finally docks, both Rhysand and Cresseida have vanished.
A Court of Mist and Fury Chapter 34
Feyre spends the night reminding herself that she and Rhysand are nothing more than allies. In the morning, she skips breakfast to avoid facing whatever the previous night meant for him and Cresseida.
Nuala dresses Feyre in seafoam green before Feyre heads down to meet Tarquin. When Rhysand arrives with the group, Feyre ignores him and turns her attention to Tarquin instead.
Tarquin walks Feyre through the treasure vaults beneath the palace. Feyre searches every room for the Book of Breathings but finds nothing. He gives her a necklace of black diamonds and asks her to serve as an informal go-between for his court and Rhysand’s. Feyre turns him down gently, saying that she has no authority to make that kind of promise, though she’s relieved when Tarquin agrees not to mention her visit to the Spring Court.
Back in her room, Feyre finds Rhysand on her bed. She accuses him of sleeping with Cresseida to extract information. He denies it, then admits that what truly unsettled him was watching Feyre smile openly at Tarquin in a way she never has with him. He says he envies how uncomplicated Tarquin’s life seems compared to his own.
The tension breaks. Feyre pours herself and Rhysand a drink, and they toast to people who spend their lives wanting something more.
A Court of Mist and Fury Chapter 35
Feyre spends two days in Adriata as a bored tourist, secretly searching for any trace of the Book while Rhysand and Amren keep Tarquin’s court occupied with meetings.
On her third evening, Feyre spots a small stone building near the tidal causeway that surfaces only at low tide. Since she can’t confirm from a distance whether the Book is inside, she comes up with a way to find out during dinner.
Seated across from Tarquin, Cresseida, and Varian, Feyre casually mentions wanting to visit the little building. Tarquin’s expression flickers, and that tells her enough. She then uses her daemati abilities to slip past his mental defenses, working with his mind to avoid triggering his shields, and plants thoughts that reframe her as a trusted friend.
By the time Feyre pulls back, Tarquin is offering to take her to the mainland the next day instead, a suggestion that distracts him from any suspicion about the temple.
Later, Rhysand and Amren come to Feyre’s room. Rhysand praises Feyre’s technique, but Feyre is unsettled by what she did, knowing Tarquin would never forgive her if he learned the truth.
Feyre, Rhys, and Amren settle on a plan. The following night, Rhysand will fly above the causeway to keep watch and conceal Feyre and Amren while the two of them go in on foot. Before any of that, though, Rhys, Feyre, and Amren all head out to map the guard patterns they’ll need to work around.