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“But you’re my only sibling.
Yikes
“He’s a Riorson,” she says. “You shouldn’t trust him, either.” “I don’t.”
Ugh shut uppppp
“It’s the alloy stored in the outposts that tugs some of those umbrella spokes forward,” I continue, flipping my dagger in my hand by pure muscle memory. “Extending the wards twice as far as they’d normally reach in some cases, right?”
Plot
Of course she doesn’t believe me.
:(
Xaden reaches out and cups my cheek. There’s no reproach in his gaze, or even judgment, though I’ve just given him reason to shut me out for the rest of our lives. His silence, the quiet acceptance in his eyes, keeps me talking. “I just feel…heavy,” I admit. “I don’t have anyone who knows who I really am anymore.
:(
Gave yourself a secret because I wouldn’t share all of mine.”
Ugh hes the only one who understands her
“So I keep them off other cadets?” “I just thought you might like to explore an aspect of Tyrrish culture. I can weave every knot in that book.” He flashes a smile. “It’ll be fun to see if you can keep up with me.” “In fabric knots?” Has he fallen off Sgaeyl recently? “Culture, Violence.”
LMAOOOO
“Tell me something real.” It comes out as a plea, just like it did last year. He sighs and curls around me. “I know who you really are, Violet. Even when you keep things from me, I know you,” he promises.
KMS I CANT DO THIS ANYMORE
“The day you can successfully block me all the way out is the day I’m dead. We’re both dead. I can’t block you out entirely, either,
<333
I lean back into him, and he throws his leg over mine, locking me down tight. “You want to give me those three little words?” I stiffen. “I thought not. Sleep, Violet.” His arm tightens around me. “You love me,” he whispers. “Stop reminding me. I thought we agreed not to fight tonight.” I snuggle in deeper, his warmth lulling me into that sweet middle space between wakefulness and oblivion. “Maybe you’re not the one I’m reminding.”
Oh goddddd
“You finally going to talk to me?” Dain asks.
No
“Next match is Dain Aetos against Violet Sorrengail.”
Im gonna kill him fuckkkkk
“Xaden’s going to fucking kill him,” he whispers.
If he doesnt i will
If it comes between killing Dain and saving Xaden, there’s no choice.
<3
“Reach for my face, and I’ll cut you open,” I warn him.
!!!!
“I just want to talk to you,”
Seriously dude take a hint
“I said ‘I’ll miss you’ because you chose him.
Stop the redemption arc pls
“Your mother did it,”
Well no one likes her either
“And don’t ever ask me that question again. Please don’t make me lie to you.”
Shit
“She’s catching on, isn’t she?”
Oh what the fuck
Major Varrish blocks our path.
Man fuck this guy
“You weren’t mine at Threshing,” he counters. “I’m not yours now,”
STOPPPPP
“Sgaeyl!” I reach out through the one pathway I avoid at almost every cost. “They’re going to cancel next week’s leave if he doesn’t relent.” “How hurt are you?” Grady asks, concern on his face. “Dislocated my shoulder last week,” I answer. “I chose him for his inability to relent,” Sgaeyl reminds me. “Not helpful at the moment. Do I need to remind you of what he’s carrying?” “Fine. But only so this conversation ends.”
Lmao i missed sassy sgaeyl <3
“Violence, remember it’s only the body that’s fragile. You are unbreakable.”
<33
“Oh, Violet’s full of secrets, aren’t you?” Rhiannon shoots a look my way and hands me the knife. “Really?” I dish out the jam a little too aggressively.
Ladies lets not start
I just didn’t want them to be embarrassed of me.”
oh sawyer :(
“I’m in love with Xaden Riorson.” Mira. Them. I seem to be able to say the words to anyone who isn’t Xaden.
Booooo
The woman lashes out, the back of her hand striking my cheek so hard that my head snaps to the side.
Tffff
as Varrish walks in,
Oh fuck
“I believe you all know Wingleader Aetos?”
FUCKKK
Every few years, a squad comes along that defies all expectations. They rise through the ranks, secure every patch, win every challenge. And then…they inexplicably falter, then fall. They call it the burnout effect: they flare too fast, too bright to sustain the pace. Sad, really, but mildly entertaining to watch them turn on one another.
Pls not them
Holy shit. While Carr is my teacher, Varrish is Dain’s. What the hell is our vice commandant’s signet?
Shittttt
“I will not participate in an interrogation assessment of a cadet with a prior injury,” he says over his shoulder at Varrish. Then he walks out.
Okkk??
He draws back before I can brace and throws a hard punch to my dislocated shoulder. Agony overwhelms every one of my senses. Then there’s only black.
WTF
“Think about that later,” Tairn commands. “I’m fine, thanks for asking.” “Of course you are. I chose well.”
<3
“If someone was trying to get news out, they’d send one leaflet like this to the printing press to be approved by scribes,” I tell my squadmates quickly, knowing our time is short. “Once approved, it would take hours to set the blocks to print unless multiple scribes worked on it. But this isn’t official. There’s no seal. So either it’s fake and printed for just this class—which is a lot of work—or it’s real…and not approved.”
Jesinia??
“He was crushed under the weight of a mountain a few months ago, but Nolon has mended bone after bone to return him to your quadrant.”
Im gonna throw this book at the wall
“They attacked Samara a little after sundown, while most of the riot was wrapping up the day’s patrol.”
Shit
her gaze snaps to mine—“there was one rider severely wounded.”
NO
His jaw ticks, water streaming down his face. “It’s Bodhi’s, you territorial asshole!” That answer doesn’t seem to help. “Are you serious right now?”
Heh <3
“I’m not always calm or collected, and I’m never in control when it comes to you.”
<3
You want full disclosure when it comes to me, right? How is this for open?” His gaze drops to my mouth. “I would have done the same thing you did because I’m just as reckless for you as you are for me.”
Ughhhh
“Because you still love me,” he whispers against my lips a heartbeat before he kisses me.
pls
Mine. This man is mine—at least for right now. Even if it’s just these next few minutes.
Girl be fr
“If I tell you how I feel right now, you’d never trust that I’m not just desperate for your body.”
Violet i swear to god
“Gods, look at you. You are all I’m ever going to want. Just you. Just this. Just us.”
ohmygoddd
“Right where we left off.” His hands shift to my ass. “With you riding me.”
Stopppppppp
I love him. I love him. I love him. I’m not ready to give him the words,
PLSSSS
I want to be the only person he unravels for.
U already are
She looks…like how I feel.
Yikes
