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It is one thing to cross the parapet your first year. But watching countless candidates lose their life to it feels a little like dying, too. Don’t watch if you can help it.
“You’d have thought your mother would have held off the storm last year, considering you were crossing.”
“Varrish? Nothing besides the fact that he’s a complete hard-ass who thinks the quadrant has gone soft in the years since he graduated,” Dain answers. “He’s friends with my father.”
“Sloane Mairi.”
“Don’t you dare say another word, or I’ll blast you off this turret, Aetos.”
“I know what really happened. You got my brother killed. He died for you.”
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.
“The first year is when some of us lose our lives,”
“The second year is when the rest of us lose our humanity.
“You want my respect? Earn it.” Ridoc shrugs. “Cross the parapet, climb the Gauntlet, survive Threshing, and then we’ll be on equal footing.”
“Fine, then what about the wabern, or whatever you called them?”
That dragon of yours might not be able to reach you this deep under Basgiath, but Xaden’s going to rip this place apart brick by brick. You just have to survive.”
“There’s nowhere in existence you could go that I wouldn’t find you, remember?”
Godsdamn,” Garrick says from behind Xaden. “You took off running and then couldn’t save a single one for me? Took me forever to clear the barricade of bodies in the staircase.”
My heart only beats as long as yours does, and when you die, I’ll meet Malek at your side.
“I do love you,”
“You’re alive?” She stumbles forward, shaking her head. “After… I mean… It’s been six years, and you’re…alive?” “In the flesh.” He opens his arms. “Gods, it’s good to see you.” She draws back her fist and punches him straight in the face.
“Seriously?” Brennan remarks. “Right in front of me?” “Oh, this is tame for them,” Mira replies. “Wait until they decide to basically climb each other in a public place. You can’t burn that shit out of your head, trust me.”
A figure dressed entirely in black. His jaw flexes, his hands curl at his sides, and his beautiful face… Well, he hasn’t looked at me with that much anger since discovering my last name at Parapet, back when he wanted to kill me. Guess I should be careful what I ask for, because I’m so fucked. “You aren’t where I left you, Violence.”
“Do you know who you sound like right now?” “Please, enlighten me.” He folds his arms across his chest. “Dain.” I shut the door in his face.
If I’d just watched him face down a venin, I’d probably be in his fucking lap right now.
“We do not eat our allies,” Tairn lectures. “Find another snack.”
“You’d teach me the sign for sex and tell me it was hello, just to see what happened when I used it,”
and we’re the Iron Squad. We do not bend. And we definitely do not blend.
Holy shit. She fights like Xaden. He trained both of us.
“Does it bother you?”
“Knowing he taught me first? That I had him first?”
“Not at all, since I have him now.” I swallow the sour jealousy that rises with the b...
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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 ...
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“I honestly don’t care if you kill her, Violence.”
“But you will.”
“And you love me in spite of it. That’s one of the many reasons I will always choose you.”
“My house. My chair. My woman.”
“Look at how beautiful you are, Violet, coming for me on Tyrrendor’s throne.”
She’s heaven in my mouth. Flawless. Mine.
“Because I need you to see I’m more than capable of worshipping your body without reciprocation. You’re not a convenient placeholder for me to fuck.”
And before you start another argument, I’ll fuck you later tonight.
“How could you ever love someone like her?” “I didn’t.” He shrugs. “You are the first and only woman I’ve ever loved.”
“You don’t have to like someone to fuck them.”
“That trick you mentioned? You know, with the fingers?” A slow smile spreads across my face. “Thanks.”
“We do not eat our allies,” Tairn lectures. “You never let me have any fun.”
He glances at the slice, then leans in and brushes his mouth over mine before grabbing it. “I’m not used to people taking care of me. Thank you.”
I bet we get seven inches tonight.” “Maybe more if you’re good.”
Rain isn’t rain. It’s flame.
The blood of life is actually the breath of life, and setting the stone ablaze in an iron flame…
“You definitely need to make him tell you about the venin he took down just outside Draithus.” “You what?” My stomach pitches sideways. “Thanks for that, asshole.” Xaden glares at Garrick. “Just doing my part to help your communication skills thrive in a stable relationship.”
