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“Oh, I already know,” he seethes. “Sgaeyl told me.” “You were in a meeting. I didn’t want to bother you.” I follow the healer’s fingers upon direction. “Bother me?” Shadows flood the floor.
Yikes
What the fuck were you thinking, saving Cat?”
Lmaoooo
“Un-fucking-believable.” He laces his hands on the top of his head. “You hate her, and yet you refuse to raise the wards, no doubt so her power won’t be stripped away, and then you put your life in front of hers—” “For you!” “All I want is you!”
Stop fighting and kiss im so serious
and keep you safe, and you’re…” He shakes his head. “I don’t even know what you’re doing.” “Keep me safe.” I laugh, sarcasm biting into my eyes and making them sting. “Is that what you do? I get it all mixed up with just not killing me.” “There it is.” He retreats until his back hits the wall, and then he folds his arms and leans against it, crossing an ankle casually. “You finally ready to ask me about the deal I made with your mother?”
Well fuck
Nothing kills powerful, unshakable love faster than opposing ideologies.
Dont even
“Simple? Brennan is alive. You made a deal with my mother for my life. She put those scars on your back. Tell me, Xaden, is it only the secrets about my family you want me to dig out of you?
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and though you’ve said you understand why I kept you in the dark, I don’t think you’ve actually forgiven me.”
Ok kids seriously now make up and kiss
“Because I let you live long enough for us to fall in love,” he says. “Without that deal, gods know what I would have done in my need for revenge. Ask me why I don’t regret it. Ask me about the first time I saw you. Ask me about the moment I almost killed you despite the deal and decided not to. Ask me why. Ask me something! Fight back like you would have done last year before I broke your trust.
:(
I need you to love all of me—not just what you decide to see.”
:(
“I didn’t go snooping.” I shake my head, my eyes narrowing at him. A corner of his mouth rises. “Because you trust me.”
heh <3
before the bands of darkness hold a dagger to within inches of my chin. I gasp, then lock every muscle. “What the fuck, Xaden?” “Am I going to hurt you?” The carpet makes his bootsteps nearly silent as he crosses the room, giving me plenty of time to object or retreat, but I don’t. “I’m going to hurt you if you don’t get that away from me.” I keep my eyes on him. “Would I ever let this knife hurt you?” His boots touch the tips of mine, and he leans into my space. “Of course not.”
<333
“All you had to do was ask, and even if you weren’t aware it was coming, you know I’d never let it hurt you. I’m not the one you don’t trust.” I scoff. “What is that supposed to mean?” “Love, you’re the smartest person I know.
LOVE!!!!!! HE CALLED HER LOVE FUCKING KILL ME
“Because I want to think you kept me alive those first few months before Threshing because you were intrigued or impressed by me or attracted to me like I was to you, and not because you made a deal with my mother. Because it’s horrifying to think that the only reason you fell in love with me is because of her. Because maybe you’re right and I didn’t want that particular truth, since I know there’s a thin line between devotion and obsession, between cowardice and self-preservation, and I’m walking it when it comes to you. I love you so fucking much that I ignored every warning signal last
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Oh violet my sweet girl :(
“What’s your second signet?” His eyes widen, and the blood drains from his face as his hand falls away. For the first time, I think I’ve actually managed to shock Xaden Riorson.
Oh fucking shit i knew it!!!!!!!!
Maybe he and I keep having the same fight because we never get to actually finish it. What in Malek’s name could his signet be if he went that pale?
We better find out what it is in this book rebecca i swear if u make us wait...
“How long do you think it takes for someone to fall out of love?” He studies the skyline. “A day? A month? I’m asking because I don’t have any experience with it.” What the fuck? I fold my arms to keep from giving in to the impulse to jab him with the sharp point of my elbow. “I’m asking,” he continues, his throat working as he swallows, “because I think it will take you all of a heartbeat once you know.”
Oh what the fuck
“You’ve always deserved better than me. And no one knows,” he repeats, his voice dropping. “Because if they did, I’d be dead.” “Why would—” My lips part, and my pulse jumps as my head starts to swim.
I FUCKING KNEW IT OMGGGGG HE CAN READ MINDS
“Yes. It’s how I knew I could trust you not to tell anyone about the meeting under the tree last year,” he says as I retreat another step. “How I seem to know what my opponent has planned on the mat before their next move. How I know exactly what someone needs to hear in order to get them to do what I need done, and how I knew if someone remotely suspected us while we were at Basgiath.”
Shit
“I can read intentions. Maybe I would know what to call it if they didn’t kill everyone with even a hint of the signet.”
Omg
Tairn growls low in his throat and lowers his head at Sgaeyl as a rush of something bitter and sick floods our bond. Betrayal. I slam my shields up, blocking him out before I’m lost to his emotions, already struggling with mine. He didn’t know.
Oh shit...
Or did he just say what I wanted to hear? Do the things I needed in order to— “Less than a minute,” Xaden whispers as Sgaeyl moves toward him—toward us. “That’s how long it took for you to fall out of love with me.”
Im gonna throw up an throw this book at someone
slowing and sluggishly admitting defeat, and racing—no, rising to fight—in defense of the simple yet agonizing truth that I love him anyway.
Violet pls dont break his heart
“Say something,” he begs, fear streaking through his eyes.
Im fucking sweating on this plane rebecca im gonna kill you fuck ur signing
“My love isn’t fickle.” I shake my head slowly, keeping my gaze locked on his. “So you’d better live, because I’m ready to ask you all the fucking questions.”
Ok theres hope. I can deal with fighting but no breakup pls
“Hundreds,” Sgaeyl answers. “That’s unfortunate.”
Lmao plsss
The rider on the center wyvern…
The sage...
“I love you,” Xaden says as the wyvern closest to me banks away from the wards, falling into a turning dive, only to gain speed and climb again, leveling out behind the lead two before flying straight for us. “Even if you believe nothing else I ever say, please believe that.” “Do not speak to her as if death is a possibility,”
:(
Then the wyvern crosses the invisible barrier, and my heart stops beating altogether as its wings flap once. Twice.
Uhhh...
The wyvern’s wings and head sag, and its body follows suit—as though someone plucked out its life force—and
Thank god
I’m quickly learning it’s possible to love someone and not want to be with them at the same time.
Well then stop learning. Matter of fact drop out of school
“Melgren has asked us to meet with him tomorrow. He requested whomever represents our movement—no more than two marked ones allowed—along with Violet and Mira Sorrengail.” She reaches for my hand and squeezes gently. “You can say no. You should say no.”
Oh god
“You can still wield.” My heart sinks at the wider implications, and my shoulders sag. She nods solemnly. “As glad as I am to not be stripped of my power, I’m sorry to say there’s something wrong with your wards.” Fuck.
Well fuck
Andarna cursed Tairn’s entire family line, then blocked us both and went to practice with the elders.
Lmfao
Mom and Dad are fighting, and everyone knows it.
:(
“Let me in. If only for a second, please let me in.”
LET HIM IN
“Did you ever use your signet to glean information to influence my feelings in any way?” “Never.” He shakes his head, but his hands clench at his sides and the muscle in his jaw pops. “But I have always lacked a certain element of self-control when it comes to you, and our bond makes it way too easy for you to send your intentions without even realizing it.”
10 points for xaden
Heat flushes up my neck and stings my cheeks, reminding me of the times my scalp would prickle in his presence. “You knew I wanted to kiss you that night by the wall…” Gods, I can’t even finish the question. The tops of the trees begin to sway. They’ve brought dragons. “Yes.” He glances at me. “And you have my most sincere apology. Had I known what we would become”—he shakes his head—“fuck, I probably still would have done it.” “Do you still do it?” I have to know. “No. I stopped the moment you were more to me than the general’s daughter, the moment I realized the harm Dain had done—and that I
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:(
“You ready for this?”
Oh shit...did they bring brennan?!
“They’re going to overrun us at Samara,” Melgren interrupts. Everyone quiets. I struggle to draw my next breath. Surely he didn’t mean to say that. I look at Mom, and my knees weaken at the subtle nod she gives me. Even Mira tenses. “I’ve seen it,” Melgren continues. “They come for us on solstice, and they win.”
Plot
“Do me a favor,” I say to Xaden. “Forget feeling guilty about reading my intentions and please read theirs.”
<3
The color drains from Mom’s face as she looks between Mira and me, past us, and for the first time in my life, I see her wobble, like someone has knocked her off her center.
Hi brennan bby <3
“Obviously,”
Lmao pls
“She sacrificed you, too, Violet,” Mira reminds me. “Maybe she put you into the Riders Quadrant to save you from being killed as a scribe once you learned the truth, or maybe she did it to kill you before
So true
Whatever wards you’ve raised from the instructions in Warrick’s journal will fail.”
Thx for the vote of confidence
“Fix your wards.” She pulls a leather notebook from her jacket, and my eyes widen with recognition. “If you don’t, they’ll decline over time to nothing. Your father told me once that his research showed that Warrick never wanted anyone else to hold the power of the wards. He wanted Navarre to eternally hold the upper hand. But Lyra thought the knowledge should be shared.” “Warrick lied,” I whisper. But about what?
Oh shit
“You have the heart of a rider but the mind of a scribe, Violet. I’m trusting you not only to protect yourself, but to protect Mira and”—she swallows hard—“Brennan.”
No pressure
And the damned thing is humming. Oh shit. Is this why wyvern have suddenly reappeared? Did someone give the venin runes?
huh??
golden eye that blinks open. “Fuck, no,” Mira whispers, drawing her sword.
What the
“We now have a warded bedroom,”
heh <3
