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

by Elizabeth Helen

“Together,” I say. His eyes flash like stars. “Together.”

As if there was nothing else in the world, no goblins or knights, his lips crash over mine. It’s every longing moment of our separation being released at last. Something no dream could replicate.

As for Rosalina… This will only confirm for her the villain I am. But I told her I’d be her darkness, and if only a villain can save her, then so be it.

But her hand trails to mine and squeezes three times. She heard me.

WHEN THEY DONT UNDERSTAND THE THREE SQUEEZE AGHHH

HOLY SHI

“Stand together, fall together,”

“Now is definitely not the time or place,” I mean to sneer, but it comes out a breathy sigh. He raises a dark brow. “But battlefield kisses are your speciality. Must be the rot on my lips. Fear it may ruin your complexion?”

THEORY KISS WILL DO SOMETHING IDJ WHAT BUT SOMETHING

boo very disappointed

i’m actually gonna cry shut up my poor baby

Me and him in a world only the two of us understand. A place surrounded by swirling thorns and cosmic stars.

aaaaaaand click goes the slight switch

girl you told him to go dance calm down

this entire fight is so funny

it is utter torment. To have the most beautiful and kind and strange woman as my mate and not be allowed to do more than look upon her.” “Strange?” I reply, flicking him on the nose. “I would not have you any other way.”

shut up my domestic babies 😭😭

“Wouldn’t it be worth it, though? One woman to save your entire realm?” “It wouldn’t be worth it for me.” Keldarion grips my chin and makes me look at him. “If that brands me as a terrible leader, then so be it. But there is nothing I would not do for you. There is nothing in this world I would not sacrifice for you.”

and peggy

lowkey cringe bc she’s right he doesn’t need it 💀💀💀

i feel like if we got prequels with this story line EVERYONE WOULD BE DEFENDING KEL W THEIR ENTIRE CHEST so i do that now anyway bc hes just a heartbroken baby🥺🥺

“What are you going to do, Day? You haven’t even broken your curse. And when you do, Rosie won’t matter to you anymore. I won’t matter to you anymore.” I lurch forward and wrap my arms around Farron, holding him tight. “Listen to me, and listen to me well, Pup. You are mine. I am yours. And she is ours. Until either of you say otherwise or force me away.”

we needed to throw in a and we are hers but i’ll excuse it this one time

“I would rip it apart—the cosmos, the threads of life—if I could bind you to us.” I spin him and push the hair off his brow. “I know you would. But even the brilliant High Prince of Autumn has his limits.” I lean in, brushing my lips over his. “So just love me instead.”

We’ve always been that special time between the turn of summer to fall when the leaves change as bright as the beaming sun that hasn’t yet been chased away.

“You’ve always been mine. Mine to chase. Mine to love. Mine to lose.”

SOBBING

He sinks to his knees before me. I’m reminded of the legend of sirens peering up from the ocean, ready to ensnare sailors. I would gladly sink to the bottom of his sea.

“Wouldn’t that be terrible for you? To receive nothing in return?” “Oh no, my Rose. Your body is all I have dreamed about since you walked through the door of Castletree. Will you let me touch you? Touch all of you?”

“I have always and will forever be yours, my Rose.” I drop the thorns and kiss him lightly. “I’m yours, Kel. You know I’m yours.” He grips me around the waist and tugs me over his hips. “Then hold on to the headboard and sit on my face.”

“What need do I have for air with your thighs around my head?”

BAHAHAHAHAHA IM SCREAMING THIS SHITS FUNNY

NO FUCKING WAY IM SCREAMING AN ICICLE DILDO WHAT HOW DID WE END UP HERE

ice dildo,

I love you, he says in my mind. In the starlight way, I say back.

something is terribly wrong. I feel it in my chest, as if my heart has lost its cadence.

This feeling in my chest… It wasn’t my fear. My pain. It was hers.

FATED MATES FATED MATES FATED MATES

“I’ll lead you to her!” the bird cries, but I’m faster than its tiny wings. I don’t need him, anyway. My heart knows the way.

LIKE SHUT THE FUCK UP

I won’t let anyone, or anything take her from me. Not the monsters that prowl the Briar or the demons that masquerade as men. I will be damned if my own land steals her away.

IM VIBRATING WITH EXCITEMENT RIGHT NOW I KNEW IT WAS THEIR BOOK AHHHHHHHHH

i totally forgot about the curse for a second omg yayyyyy woohoo no more beast boy

“For you, Rosalina, I will be better,” he breathes. “For you, I would do anything.”

oh ok i wasn’t crazy it just hadn’t happened yet phew telling yall i do pay attention

HOW THE FUCK DID WE GET HERE WHAT

KING SHIT

this is ur fault i know it is bitch get the fuck away from my man

she doesn’t even go here

tea

“Everything I am belongs to her, anyway. Take it.”

SOBBING

it’s giving that scene from soul shut up im gonna cry again

“Where do you think you’re going?” “To save her.” “Sire, you’re still injured!” Though my bones are bruised, my skin torn, I have breath in my lungs and my heart still beats. I don’t even bother to look at them as I find my footing and stride forward.

“There’s no way out for you. Why do you bother getting up?” she chides. “Because I have something to fight for. I have someone to fight for.”

“There is nothing—nothing—that could keep me from you. No blood nor blade nor judgment cast upon me. I would tear my bones from the grips of death and offer a thousand more in my stead if it means you await me at the end of it all.”

I will kill my brother, or I will die.