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“I wouldn’t flirt with you if you were the last living man on this miserable fucking continent.”
HAHA I’ve said this before
“They want us to feel small, Eleanor. They want us to be quiet, be predictable, be unimportant, behave. Then they make us think we deserve it. But I think they’re just terrified we’ll stop listening to them and start listening to each other. And do you know why they’re so scared of women like us?”
“If a kiss is the reward, my Queen, I’ll get on my knees for you whenever you want.”
Do these men exist
“Guards!” I shouted. A horde of them rushed into the room and surrounded us. “Hold this man in the dungeon until the ball is over.”
HELL YEAH.
I knew Aemonn’s behavior was calculated. I hadn’t considered it might be calculated for me.
“Keep your hands off my Queen,” Luther snarled. “And you will address her by her title, or I will rip out your tongue with my hands and nail it to the door of House Hanoverre.”
“I want every breath, every laugh, every tear. Every taste of your mouth, every inch of your skin. I want to kneel at your feet, soaked in the blood of your enemies, then worship your body until you scream my name.” His hands slid to my hips and tugged me closer. “Yes, Diem, I want to serve you—in every way a man can.” I couldn’t think. Couldn’t breathe. “I want to burn alive in that fire in your eyes. I want it to melt me down and forge me into the weapon you need me to be. I want to stand by your side for the rest of my life, and I don’t need you to marry me and make me a fucking king to do
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Garath started to spit something back, and I rolled my eyes and turned my back to him in a blatant dismissal.
Queen behavior
“I would have walked into the flaming heart of the sun itself,” he shot back. “If you are suffering, nothing will keep me from coming to your aid. Least of all something as trivial as death.”
I love this man
“Got a lot of problems with women going dry when you’re around, Rhon?” I shot back.
HAHAHA
“Citizens of Lumnos,” I announced, “I am no longer Unchallenged. My reign begins today.”
Hell yeah
“Kneel before your Queen,” I commanded. And, one by one, they did.
