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I'M SORRY MR AND MRS HERONDALE BUT YOU TWO LOOK FINE AS HELL IF YOU DON'T MIND ME SAYING IT

Wren is not going to go down with a fight no matter how highly you think of Jude. She made a more powerful choice when she chose to our Oak under the Bridle. She isn’t swayed by love or anything except the desperation to survive.

Unlike Jude, Wren’s morals are gone. She’s too fearful of kindness as she believes it’ll be taken from her just as quick as it’s given. So she intends to make herself worse than imaginable to hide herself. We know this because during the end of TSH, even as people are cheering, she still isn’t fully happy.

Jude may be driven to save her brother and has power as the high queen but Wren has all the opposing power to the high kingdom. (she literally took apart lady nore with her words commanding.)

Not only the fact that Wren has more power is all however. Wren has a group of people who will follow her willingly. Those who were transformed back by her genuinely look up to her as a savior whereas in Jurdan’s kingdom, rumors and the way they only like Jude due to the fact she saved Cardan isn’t going to cut it. I’m willing to bet, Wren is going to have so many spies who’ll report back to her for the sake of betraying Jude. She’s high queen but another queen who is actually of the folk is going to seem more appealing.

James: I‘m not trying to seduce you…

He is legit like a small kid who hates when his parents (Poppy and Casteel) fight.

"Please don’t fight atop the horse,” Delano called out. “None of us wish to watch Setti trample either of you.”

Delano pushed off the wall. “Please, no stabbing. All of that makes me anxious.”

"Please don’t stab him in this tunnel,” Delano called out.

"Better than them fighting,” Delano remarked.

The first chapter of the next book:

“I was a mother to her. She has no memory of it as she was just a tiny babe then, perfect and lovely in every way. I slept and woke with her beside me everyday until I new I could no longer take that risk.”

Now this has me thinking: what were these wagers? Did they sit around a table and just went like

"Oh, they will definitely fuck."

"nah, they won't."

"it would end in bloodshed."

"there will be knives thrown."

"there will be knives alright, but you know brother has a kink."

Okay, this definitely happened. Unless Ms. Maniscalco herself tells me it didn't, it happened. 😌