Iron Flame (The Empyrean, #2)
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Started reading October 3, 2025
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To my fellow zebras.
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omg thats me
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Jesinia Neilwart,
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N O JESINIA MEANS VI DIES
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never push another library cart with Liam.
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Kms
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“Always something around here,” Ridoc adds.
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Theyre gonna kill my pookie
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“It is not only the first-years who earn their leathers at Basgiath!” he shouts, and I swear he’s speaking directly to me. “The wings are only as strong as their weakest rider!” Rage overwhelms my senses, scalding hot and undeniably not mine.
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This kind of person is utterly insufferable
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He grabs hold of her head and twists, snapping her neck.
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Well thats unfortunate
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“Just you and me.”
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WAHHH
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“What are you thinking? Because I can read a lot into the way you’re looking at me, but I’m going to need the words.”
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mmmmhmmm
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“On your knees.” Rhiannon sucks in a breath, and Varrish hits his knees. “You have my most sincere apology—you and your dragon. Both of your dragons.”
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Slayyyyy
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whimper at the first stroke of his tongue along mine, and
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Reading this in public
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Brennan is alive. Brennan is alive. Brennan. Is. Alive.
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Forgor abt this
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Has he fallen off Sgaeyl recently?
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Lol
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“Look. I’ll hate him on principle if that’s what we’re doing. No problem with that.
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My queen
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“Do you know who carved those wounds into his skin?”
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Mom?
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“Your mother did it,”
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Knew It
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“You know better than to stare at a dragon, Cat!” Cat. It’s a fitting name for the way she’s sizing me up. “Wasn’t staring at the dragon,” the woman replies just loud enough that I barely make out the words. But she shifts her glare, aiming it at Xaden. “She’s striking, I’ll give you that.” What the fuck?
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This is literally how it feels to go head to head with an ex; cat and xaden maybe used to be engaged? Or at least a thing
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“Out of the question,” Xaden bites out. “You’re willing to let our entire kingdom fall prey to these monsters because you’re what?” Cat asks, cocking her head at Xaden. “Smitten? Please. I know you better than that.” “Cat!” Syrena snaps.
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Oh so violets signet can be used similarly
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“Let’s go, Catriona.” Catriona. Cat. The way my stomach hollows has nothing to do with Tairn’s sudden launch into the night sky and everything to do with remembering what Bodhi said weeks ago. I’ve never seen him care like this, and that includes Catriona. Oh gods. The way she’d looked at him wasn’t just longing—it was memory.
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Yeah i personally would blow my head smoove off
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Air steals the heat from my cheeks, and I pull my goggles into place as Tairn flies for the border with forceful wingbeats. “To avoid jumping to conclusions like last year, she’s your ex, isn’t she?” I ask Xaden, hoping my mental voice sounds a hell of a lot steadier than I feel. “How do you— Never mind, that’s not important. Yes.” He speaks slowly, like he’s choosing his words with the utmost care. “We were over before I met you.” It shouldn’t matter. I have exes, too. It’s not like we’ve really discussed our sexual or romantic history, right?
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knew it... Idk if i can handle an evil sentimental ex arc rn i think ill blow someone up tbh
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Shit. What is this? Jealousy? Anxiety? Insecurity? “All three,” Tairn responds in utter annoyance. “To which I will remind you that not a single dragon chose her. You were selected by two. Pull yourself together.” His metric is sound but has little to do with what I’m feeling. “But at one point Xaden chose her.”
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Violet is unfortunately so me
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“Who are your exes? Do I know them?”
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Lmfao
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“Oh, and Varrish punched my shoulder out of its socket during interrogation after Dain refused to use his signet on me.”
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Dain's only good decision ever btw
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“Oh, no.” Kaori shakes his head. “I think you abuse your power in general.”
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The peoples princess
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Someone has shoved their knife in through his spine.
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Dain?
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Jack Barlowe.
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The fuck
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“Do you want to climb back up there and we’ll do it again that way?” he offers, gesturing to the wall. “No!”
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Lmfao
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Oh shit. I did not see that coming.
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Me either
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your favorite, if I remember.”
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This has the anti signet shit in it varrish is gonna torture her
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“Tairn—” But Tairn isn’t there. Every connection I have is fuzzy. No. Oh gods, no. But…but I’ve trusted Nolon with my life for years. “I never like to see you hurt,” Nolon whispers, apology crinkling his brow as the mug rolls from my hand, crashing to the gravel a heartbeat later. “But I can’t protect you from the consequences of your own actions when you risk the safety of every civilian in this kingdom.” Bootsteps sound all around me and the world spins, but it’s Varrish’s face I see hovering above mine. “Why, Cadet Sorrengail, what have you gotten yourself into?”
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lit rally what i said luv varrish must have a stake in the venins side
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“Three questions.” Nolon shoots a stern look in Varrish’s direction. “We want to know how you did it, who you did it with, and most importantly, why.”
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Nolon evil??????
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“I’m here,” Liam promises. “And I still don’t regret it, Vi. Not one second.”
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I missed liam
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“I don’t know if we can fight our way out of here,” he says quickly, dropping down to cut my ankles free.
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THE PEOPLES MOTHERFUCKING PRINCESS DAIN AETOS HOLY SHIT
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look up into the wrath of Dunne in the form of gold-flecked onyx eyes.
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Brennan? Xaden?
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Markham is still in Calldyr with the king. Do with that information what you will.” She looks at
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So markham is evil ?
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A smile lifts my mouth. She’s exactly who I’ve always thought she is.
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Thank god
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His maroon tunic and trousers are tattered, like he’s been kept prisoner for weeks.
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Fenn?
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than dragon riders?” Train with gryphon fliers? Take Cat back to Aretia? I would rather face down a dozen venin. Unarmed. Without Tairn or Andarna.
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Lmfao me too girl
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But all I see is Ridoc, staggering backward toward the wall, two arrows piercing the side of his abdomen. “I’m all right.” He nods quickly, glancing down at the arrows, blood trickling from his mouth. No. No. NO.
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I knew it man
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Holy shit. She fights like Xaden. He trained both of us.
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Well no shit
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“Really?” She jabs, and I weave. “The thought that I know what he tastes like?” She throws another combination that I block, then retreats as if it was nothing but a test. “How his weight feels above me?”
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So i would kill her