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For her friends, for her family, she would gladly be a monster. For Rowan, for Dorian, for Nehemia, she would debase and degrade and ruin herself.
Abraxos sucked in a great breath, tucked his wings in tight, and fell off the side of the post. He liked to do that—just tumble off as though he’d been struck dead.
hes my favorite
“You touch Abraxos, and I’ll peel the skin from your bones.”
“When you shatter the chains of this world and forge the next, remember that art is as vital as food to a kingdom. Without it, a kingdom is nothing, and will be forgotten by time. I have amassed enough money in my miserable life to not need any more—so you will understand me clearly when I say that wherever you set your throne, no matter how long it takes, I will come to you, and I will bring music and dancing.”
Behind them, across the hall, the dancers shattered their roses on the floor, and Aedion grinned at his queen as the entire world went to hell.
A giant, lethal dog. With wings.
i love him
Aedion rubbed at his face. “Do you understand what it was like to sit on my ass while you were gone? You said two hours. What was I supposed to think?” “Aedion,” she said as calmly as she could, and pulled off her filthy gloves before taking his broad, callused hand. “I get it. I do.”
OMG parallel to assassins blade
She slung an arm around his waist, unwilling to let go of him lest he turn into wind and vanish.
She mutely handed him her favorite lavender-scented soap,
she let him use it...all i see are connections to assassins blade now
Washing his hair was intimate—a privilege she doubted he’d ever allowed many people; something she’d never done for anyone else.
the most intimate act according to charles boyle
Fool—he was such a stupid fool when it came to her.
The music crashed around them, roaring through the emptiness of the theater. The hollow silence that had been inside her for so many months now overflowed with sound.
I understand what it is like to wish—to hope.”
to live for the hope of it all
Do you delight in shocking me? She couldn’t stop her smile. How else am I supposed to keep a cranky immortal entertained?
they are my roman empire
She pulled off the ring. “So that was what he wanted. I honestly expected something grander.”
queen shit
“That sort of ability could be a helpful tool for later.”
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“He was going to enslave me to his will, use me to take over Terrasen, maybe make himself king—maybe sire my—” She shuddered so violently that light shimmered off the gold in her dress. “But he also … I also owe him my life. All this time I thought it would be a relief, a joy to end him. But all I feel is hollow. And tired.”
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“You can’t just toss us out. What will we do? Where will we go?” “I hear hell is particularly nice at this time of year.”
“You are sacred vessels,” the duke said. “It is an honor to be chosen.” “I find that a very male thing to assume.”
so true manon
“I have a bad feeling about this,” Aedion said.
me and you both sir even though i already know what we fiind out
She turned to them, her eyes wide. For a moment, they all just stared at one another.
their flabbers = gasted
“The king is insane,” Chaol said.
this is not new information chaol keep up
“We’ll face this together,” he breathed, his eyes shining bright and canines gleaming. “As we have in the past. To whatever end.”
The smallest of them was sprawled on his belly, face buried in a mound of wildflowers.
golden retriever abraxos
But perhaps the monsters needed to look out for each other every now and then.
“What are you planning?” “Something very stupid, I think.”
sometimes thats the best way to plan
“So you’re going to ask Ress and Brullo to just leave a back door open so you can sneak in?” “Don’t be so simpleminded. I’m going to walk in through the front door.”
HAHAHA
“How can I take away somebody who means the world to someone else? Even if she’s my enemy.”
“Promise me,” she repeated, looking at their hands again, “that you will walk out of that castle tomorrow.”
when you really think about it, the irony is funny
“You make me want to live, Rowan. Not survive; not exist. Live.”
Then she smiled with every last shred of courage, of desperation, of hope for the glimmer of that glorious future. “Let’s go rattle the stars.”
Home—this had once been his home.
“I came back for you. Just like I promised.”
The utter lack of sound, like the world had paused. Followed by a cracking boom.
cinematc
She was fury, she was wrath, she was vengeance.
she's a legend she's an icon and she is the moment
“I spent centuries wandering the world, from empires to kingdoms to wastelands, never settling, never stopping—not for one moment. I was always looking toward the horizon, always wondering what waited across the next ocean, over the next mountain. But I think … I think that whole time, all those centuries, I was just looking for you.”
His father was dead. Not even a body was left to reveal what they’d done that day.
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“To remind you of who now holds your freedom. You.”
