You and Oro had been paired together—by him—for the Centennial. Since you were the ruler of Wildling, he needed your help finding the heart of Lightlark. And that’s what you did—you had spent countless hours searching for the heart. And you finally found it.

In a place—and time—where light met dark, you finally found the heart. How you figured that out, neither of you knew. But the fact was that you had it and Cleo didn’t. That’s the important part.. right?

You had found the tree, the heart.

“Go ahead, Wilding. Get our heart,” he said, smiling.

You grinned back at him.

You grabbed the heart, felt the power from it start to pour into your body—

And felt it all rip away as an arrow plunged through your chest.

You choked, falling to your knees. Your chin dipped, and your eyes settled on the long tip of an arrow, sticking right through your heart.

A perfect hit.