Wild Reverence

Matilda visits the mortal realm for the first time in 13 years with Enva, goddess of music. Matilda must deliver Enva to Dacre as a bride: Dacre heard of the power of Enva’s music and wanted to marry her, a break with tradition, as no Underlings and Skywards had ever wed.

Enva initially refused, so Dacre unleashed his hounds and eithral in the mortal realm, breaking the decade of peace since Adria’s ascension to godhood. This angered Enva, who agreed to the marriage on four conditions: Dacre must stop terrorizing mortals, he must forgive the Skywards’ purchase of eithral scales and stop trying to recover them, Enva must be free to play the harp whenever she wants, and Matilda must escort Enva to the Underling realm. Matilda escorts her, wearing Thile’s cloak of invisibility, which he’s given to her.

Matilda blindfolds Enva before they reach the Underling door, then guides her to Dacre’s court. When they arrive, Dacre removes the blindfold, and Matilda faces her former clan. Matilda thinks she hears Bade warning her to run, but she imagines it’s a memory. Dacre invites Matilda to stay for the wedding festivities, and Matilda agrees. She sees Alva and Phelyra, and she’s filled with such rage at Phelyra that she fantasizes about killing her.