Helion winnows Feyre back to the war camp and directly into Rhys’s tent. Rhys, bloodied from battle, says nothing at first and simply holds Feyre while she cries over the Suriel’s death. After washing the Suriel’s blood from her, Rhys tells Feyre that the Night Court won the battle only barely and that Cassian was gravely wounded, sending Feyre racing to the healer’s tent.

Feyre finds Mor and Azriel standing over Cassian while a healer magically seals a terrible gash running up his torso. Mor immediately demands to know where Feyre went, and Rhys explains that Feyre showed him everything through their bond: Ianthe’s ambush, the Weaver, and the Suriel’s last warning about him. While the healer works, Rhys tells Feyre that she is free to make her own choices, but asks her to leave a note or tell him next time because not knowing where she was terrified him. Feyre understands that Rhys’s reaction comes from fear for her safety, not from a desire to control her.

When Cassian wakes, the healer confirms he will recover. Rhys then turns his fear into anger, berating Cassian for ignoring orders and charging ahead until he was nearly disemboweled. Cassian argues that the line was breaking and that he acted as a soldier should, but the confrontation exposes that both males are really reacting to the possibility of losing each other after everything Hybern has already done. The fight ends not with punishment but with the raw admission that neither of them can bear to watch the other die.

Feyre leaves them to talk and finds Nesta outside with an empty bucket, clearly having lingered nearby out of concern for Cassian. Mor coldly sends Nesta away, then confronts Feyre more directly. Mor is furious not that Feyre sought useful information, but that Feyre manipulated Mor into leaving her behind and then vanished without warning in the middle of a war zone. Mor says Feyre’s deception made Rhys panic and implied that Feyre did not trust her friends to respect her wishes or help her.

Already exhausted and raw from the Suriel’s death, Feyre lashes back. The argument turns deeply personal when Feyre accuses Mor of lying to herself and everyone else by refusing to act on whatever exists between her and Azriel and by sharing a bed with Helion despite seeming unhappy afterward. Mor shuts down instantly and orders Feyre out. Feyre storms away with the fight unresolved, and Amren intercepts her moments later carrying a wrapped bundle, signaling that the next step in dealing with the Cauldron is about to begin.