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“No!” I ran forward and clutched her shoulders. “Lily, you cannot tell your brother. You have to promise me you won’t say a word.” “You don’t understand, Luther can help you. He saw—”
so we are going with full fucking stupid then
“It’s hardly my fault the Crown chose me instead of you,” I said. “As soon as I find out how to get rid of it, you can have it. I don’t want any part of you or your people.”
she just cannot be this fucking obtuse
I clamped my mouth shut. I was still trying to make sense of my bizarre final encounter with the King—his surprising strength as he’d pinned me at his side, the way his frail body had lit up with an eerie glow. They told me you would come for me, he had said. They told me your blood would shatter our stone and lay waste to our borders. Devourer of Crowns. Ravager of Realms. Herald of Vengeance.
why is she keelping this a secret? just tell luther already. i hate these "im just a big hardheaded moron, doing things just to make life difficult" moments with these mfcs.
It took me one blink to realize I’d made a mistake in rushing into this meeting unprepared.
no shit
“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?”
“It’s him.” He was transfixed, breathless. “The man I saw—the one who killed the mortal boy. That’s him.”
it's Aemonn! not Luke.
“I can try to get some more,” I offered weakly.
I really loathe a lot of her in this book. I know, I know, she outgrow this nonsense as a character buy I hate her a bit right now for being so stupid.
And, if I was being honest, saying them now filled me with something closer to shame than affection.
as it should because you are not in love with him. and hanging on to him in this way is foolish and dangerous.
My mother was gone, maybe forever. I’d already caused my career as a healer and my relationship with my father to implode. Life as I knew it in Mortal City was over. If I lost Henri, too—what would even be left of me?
A QUEEN- A MAGICAL QUEEN!! with your family- uuggg this is so frustrating to read through her equivocations and short sightedness!
“Please, Henri,” I begged. “Stay with me. Rule with me. Be my King.”
NOOOOOOOOOO OMG WTH HAVE YOU DONE HERE? NOOO
She turned to Luther with an incredulous look. “She doesn’t even respect the Royal Guard enough to learn what they do?” My confidence emptied like a punctured balloon. Rude as she may be, she had a point—that was something a Queen should know. It was something anyone should know. My lifelong isolation from the Descended had left me ignorant about the realm outside my tiny mortal bubble. A realm I was now supposed to lead. “Lu, sweetie,” Iléana cooed. She moved closer and ran her hand along his arm. “Can I please have a word?”
DONT TOLERATE THIS WITCH!
“And how do you propose we do that?” The shrewd gleam in his eye had my blood chilling in warning. “A bonded bargain, of course.” He flashed a broad smile. “We can keep the terms simple enough. You agree to claim House Corbois for the length
what are you doing Diem?! please pull your head out of your ass!
