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“Secrets make for poor leverage. They die with the people who keep them.”
He grabs hold of her head and twists, snapping her neck.
STFU
“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 and me.”
Gods, I’m screwed when it comes to this man. It doesn’t matter that he hurt me, didn’t trust me. I don’t even know if I trust him. But I want him.
“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.”
“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.”
Though the chain of command may be consulted, the final say in any academic punishment or repercussion lies with the commandant’s office.
This gives me so much anxiety
No one carries me. They simply stay at my side, step by step, as we make our way up the hundreds of stairs that spiral through the foundation walls and back to the dorms,
I love this, like they let her stand on her own physically and mentally
“I haven’t hidden shit from you. I’ve simply told you selective truths.”
I love that she throws it right back at him
“So you can see if she’s trustworthy? By looking at her? Even you aren’t that powerful.” I open the door and step out into the hallway. “Let’s go.” “I’ll know. I’m an incredible judge of character.”
Okay pause why does this feel like foreshadowing????
Dragons do not answer to the whims of men.
There’s a reason they want us to watch our friends die, Rhi.” I tap my chest with one finger. “We are the weapons, and this place is the stone they use to sharpen us.”
“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.”
“Next match is Dain Aetos against Violet Sorrengail.”
I really hate Dain so much
“Oh shit.” My chest feels like it’s caving in as I grab hold of his good arm, halting our steps before the tunnel. “You know, don’t you?” He lifts a brow, the mage lights catching on those royally green eyes. “Why else would I be here?”
“You can’t protect me from this any more than you could Threshing,” I tell Xaden, stepping out from the shelter of his body. “You know it’s true.” “You weren’t mine at Threshing,” he counters.
“Violence, remember it’s only the body that’s fragile. You are unbreakable.”
“I’m fine, thanks for asking.” “Of course you are. I chose well.”
“Join me in welcoming back your fellow rider, Jack Barlowe!”
WHAT
Cat. It’s a fitting name for the way she’s sizing me up.
Ughhh it’s the girl that Bodhi mentioned 😭
“To which I will remind you that not a single dragon chose her. You were selected by two. Pull yourself together.”
“Oh, no.” Kaori shakes his head. “I think you abuse your power in general.”
HELL YEAH CALL HIM OUT
“Odd. Would that mean you influenced Solas when he set fire to that squad of bonded riders after Parapet?”
omg I LOVE Kaori
I take another sip of the lemonade, then glance down at the contents. The kitchen must have changed up the recipe, because it has a funny yet familiar aftertaste.
NOOOO im gonna cry
“Sleep if you can.” The suggestion is soft, the voice so achingly familiar that I squeeze my undamaged eye shut.
Okay and now I’m crying
“I know,” Liam says gently. “But you’re staying strong. I’m so proud of you.”
I miss him so much this hurts 😭
“Don’t leave me,” I whisper to Liam. I don’t care that I’m far gone enough to hallucinate, that my brain is using Liam as a crutch as long as he stays, as long as I’m not alone. “I won’t. I swear.”
I’m in literal tears LIAM COME BACK 😭
“I’m here,” Liam promises. “And I still don’t regret it, Vi. Not one second.”
Why does this feel like losing Liam all over again, I literally can’t
“There’s nowhere in existence you could go that I wouldn’t find you, remember?”
“You want to know something true? Something real? I love you. I’m in love with you. I have been since the night the snow fell in your hair and you kissed me for the first time. I’m grateful my life is tied to yours because it means I won’t have to face a day without you in it. My heart only beats as long as yours does, and when you die, I’ll meet Malek at your side. It’s a damned good thing that you love me, too, because you’re stuck with me in this life and every other that could possibly follow.”
Cadet Sorrengail lacks the consistent ability to produce her own wards without extreme emotional distress.
I’m sorry WHAT
“Would Riorson let you rush off into a battle against gods know how many wyvern—or worse, the venin who created them—when you’re wounded?” His eyebrows rise. “Yes.” I step out onto the midpoint of Tairn’s tail, my stomach settling at the familiar territory beneath my boots as I look back over my shoulder at Dain. “That’s why I love him.”
“Aren’t you going to tell me how brilliant that idea was?” Tairn scoffs. “I chose you last year for that brilliance, and now you’d like to be congratulated like it’s something new? How odd.”
Their bond is my absolute favorite
“She wants you for your name.” “I know.” He braces his hands on the arms of the chair and leans in, brushing his lips over mine. “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.”
I’d kick his ass, partially because that’s what I do when someone challenges me, and more importantly for implying there’s any other future besides the one where you and I are endgame.”
I settle in against his warmth and lay my head on his chest, above the most comforting rhythm in the world besides Tairn’s and Andarna’s wingbeats—Xaden’s heart.
Nothing kills powerful, unshakable love faster than opposing ideologies.
“You doubt your judgment as if I did not choose you for it.”
“Shit.” I rub my hands over my face. “I didn’t mean to say that out loud.”
YOU DIDN’T omg he has to be able to read minds
“You’re an inntinnsic,”
this is CRAZY
“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.”
okay cool I’m crying now
“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.”
I love how strong she is though
“We will settle matters of emotion after matters of life.”
I just love Tairn
Maybe I’m becoming complacent with betrayal because it’s fucking everywhere
“You’re capable of hurting me in ways I’m not sure you’ve even begun to fathom, Violet. I might be skilled enough to land a death blow, but you alone have the power to fucking destroy me.”
“I need to know you’ll be here. That no matter what happens, you’ll come back so we can talk it out or fight it out.”
Oh Xaden 😭
She stalks forward, her talons clicking on the floor as she maneuvers around the stone, revealing Jack Barlowe in his seat on Baide’s back. The smile he gives me twists my stomach. “You’re right on time, Sorrengail.”
Bro why can’t this man just DIE
“I love you. The world does not exist for me beyond you.”
