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July 20 - July 22, 2024
I stared at the empty night sky, watching her dark wings beat across the sky, her sleek form disappearing into the roiling clouds. Away from me. “You promised,” I whispered as the sirens continued to wail.
Samkiel was who I was, who I would forever be, and Liam died with whatever part of Dianna’s heart fractured that night.
“When I burn this world to embers, and you paint me as the villain, remember, I really did try to be good… once.”
Mer-Ka was my birth name. Ain was Gabby’s, and Eoria was the home where we knew peace so long ago.
“You have taken someone from me with your actions—someone very precious to me. And now you have helped a lunatic corrupt her already damaged heart, shattering it into a million pieces. They are pieces I will pick up and fix, but what you have done is unforgivable. I plan to make you suffer for that transgression. Death would be a kindness, and you deserve none.”
Years of war had steeled my stomach to gruesome atrocities, but seeing her so casually holding the head of Ethan’s wife in her palm had my gut twisting.
“And how does the World Ender look at her, Brother?” “Like I looked at Seraphine all those years ago, and how you look at Naomi.” Ethan met my stare. “As if the world doesn’t exist without her.”
You are her only link to whatever mortality she has left. So don’t let Kaden win, no matter what she says or does. Trust me. You are the only thing she cares about now.”
She is still the girl who likes flowers and pretty gifts from overbearing god kings. She is sweet, kind, funny, and loves with her entire being. That’s why she is like this. She’s hurt. She’s in pain. If you love her, truly love her, don’t give up. True love is worth it. It’s worth fighting for. Remember that.”
“Have any of you considered that maybe it’s her that is so mesmerizing and not what’s between her legs?”
A MAN
And now, two of the most powerful women I knew had joined forces.
Okay but lowkey its badass
We can do this dance until this world burns and the next takes its place, but I will still choose you.”
“Do it.” I angled the tip of her blade above my heart. “If you are truly gone, I refuse to live in a world without you, so you’ll have to angle it farther to the right. That’s where a god’s heart lies, and mine already belongs to you, so do with it what you will.”
Yet this woman with a fiery attitude has burned me to my very core. I let her in during the worst part of my existence, and now she is in my bones. My every thought, every dream, is of her, and I can’t eat or sleep.
“You found me,” she choked out, the cavern trembling around us. I couldn’t help the silent sob that escaped me. “I will always find you.”
I love love
She was our queen now. If Samkiel chose her, we would gladly follow her through every realm and back.
“You’re a fool if you think I would be happy in a world where you did not exist.”
a fucking FOOOOLLLL
Don’t refute what you need because you fear the pain it could bring. Never let fear rule you.
“I told you before I would show you eight ways to make you forget that hideous friend word. Tease me again, and I shall show you twelve, and after your little display, we’ll start in the bathroom,”
BROOOOOOOOOOOO
And a lock on a door in a house rattled.
Girl if you dont unlock that door soon ill open it for you
“Regardless of what happens or what you decide, I will stand by your side. I will fight this fight with you. You will not be alone, and I will do all I can to keep you safe.”
Yesss bitch REMEMBER
What about me? You may be replaceable to Kaden and his ilk, but you are not to me.”
I would turn mountains to sand to find you. I’ve reduced worlds to desolate wastes before, and I’d do it again for you.”
“Your smile, Dianna, is only one of the most beautiful things about you.”
His hand remained outstretched. A yawning bridge between us, a peace offering, a lifeline, and I desperately needed it. I realized Samkiel wasn’t just a light to me but an anchor, a shield. And he had been for a while now.
I have seen the best of you, Dianna, and now I have seen the worst. I am not leaving. You do not scare me.”
Samkiel said he couldn’t fix a broken heart, but how could I tell him he already was?
Then I heard his hand slide across the bed and felt his finger wrap around mine. “Pinky promise.” He kept his finger interlocked with mine under the pillow between us.
“Too bad. You should have stayed. I would have woken you up. I was feeling generous.”
But my heart whispered that I wanted us to be something. I wanted that more than I cared to admit.
And a lock on a door in a house… quieted.
Dianna had gotten the one thing she so desperately craved—a family.
“I know you don’t see it, but I don’t think anyone would consider themselves damned with you.”
I felt a crack form in the locked door deep within me. It was a small one, but it let out a shimmer of light.
A lock on a door in the house we stood in faded.
“You are very special to me. No one feels like you. No one else can ruin me so completely. I know without a doubt that if I had an amata, even if they were alive today, I’d still choose you. It will always be you, Dianna.”
You will lose so much, young hunter. You all will. I do hope you treasure your family while you still have them. I did try. Remember that.”
“Do you wish for me to beg? I’ll beg.” Samkiel panted. My hand stroked him idly, continuing my torture. “Kings don’t beg.” His hips thrust helplessly. “I will for you.”
“Nice suit, Vincent.”
Yeah clocked that shit
“If we can’t open the door, we can’t fix the cracks,” she mumbled as she painted, “and the world ends.”
A LOCK ON A DOOR RATTLED. Open it dianna gd
It was deeper than love in mortal terms. Dianna was part of my soul.
Bro finally
“Say hello to Daddy,”
WHAT THE FUCK
I knew it then.” Gabby looked at me as I continued to watch. “Knew what?” Fear squirmed through me, but I said it. “That I love him.”
Why do these mfs not just SAY IT
I finally felt what I wanted and had searched forever for. You woke me up and gave me reason. You made me feel like I was enough. I never felt like the World Ender with you. I never felt less. You are what I’ve been searching for my entire life.
My fucking heart
