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The Night Court · A Wound Never Healed

Rhysand's Sister

“Her wings were kept as trophies. Her brother never forgot.”

Rhysand's Sister

The sister Rhysand lost.

Rhysand's younger sister, murdered alongside their mother — her wings taken as trophies. The grief beneath his every mask.

At a glance

The sister he could not save.

BrotherRhysand
Died withher mother
Killed byTamlin's father and brothers
Her wingskept as trophies
Legacythe wound beneath Rhysand's masks

The grief he carries

Why the High Lord wears a mask.

Rhysand's young sister was murdered alongside their mother in retribution against the Night Court — and her wings were kept as trophies. The horror of it is one of the defining wounds of his life: fuel for the cold mask he wears before the world, and for the lengths he will go to so that no one he loves is ever taken from him again.

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The brother who never stopped grieving her.

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