Summary

Part Four is titled Ataraxia. In Chapter 4, Nesta regains consciousness and discovers she is in the midst of a group of males. She is barefoot and wearing only her gown. She knows she must get out of this area before the other males wake. A male wakes and stands. Nesta realizes he sees a dagger sticking in a tree. She knows weapons are forbidden in the Blood Rite and is torn of whether to try to get the dagger or run away while the male goes for it. Feyre, Rhysand, Amren, Azriel, and Cassian are together in Windhaven. Cassian wants to retrieve Nesta but Rhysand makes him face the law: “Anyone who pulls a warrior from the Blood Rite will be hunted down and executed. Along with the warrior who is dishonorable removed from the Rite” (654). Rhysand says everyone has to obey that...