The Queen of the Dawn (Shadows and Crowns #5)

by S.M. Gaither

the spirit hadn’t disappeared, even after Nephele released her, even though she had the power to whisk herself to essentially anywhere else.

Yeah she’s not like the goddess she serves, she’s on your side I think

“She’s gone.”

I will not accept that

Just the wind at work.

Yeah okay

“I’d tell you my plans for her, but they’re all wildly indecent.”

Finally some BANTER

“Does Cas know about all of your countless experiences, I wonder?”

I mean Elander has been around for millennia… I think it’s safe to assume CAs isn’t stupid

“They have been through much,” Anwyn agreed. “So why would you turn her away now? She isn’t a book to be studied and mused over—this isn’t history, Uncle, it is the present, and it is happening now. Wouldn’t you prefer to make your mark upon it all before it becomes the tragic past?”

Ooo I like her. Inner book goblin approves

Something in the back of his mind still whispered that this was not right, that there was something strange at work.

Okay hot take but I think Tara is alive and is using her powers to feed off of their fears and kidnap them all. OKAY I SAID IT

Rhea

Ohmygods I’m so glad she’s not dead. For a brief moment, I was WORRIED

Nephele, true to form, did not hold back with her commentary.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, nephele is my favorite goddess

The light cannot always overcome the dark, but it must rise to meet it.

“I need to speak with the king about something first. I won’t be long. Go rest.”

He’s arranging a shotgun wedding. Calling it now

He shook his head, his smile brightening. “Eat,” he insisted.

Oh I’m totally right

She unwrapped it and offered it to Cas, telling her it was a gift from the king, and then she dismissed herself, smiling as she went.

Lol a wedding gift

“What kind of a ceremony?”

Jesus CAs at this point you are jus being dense

This was why she kept fighting. It was not for the light on the distant horizon, or the one waiting on the other side of the storm, but the lights right here in the storm with her, laughing and dancing and living in spite of the darkness raging around them.

Because the alternative would have been you becoming one.

Oh. He did always knew this would be his end oh ffs I might cry even though varen has always sucked

He didn’t name anyone in particular.

Oh ffs Laurent just profess your love to Nessa already