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“And you’re looking at our new squad leader.”
Hell yeaaaaa!!
“Always something around here,” Ridoc adds.
LOL
“I heard about…” Her face falls. “I’m sorry. He was always really nice to me.”
Pls stop
“It’s not raining like it was during our Parapet.” Nadine looks up at the cloudless July sky and wipes the sweat off her forehead with the back of her hand. “Hopefully more of them make it across.” She glances my way. “You’d have thought your mother would have held off the storm last year, considering you were crossing.”
Mmmhmm
I meant what I said on the parapet. Even when I’m not with you, there’s only you.
I need him
about telling me to call you wingleader, I’ll remind you that Riorson did a hell of a job without needing everyone to supplicate themselves to him.”
Ygg
“Does your father know?” Dain murmurs to Aaric. “It’s none of his business,” he replies, stepping up to the parapet and rolling his shoulders. “I’m twenty.” “Right, because that’s going to make a difference when he realizes what you’re doing,” Dain retorts, ripping his hand through his hair. “He’ll kill us all.” “Are you going to tell him?” Aaric asks.
Plot--hello pls who is this
“King Tauri’s third son.”
Shit
“Sloane Mairi.”
Fuck
I glare over my shoulder at him. He’s the reason Liam isn’t here to protect Sloane himself. Rage courses through my veins, heating my skin. “Don’t you dare say another word, or I’ll blast you off this turret, Aetos.” Power crackles through my hands without being called and erupts overhead, streaking across the sky horizontally. Oops.
YESSSS
Her expression shifts, and something that looks a lot like hatred fills her eyes as she leans down, her voice quieting so that I’m the only one who hears her say, “I know what really happened. You got my brother killed. He died for you.”
Rip
“Go straight to hell,” she whispers. “And I really mean that. I hope no one commends your soul to Malek. I hope he rejects it. Liam was worth a dozen of your kind, and I hope you spend eternity paying for what you cost me, what you cost all of us.”
Girl fuck u. U should die and liam can come back to life
“Just do me a favor and put your fucking arms out so you don’t see Liam before I do. Do it for him. Not me.”
Ur too nice violet
Sawyer looks back through the lines of first-years that separate us, and a new patch on his shoulder makes me smile. He’s a fantastic choice for Rhi’s executive officer.
My heartttt
“Stop disrespecting your squad leader and get in formation, Sloane,” Imogen hisses. “You’re acting like a spoiled aristocrat.”
Lmao i love her
Dain’s wide eyes meet mine. He’s either as surprised by what happened as I am or a really good actor. All the wingleaders must be, because they look equally stricken.
Well shit
“Imogen?” “Ciaran,” she whispers. “Ciaran’s dead.” Gravity, logic, whatever it is that keeps me grounded shifts. There’s no way that was…intentional, is there? “Imogen—” “Don’t say it,” she warns, glancing around us.
????
I’m considering tackling her to the ground myself when a set of wingbeats as familiar as my own heartbeat sounds behind me.
Dad to the rescue
“You do not have the right to burn what is mine.”
<3
“If Solas comes near you again, he knows I will devour his human whole and let him rot within me while his heart still beats, and then I’ll take the eye I so graciously left him.”
I love him
“I want her instead,” Sloane says, pointing a dagger at me.
Shes annoying
He grabs hold of her head and twists, snapping her neck.
What the fuck???
“No one interferes,”
You better kill him im so serious
He’s dead weight. My lungs fight to expand as I put the last of my strength into shoving him off of me. He’s heavier than an ox, but I manage to push him sideways enough to slide out from under him. Air—beautiful, precious air—fills my chest, and I gasp for it, breathing past the fire in my throat, and stare up at the beams of the ceiling. Pain. My entire body is nothing but pain.
Well shit
A heartbeat before I reach for my door handle, I feel it, the familiar midnight-tinted shadow wrapping around my mind.
Finally
“It’s your room, Violet.” His eyes track the movement of the brush through my hair, and the way his fingers curl in his lap makes me swallow. Hard. “The room is warded to let in whomever you pull through.” He clears his throat and shifts his weight as I finish another pass with the brush. “And selfishly, me.” I fucking love your hair. If you ever want to bring me to my knees or win an argument, just let it down. I’ll get the point.
Ugh fuckkkkk
“It was mine. If Sloane wants to hate anyone, she can aim it all right here.” He taps his chest as he turns, setting his rucksack on the desk. “It wasn’t your fault.” It’s not the first time we’ve had the argument, and something tells me it won’t be the last. I guess there’s enough guilt for two to carry. “It was.” He opens the top and rifles through the bag. “Xaden—”
I cant take it with both of them blaming themsselves
He turns at the door and looks back at me, holding my gaze. “Third floor, south wing, second door on the right. The wards will let you in.” His barracks room. “Let me guess—warded for sound and to let in you, me, and anyone you tug through?” The idea of him using that soundproofing for breaking armoires with someone else is enough to curdle the soup in my stomach. We might not be together, but jealousy’s not exactly a rational emotion. “No, Violet.” He lifts both swords overhead, then slips them into the sheaths on the pack behind him with practiced expertise and a hint of a smirk. “Just you
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FUCK SERIOUSLY???
Garrick has always been my best friend. His father was my father’s aide, which in a way makes him my Dain, except trustworthy. After Liam, Bodhi was and still is the closest thing I have to a brother, perpetually tagging along a step behind. —Recovered Correspondence of Lieutenant Xaden Riorson to Cadet Violet Sorrengail
Stop this is cute :(
“I think that’s my fault.” “What?” I turn to face her fully. “That rider requested a book yesterday, and I recorded the request.” She leans toward me, panic growing in her eyes. “I have to record the requests. It’s—” “Regulation,” we both finish signing at the same time. I nod. “You didn’t do anything wrong. What was the book?” She glances toward the doors where the rider disappeared. “I should go. Thank you.” It’s only the fear in her eyes that keeps me from asking her again before she rushes off, leaving me staring at the tome in my lap, realizing how dangerous my “research project” really
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What are u up to jesinia??
A random stranger might be what I need to flush Xaden out of my system, but it isn’t what I want.
Dont u dare
“Ah, that’s right. I recall hearing you were nearly done in by a first-year. Good to see that the embarrassment didn’t finish the job he started. But I guess you’re probably used to barely squeaking by alive, seeing how frail you’re rumored to be.”
Man fuck you
“Remind him that I threatened to digest him alive.” “I don’t think that would go well for me,” I reply. “It would be fun to watch him eat the pompous one.” Andarna’s voice is groggy. “Go back to sleep,” I lecture. She’s not due to wake for another month, Tairn said.
Lol my fav trio
“This is unadvisable for you,” Tairn says. “For anyone with a heartbeat,” I counter.
Lol
—and that includes Catriona.”
Who the fuck????????
Sgaeyl watched me kill another cadet for bullying Garrick during Threshing. She says she chose me for my ruthlessness, but I think I just reminded her of my grandfather. —Recovered Correspondence of Lieutenant Xaden Riorson to Cadet Violet Sorrengail
<3
Xaden. And he is shirtless.
Hehe
I’m so damn in love with him that it hurts,
Ughhhhh
“Stop playing around and end it,” I say through our bond, using it for the first time since Resson. “Always so violent.”
Hehe <3
“Not your room.” I shake my head. “You. Me. Bed. Not a good idea at the moment.” Too tempting. “As I remember—which I do, often—we don’t always need a bed.” His other hand palms my waist.
Oh god
“Hypothetically, if I wanted you to kiss me but only kiss me—” I start. His mouth is on mine before I finish.
Yesssssssss
“Like a moth to a damned flame.” The lament slips from my mind, into our mental pathway. He’s gravity, pulling me back to him by the force of his existence. “I’m more than willing to let you burn me.”
Stopppp
The physical sound that leaves me is pure denial. I’m not ready for this to end, not ready to return to the reality where we’re not together, even if I’m the one standing in our way.
Girl pls fold already
“Until you remember exactly how good we are together.” “I never forgot.” It’s a whimper. My body is still humming. “I’m not talking about physically.” He leans in and kisses me softly. It’s sweet. Tender. Everything I don’t want to feel. Not when it comes to him. Heat and lust, I can cope with. But the rest? “Xaden,” I whisper, shaking my head slowly. He studies my face for a heartbeat and masks the flash of disappointment with a half smile.
Xaden get behind me :(((
“I want you more than my next breath, but I can’t fuck you into looking at me like you used to. I refuse to use sex as a tool to get you back.” He takes my hand and presses it to my chest. “Not when I want to be here.”
Literally kill me
“I’ll kiss you whenever you want because my self-control is shit where you’re involved—”
Hes so down bad
“But I’m begging you, Violet. Don’t offer me your body unless you’re offering me everything. I want you more than I want to fuck you. I want those three little words back.”
Oh. My. God.
