Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles, #1)

by Marissa Meyer

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This is unnecessary

“Don’t fret, Miss Linh. You are doing your fellow citizens a great service by being here.” She glared at the mirror, hoping she was glaring at the jerk on the other side. “Yeah? And what’d they ever do for me?”

Dam fries

“I’m sure I’ll feel much more grateful when I find a guy who thinks complex wiring in a girl is a turn-on.”

everybody

There should be a space there

Kai’s hand slid down to her lower back.

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“You can call me Kai.” She blinked. “Excuse me?” “No more ‘Your Highness.’ I get enough of that from…everyone else. You should just call me Kai.” “No. That wouldn’t be—” “Don’t make me turn it into a royal command.”

“I hope our paths will cross again.” “Really? In that case, I guess I’ll keep following you.” She regretted the joke for half a breath before Kai laughed. A real laugh, and her chest warmed.

“Pardon me, but might I have one more brief word with Linh-mèi?” Dr. Erland flicked his wrist toward her. “By all means.” Kai turned to her, still in the doorway. “I know this sounds like very poor timing, but trust me when I say my motives are based on self-preservation.” He inhaled a sharp breath. “Would you consider being my personal guest at the ball?”

Because I am, you know.” “The prince.” “Not bragging,” he said quickly. “Just a fact.”

“Miss Linh, from your blood samples I have deduced that you are, in fact, Lunar.”

“No. Who would be opposed to that?”

“Maybe her programming was overwhelmed by Prince Kai’s uncanny hotness.”

Mine would be too -.-

“Do you think she’s seen him in the nude?” “Oh, for heaven’s sake.” Cinder yanked off her gloves and tossed them onto the table. “You’re not helping.” “I’m just making conversation.” “Well stop.”

I SHOULD NOT BE LAUGHING THIS LOUD THIS LATE AT NIGHT

“Right,” said Kai, “that’ll be no problem in a city of two and a half million people. Let me just go dig out my special Lunar detector, and I’ll get right on that.”

I love you

“No,” said Kai, allowing a cold smile. “Eventually, I’ll have an empress for that.”

I love you

“I don’t suppose she said anything about the ball? If she’s changed her mind?” “She did not mention any ball.” “Right. Well.” Gulping, he freed his hands from his pockets and rubbed his palms down the sides of his pants, realizing how hot his bottled anger had made him. “I really hope she has.”

Awwwwwwww we love it when theyre delulu

“I think you should go to the ball with me.” She clutched her fingers. His expression was too genuine, too sure. Her nerves tingled. “Stars,” she muttered. “Didn’t you already ask me that?” “I’m hoping for a more favorable answer this time. And I seem to be getting more desperate by the minute.” “How charming.” Kai’s lips twitched. “Please?” “Why?” “Why not?” “I mean, why me?” Kai hooked his thumbs on his pockets. “So if my escape hover breaks down, I’ll have someone on hand to fix it?”

“Cinder.” She couldn’t help it. She looked at him. Her defenses withered a bit upon encountering the openness in his brown eyes. His confidence had been replaced with worry. Uncertainty. “200,000 single girls,” he said. “Why not you?”

“Come to the ball with me.”

“But I need you.” “Need me?” “Yes.

“Not that I have anything against dancing. I can dance. If you want to dance.”

Pain exploded in her head. Raced down her spine.

NAUR I LEGIT JUST THREW MY KINDLE ACROSS MY BED I NEEDED THAT KISS HOW DARE YOUUUUUU INCREDIBLY RUDE OF YOU MEYER

What did I do?

NAUR POOKIE IT WASNT YOU BABYYYYYYY

our

OUR? EXCUSE ME MARY FLAPJACK? honestly im not that surprised

“I did it!”

My selfless babyyyy *sobs*

“That you prefer to rule through fear rather than justice? So sorry, Your Majesty, I’m afraid I already knew that about you.”

“Now, I don’t want to tell you how to run your business or anything,” he said, “but have you considered actually charging people for your services?”

“I don’t want to tell you how to be a prince, but shouldn’t you have some bodyguards or something?” “Bodyguards? Who would want to harm a charming guy like me?”

“Believe it or not, I seem to be having technical difficulties again.” He unhooked the portscreen from his belt and peered down. “You see, I figured it’s probably too much to hope that New Beijing’s most renowned mechanic is having trouble with her port, so I figured there must be something wrong with mine.” Screwing up his lips, he whapped the corner of his portscreen on the table, then checked the screen again with a heavy sigh. “Nope, nothing. Maybe she’s been ignoring my comms on purpose.” “Maybe she’s been busy?” “Oh, yes, you look completely overwhelmed.”

Stop- this is so cute ToT

I, you know, might have actual feelings for someone.”

My request still stands, by the way, if you change your mind.”

I AM ACTUALLY BEGGING PLEASEEEEEEEEE

But if there was one thing she knew from years as a mechanic, it was that some stains never came out.

“Well, I’m sure I could have come home faster, except someone stole my foot.”

he had plucked her away from her stepmother and stepsister and taken her into his arms. They were dancing.

“You have no idea how to dance, do you?” Cinder fixed her gaze on him, mind still reeling. “I’m a mechanic.”

Kai’s eyebrows rose higher. “Wha—?”

Priceless

“My dear, are you blushing?”

EW WTFRICK THIS KID IS YOUNG ENOUGH TO BE YOUR SON EW EW EW NASTY NASTY ICK NASTY

I cannot—I will not marry you.”

I LOVE YOU

“I do believe he was a bit smitten with you.

just a sMiDgE

“Gee, thanks, Doc. I’ll check my calendar to see when I’ll be available again.”

“That’s…fantastic. Now when I’m on the chopping block, I can at least take a few bystanders down with me.” “Exactly!”

the sArCaSM in this book is tOp NoTcH

cyborg, a teenager

*shock* *gasp* iT aLl MaKeS sEnSe NoW