Forged by Malice (Beasts of the Briar, #3)

by Elizabeth Helen

AGH SHUT UP HES SO SECRETLY SWEETIE

“The mountains told me your name. The forest sang your song. My heart has been searching for you since the first dawn.”

“Maybe there are things within these walls even a monster from the Below can’t stand to lose.”

Rosalina stands in my doorway, and I don’t even have time to be frightened for her, because the instant I see her face, I know it’s the goblins who should be afraid.

“Fuck it,” I growl and take her in my arms.

FUCK YES FINALLY PROVE HIM WRONG GIRLIE POP

“You were the first person to show me what love is supposed to feel like.” He stills his hands, his breath. The only movement is a slight quiver in his lips. Can you feel it now?

jump scare fr

“My mates love you. They love you, Ezryn. For once, stop thinking about everyone else. And choose me.”

“I could pass a thousand seasons staring at you and never have my fill of your beauty. I want you when the cherry blossoms fall in spring, and during the balmy nights of summer. I want you on a forest floor filled with autumn leaves and shivering in winter’s snow.”

shut the fuck up men like this are not real im gonna crash out

“What does it matter if you’re not mates? Why can’t I love you?”

i’m actually sobbing he wants her so badly and now bc of the stupid magic stuff she thinks they aren’t mated for fucks sale i’m gonna crash outtttt

this entire scene is genuinely a yearning masterpiece

“Do you trust me?” I ask. “Always.”

“You have a realm to rule and a curse to break, High Prince. And I’ll be at your side looking after you for as long as I can.”

FUCK YEAH CONSENT KING

damn girls a deep sleeper fr

She kisses the side of my face. “I love you, Farron.” “In the starlight way,” I whisper back.

she’s better then me i’d already be picking a fight

are you that stupid bffr

hm….i don’t like this

the way i would have been like HE DIED?!?!

invisible string.

uh oh spaghetti o

okay wait

OK WAITTTTT i squeaked at this hold the phone

you could — YOU SHOULD

booooo do it now

oh???

She reminds me a little of Rosie. Or maybe my every thought leads me back to her.

that’s.crazy.

DUDE- shut up

SQUEAK

okay slay queen taking the first step i see you

damn ouch

rosie rosie rosie rosie ROSIE R O S I E THATS WHYYYYYYYY also farron but i think the sex like lit something in them a lil tinsy bit for him to be like wait boo no one else

okay and what about it though?? i fear the problem doesn’t lie with their bond bc they love u ur just pushing them away so like ur the one putting urself in this position babes

he’s gonna sleep w her bc he thinks she’s his mate big sigh time

shut the fuck up this is so sweet

yea

There are so many moments in our childhood where I was so focused on fulfilling my own duty, I never stopped to look behind me and wait for him to catch up.”

theory i’m not very confident in?? he killed his mom to stop the pain??

His eyelids flutter, and a devastatingly handsome smile spreads on his face. “I know you do.”

SCREAMING KICKING MY FEET SQUEALING AND DANCING AROUND BAHAHAHAHA HES ALSO HER MATE DUMBASS GIRLIE

“My mother used to tell me not to mourn the flower in bloom because you know one day it will wilt, for then you are forsaking its beauty.”

IT IS BUT NOT TO HER FROM HER

“Can you feel my heart?” “Yes.” “Right now, it’s beating just for you.”

“Promise me something.” “Of course.” “Tonight, when you dance, look at the stars. Know that I’ll be looking at them, too, thinking of you.”

“Because a human can’t become what she wants.”

Maybe there’s someone out there I belong to. But in here, all I want is you. Stars above, in this damned flower, let me belong to you.”

ur her bonded mate dude duh

Seeing her here, in my realm beneath the cherry blossom trees, a deep and ancient knowing fights against my logical mind. All the centuries of my life have passed with little meaning because I was waiting. Waiting to find her.

i’m gonna crash out

“Yeah, well,” I murmur, slowly sending one of my vines to creep up behind her, “I don’t really want to be besties with you either.”

my girls got jokesssss