2 Weeks had passed now, and Aedion, Rowan, Wesley and Lorcan were no closer to formulating a plan to rescue Aelin for Endovier. They were meeting up everyday talking about potential plans but everything they came up with had pit falls, they would sit and pick each other's plans to pieces until someone got frustrated usually it was Rowan.

Every couple of days Nomad would show up with more information on Endovier but nothing on Aelin or on Arobynn and it was starting to drive them all a little stir crazy.

"I wonder if Aelin is having any luck her end." Rowan said rubbing his eyes before running his hand through his silver hair.

"She's more than likely found a routine to the guards by now and gotten some of the layout of the work corridors." Wesley replied with a sigh.

Rowan shuddered as he thought about his girlfriend locked away in that place. The only recon they had done was going up to the old hospital to have a look around, it wasn't far from Endovier and because the prison was a place that was so feared they hadn't run into any security on their way to or from the hospital.

Once they had got up there Lysandra had freaked out with it being so late at night and the ghost stories that she had found after she and Manon had done some research into the old hospital. After walking around the place for well over an hour and with dying touches they all left, exhausted and completely lost for ideas. The hospital showed no signs of any sort of entrance to underground tunnels, so they went home empty handed.

Wesley was right, even though Aelin had lost count several times she had now found a pattern to the rations and work rotas, well hers anyway, she was kept away from other prisoners which was understandable given whom she was, and she had also worked out which guards were easily imdimitated and the ones who she could antagonise.

Even though she had last an awful amount of weight in the short time she had been in Endovier, she was still strong enough to take the daily beatings which were dished out to her, which also gave her the perfect opportunity to find out the guards fighting styles, without having to do much.

Her healing wounds from the fight with Cain had been reopened several times, but Arobynn must have given orders not to do too much damage to her ribs as her sides were the only things that were practically left untouched.

The nights were getting colder meaning the winter was on its and Aelin knew she had to get out before then, she would never survive a winter here at Endovier even if the guards treated her better she wouldn't survive, the mortality rates always went up in the winter.

So far she had managed to keep somewhat sane, and her mind often drifted back to the days with her friends, shopping with Lysandra and Manon, cuddled up on the sofa with a movie and pizza with Rowan, even the occasional night out on the town with the whole group.

A particular night came into her mind, they were all out together. Aedion had called it family night and they went to the local bar, it was a karaoke night and everyone had been up at least once, apart from Lysandra and Manon who seemed to live on the stage once they have had a few drinks and Aelin who hadn't gotten up once.

"You need to pick a song; you're the only one left who hasn't got up. Even Wesley has sung." Lysandra moaned tossing the song book towards Aelin sending drinks flying.

"I don't think you can really call shouting down the microphone to Bring Me the Horizons' Throne singing." Rowan laughed as Wesley's face turned bright red.

"Yeah as much as I love you and that song, you butchered it." Aelin giggled as Wesley's face grew even redder.

"Alright then Missy, let's see how you fair with this." Wesley gave her a smug grin before snatching the book and the cards, writing down Aelin's name and choice of song.

"Even if you submit it, there is no way I'm getting up on that stage. You guys can make fools of yourselves but I have much more dignity then that." Aelin smirked and crossed her arms as if she had won the battle and the war but Wesley ignored her and walked up to the DJ booth handing over the card.

Once he was seated he just smiled at her which to Aelin's horror unnerved her.

"What song have you put down?" She quizzed rushing to her feet sending the chair backwards,

"A song that you won't refuse to sing." Wesley's smile grew bigger

Then the annocement was made,

"Next we have Aelin who has chosen I Just Wanna Run by The Downtown Fiction. Give it up for Aelin." The DJ cheered causing the whole bar to cheer along with her.

Aelin gave Wesley a deathly glare, before shaking her head.

"Still not going up there." She said stubbornly.

Before anyone could push her any further she went to leave, but Rowan had other ideas. He grabbed her around the waist and carried her to the stage kicking and demanding to be let go. He stood at the bottom of the stage and every time she tried to leave he would stop her.

"Fine I'll sing the stupid song." She sighed and grabbed the microphone from its resting place.

Aelin smiled at the memory as it faded away into the back of her mind. Once she had been up once, she couldn't get enough and she even ended up singing with Lysandra and Manon. The memory gave her a new resolve that she would escape this place and she would return to her somewhat semi normal life with her new family.

However a darker thought crossed her mind, no matter how much she tried to think of the happiness that would come from hanging around with Rowan and Aedion and the others, Arobynn would always be there to put a stop to it, which meant that she would have to put a stop to him.

She shook her head violently to shake those thoughts from her mind, no she had changed she wasn't that person anymore, but the thought stayed there at the forefront of her mind, going around and around. Arobynn must be stopped before you can be happy.

With that thought Aelin led down on the straw mattress and with that same dark thought swirling around in her mind lulling her into a dark dream filled sleep.