I just read this part in Kingdom of Ash and now I am not ok (massive spoiler, don’t read if you haven’t read the book yet)

I can’t believe SJM had the >!Thirteen and their wyverns sacrifice themeselves to destroy the witch tower!< at the battle of Orynth in Terrasen like the absolute >! b*tches that they were!! I can‘t believe she even took Asterin from us!!< 😭 And they all went out like absolute heroes, but her especially.

This is honestly, without the shadow of a doubt, one of the worst heartbreak I’ve ever experienced with a book, because I loved >!the Thirteen so much from the first time they appeared in the series.!< I have to take a breather and get back to my reading in a little bit.

Of course they would be willing to >!go out like this to save everyone in Orynth from being blasted into ashes!< and to give Manon a chance to bring all the witches home to The Wastes if they survive the war. >!They all Yielded.!< 😭

>!How is Manon gonna overcome this?!!< This is too massive of a loss >!for her and the witches as a whole.!< There will never be a most skilled, lethal, loyal and fierce >!unit of warriors in this story moving as one like them.!< I honestly feel like I experienced a personal loss, especially because >!the witches are some of my favorites characters in these books, I need to go touch some grass.!< 😩🥲

And to really shatter my heart some more I just remembered that >!, Asterin’s wyvern, was mated to Abraxos: double heartache. 😓!<