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his beautiful face radiated a sense of maleness that had her struggling to remember what she’d planned to say.
A SENSE OF MALENESS the heterosexuality is terminal
beneath lowered lashes and purred, “I’m not thirteen anymore.”
I need an adult-- no you need an adult actually
bow. “I’ll have to move some appointments around, but I’d be delighted.”
Itd be so funny if he had nothing and just didnt want to sound pathetic. Two fake bitches telling each other exactlyyyyyy
During the whole exchange, all he’d really been able to think about was how much he wanted to slam Archer’s pretty face against the stone building.
Healthy
again. Even if she’d been charmed by his looks, she was going to kill Archer, he had to remind himself.
Ur gonna be so pissed
Dorian. I think you’re used to getting what you want—who you want. And just because you couldn’t get who you wanted this one time—”
Girl the ego is WILD
Celaena loosed the breath she hadn’t realized she’d been holding.
take a shot
Celaena realized. Like preparing for her dinner that evening with Archer.
audience audibly "oooooh"s
Dorian hated winter—the intolerable cold and the way his boots never seemed completely dry.
Team Dorian yet again
They had managed, at least for the afternoon, to not talk about her—and for those few hours, it had been like nothing had ever
reverse bechdel test lol
She never should have told him about her capture, never should have let him see her as vulnerable, because now he’d just worry about her and doubt her and irritate her to no
Yeah because hes a white knight incel
He stiffened as if he’d been struck, his teeth flashing. “What do you mean, tomorrow?” Again, that stupid, bright anger took over, and she gave him a slow smile. “You’re a smart boy,”
God hes such an incel
“I think ‘stunning,’ ‘beautiful,’ and ‘dazzling’ are the words you’re looking for,” she said.
Jesus christ Cel
“I’m glad to see your taste matured along with the rest of you. And with your arrogance, it seems.”
Celaena is Archer's Kale hahahahaha
“And here I was thinking you found me charming.”
You should hope NOT Cel because you were a very young teenager with a girlish crush?? Jfc
I can’t tell which is worse: training us for the bedroom, or the battlefield.” If she recalled correctly, he’d been twelve when Clarisse had discovered him
Jesus please tell me we're not going there AGAIN
And when he turned seventeen and had the Bidding Party for his virginity,
???????
“It’s going to take more than a few sultry glances to make me your willing slave, Archer. You should know better than to try the tricks of your trade on me.”
I doubt it
“Don’t you want a night off?” This was not what she’d expected. And … and this was not what she wanted, flirting aside.
????????????? Also she is saying so many fucked up things to someone who is apparenty in essence a sex slave
“But someday,” he went on, “someday, I’ll have enough money to pay off Clarisse forever—to really be free—and live on my own.”
Why is SJM so obsessed with male sex slaves??? Quite literally havent read a book of hers without this?
Wyrd damn me, I might be a whore, but I’m not a traitor!”
lot to unpack here
But what she’d seen just now—that was not strength. Chaol had known right away what sort of man Archer was. Chaol had seen through the illusion
Oh come the fuck ON lmao
“If I find out that you aren’t being discreet—if you draw too much attention to yourself or attempt to flee—I will end you. Is that clear?”
if that happens the king will kill you first bffr
It was fortunate it was a masquerade and not a normal party,
A lil wink to the camera
pouring wine for the people assembled around him, including some young women who looked a year or two shy of sixteen. Celaena’s own smile vanished as well.
so three years older than the age you hoped Archer found you 'charming', just making sure I'm keeping up with you here Celaena
Celaena asked, “Do you think you can get me into Davis’s office right now? I want to look around.” Archer smirked. “My darling, why do you think I brought you over here?”
....Well were you just waiting for her to ask you that, then? Or? Lmao Archer pls
No one noticed as they slipped through, and if they had, Archer’s hands roaming over her bodice, her arms, her shoulders, her neck, would suggest that they were going through the door for some privacy.
this is so fanfic, 11/10 no notes unironically. I'll never tire of these conveniences
“Are you telling me how to do my job?” He leaned in, brushing his lips against her neck. “I wouldn’t dream of it,” he said onto her skin. Then he turned and was gone.
now he didn't have to do all that hahahaha I love Archer for that
It was a riddle—or some strange turn of phrase: It is only with the eye that one can see rightly.
now see if this was CC we would begin hunting for some kind of VERY LITERAL eye
Celaena leaned against the desk, whipping out her handkerchief, bowing her shoulders, and starting a miserable sniffle-sob as Davis entered his study.
honestly pretty clever move
she said, dabbing at her eyes with her kerchief through the holes in her mask. “Oh, I’m sorry, I—I needed a place to be alone for a moment and they s-s-said I could come in here.”
Okay Cel I see you
Age and too much drinking had pummeled it into saggy cheeks, thinning straw-blond hair,
I need to know what blonde man hurt SJM early on in life because she has NEVER let that shit go since
How much had she been exposed to? The cut was shallow and short. But she knew the gloriella was already racing through her,
honestly last time she got poisoned she just kind of decided really hard Not To Be Poisoned so this should be managable
“Chaol,” she moaned, seeking that familiar face again. But he was already running, smashing through his office. He bellowed her name
*VERY LOUD GROAN* where the fuck is Archerrrr booooooo tomato
“Because I don’t feel like having to argue that you’re still capable of spying without getting caught.
hahahahahahahahahaha
She’d hardly known where she was going while the gloriella tore through her; all she’d known was that she had to get someplace safe. And somehow, she had wound up exactly where she knew she’d be safest.
still don't understand how the fuck Archer got SO far away from her in that small amount of time that somehow Chaol was the closer option
Celaena grabbed her torch and touched it to the wall. Instantly, the groove glowed with fire, providing a thin line of light all the way down the dark and cobwebbed stairwell.
loving the imagery of this scene
an iron door meant something. So was this supposed to keep someone out—or to keep something in?
Its to keep me from mermen
alight. And they respected him, too—always glancing at him for approval, for confirmation, for support.
I admit that would make me like kale a bit
She had never looked at him like that. Not once. Not even for a heartbeat.
DORIAAAN nooooooo poor baby
And he deserved someone who would look at him like that,
You do baby
So Dorian closed his eyes, and took another long breath. And when he opened his eyes, he let her go.
Celaena you deserve kale you really do
Rena Goldsmith was still reciting her list of the dead when the ax fell.
They absolutely hate to see a bad bitch
“I haven’t killed anyone,” she said softly.
Cel is insane to admit this to anyone
You must learn to ask the right questions before you can receive the right answers.”
Fuck off mort
Mort clicked his tongue.
Why does mort, a door knocker, have a tongue
“Oho!” cackled Mort from the hall. “Are you sure you’re not too dim to understand?”
I said fuck off mort
her mood only took a turn for the worse when she arrived at her rooms and found a note from Chaol.
Thats supposed to be my line
having Celaena in one of these moods always set him on edge, too.
Youre both insufferable omg
She was currently leaning against the pillar, arms crossed—not hiding in the shadows as he’d told her to.
I feel like im not meant to hear these thoughts. Air out yalls dirty laundry to a counselor pls
