Chapter 37

Summary

• Feyre is suffering and in pain after her trial, with a badly broken arm that no one has come to heal.
• She worries about infection due to the wound's continuous bleeding and can't eat the rotten food provided, adding to her misery.
• Feyre experiences a high fever that she tries to convince herself is not an infection.
• Rhysand, a male figure with violet eyes, appears in her cell, mocking and offering help to Feyre.
• Feyre is distrustful and rejects Rhysand's initial offers of help, despite her dire condition.
• Rhysand reveals he has a financial interest in Feyre and proposes a deal to heal her in exchange for her spending two weeks every month with him at the Night Court.
• Despite her reluctance, Feyre knows she's dying and seriously considers Rhysand’s offer.
• Rhysand tells Feyre that Lucien has been punished and might not come to help her, adding pressure to accept his deal.
• After Rhysand inflicts more pain on her by twisting the bone in her arm, Feyre reluctantly agrees to make a deal with him.
• Rhysand and Feyre bargain the terms, eventually settling on one week per month.
• Rhysand heals Feyre's arm in a painful process, and she wakes up to find herself with a fever gone and her cleanliness restored.
• Feyre discovers a permanent tattoo marking the bargain on her arm, representing her deal with Rhysand.
• Rhysand reveals that his actions were not entirely altruistic but also aimed to hurt Tamlin.
• Rhysand leaves Feyre to rest, transforming into a shadow and disappearing.