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“I don’t think I’d mind picking out lettuces with you,” he said thoughtfully. “Maybe boring is peaceful.”
I LOVE THEM SM
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“It was too damn easy to fall in love with you when I already loved everything about you, Cal,” I said, my voice rough with those words which had tortured me for so long.
OMLLLLL
“The moment I let myself imagine something more than friendship between us, I was done for. I know that might not be what you wanna hear, but I can’t keep it secret anymore. I’ve tried everything to keep it locked inside me, because I know that these words risk what
we are. But I can’t keep it bottled up forever, I get that now.”
Caleb moved even closer, his voice dropping, becoming gruffer. “I do know that I’ve never felt like this about anyone before. This is special in a way I can’t put a name to.”
“Yeah, Caleb finds it almost impossible to resist Seth too,” Darius agreed as he followed them with Darcy right beside him. “I’ve seen him pouncing on him and pinning him down, doing anything he can think of to get his mouth all over-”
DARIUS BYEEE
I’ve never felt more like myself since I let all that shit go. I know Darcy means the world to you because she pulled you from the dark, but she pulled me out too.”
Somewhere, deep in the most bloodthirsty regions of my soul, I felt myself starting to let go of my grudge against the mutt. And maybe, just maybe, he was beginning to grow on me.
DONT LIE TO YOURSELF LANCE
HES BEEN GROWING ON YOU FOR A LONG TIME
It was everything. Darius had spent time with my parents; he knew them in a way I would never know them in this life.
“She’s stubborn, fierce, and smart as all hell. She loves you more than anything in this realm or the next,” he said seriously.
Before I knew it, the two of us moved into an embrace, our losses shared and the grief of it eased in each other’s arms. It was almost impossible to believe I had come to think of Lionel’s ruthless son as a brother, but somehow we’d gotten here, treading an unforeseeable path that had changed us both irrevocably. The creaking
AWWW OMG
“Shit,” I breathed. “Go through the creepy door, she said,” Darius taunted. “Nothing bad will happen, she said.”
I don’t write entries about my day, bitching about my misfortunes and mindlessly writing my crush’s initials in a heart.” I snorted a laugh. “Not even a little heart just for me?” “Alright, just for you,” he said gruffly, and my smile grew.
To be desired by my queen was a fortune I would never take for granted.
The kid deserved to be shielded from all of this, kept safe somewhere none of it would ever affect him. He hadn’t even had a chance at life yet, and I damn well wasn’t gonna let him face death and destruction if I could
i feel like seth would actually be a good dad fr
“I love you, Tor.” Darcy squeezed my fingers between hers briefly. “Love you more,” I replied, gripping her back as I shifted again, my wings returning so we could take to the sky together. Steam hissed from my body as the lake water evaporated under the heat of my flames. “Now let’s go kill that bitch.”
“My wife, one of the True Queens, strode into death and stole me back from the hands of fate,”
“This can’t be it,” I rasped, and her fingers tightened on mine. “At least we’re together.” Her eyes blazed at me, and injustice seeped into every corner of my being. “We’ll fight until there’s no fight left in us,” I whispered, and she nodded, the certainty of that so undeniable, I’d hardly needed to voice it. “Stay with me,” she breathed. “Forever,” I promised,
OH HELL NAH
We embraced, because that was all there was left for us to do. To hold onto the other half of our soul, and pray The Veil stole us away together, placing us somewhere we would never part again.
Darius closed his arms around me as I wrapped all of my limbs around him and let my wings fade to nothing, tasting his rough and demanding kiss against my lips. “Can’t leave you alone for five minutes without carnage breaking out,” he grumbled against my mouth. “Can’t let you out of my sight without knowing you’ll go creating carnage of your own,” I replied in kind.
“My standards have always taken exception when it comes to you. You get a free pass for being you, the rest of the world does not. But if you think that means I won’t still bend you over my knee and remind you of what an asshole I can be, then go ahead and challenge me to prove it.”
“The Nymphs would know you are a queen without this dress. It’s right there in your eyes. You’re royal, your blood runs blue.” He lowered his head to kiss my ear, causing my pulse to riot. “Make them bow, beautiful.”
chest where the pounding of my heart thumped against her ear. “I loved you first,” I told her, tightening my arm around her and letting my eyes shut
BRUH HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO RECOVER FROM THIS SENTENCE
I LOVE THEMM SMMMM
I was wrong about that. Maybe on the other side of this war, we’d find ourselves in the mud again side by side with hours of freedom ahead of us.
“Hey,” Darius growled, and I looked up at him. “Mom died for us. And she’d fucking do it all over again because that’s what we do for family. I’d do it for you, and I damn well know you’d do it for me. That’s the way of war. It hurts, and it’s unjust, and those who live or die is all down to the flip of a coin. But it’s not your responsibility to keep everyone here. Sometimes shit happens that none of us can control, and it’s not fair, but that’s life, Xavier. Hell, I know how quick it can be lost. Don’t waste the time you have here feeling bad for the time you’re given. No one deserves free
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omggg painn
“Enjoy your life, Xavier. You’ve earned it,” he said.
“Damn straight,” Max said. “All hail those fiery fucking hellions.”
“She really is out of your league. I dunno how you managed to bag her.”
point by taking any other path either. “I’m so fucking glad for you,” I told my best friend, offering him a grin which was real despite all the concerns waging for my attention.
And that sound, that fucking sound so full of life and joy was why I wasn’t going to bow to the odds which stood before us. That sound was why I would fight to death and beyond for this war. Her. My queen. Who deserved so many more days of laughter to come.
OMGGGG
then examined the ring closely before adding her power to it. She engraved the words ‘blue means you’ on the inside of the metal then handed it back to me with a sniff.
SO PREFECT
“I don’t care about rules or laws when it comes to us,” I said my voice hard and unyielding, my steps certain and unfaltering.
AWWWW
My lips fell open as I recognised it for what it was, my eyes finding Seth’s and a wide smile spreading across my lips. “Mates,” I finished for him. “We’re Moon Mated.”
thirst for knowledge is as deep as mine,” I mused. “I don’t know as much as I’d like to know. And much of what I’ve learned is in books. Someday, perhaps we’ll travel to new places and learn about them together.”
Darcy had taught me how to let go, how to find joy between the dark days, and how to find hope in the dead of the coldest nights. I’d met her with a heart full of bitterness, and she’d been sweet enough to restore the balance. I was forever in debt to her in ways I didn’t know how to express.
Tory took my hand, her eyes a perfect mirror of mine. This girl, this woman, this fucking warrior made me so proud to be her twin, I could hardly bear it. I squeezed her fingers,
“Long live the True Queens,”
life was well-worn and her smile had brightened thousands of glorious days. We were meant to rise with tomorrow’s sun, and I would see that dawn in with my love by my side come what fucking may.
“Tell the poor choice,” Hail murmured in my ear as we prepared to charge into war. “He did…okay.” “Darius?” I asked, a smile lifting my lips for a brief moment. “Did he help in this?”
“I want to pick my own paths,” Tharix replied. “And I have come to see that I will never do that while our father keeps trying to yank on my leash.”
“You did it, Blue,” he said, his voice rough with emotion. “You’re a damn warrior of the stars.”
“We will see you again one day,” my mother promised. “But not until you have lived life to its fullest. Not until you have worn your hearts out with love and have known the depths of all this world has to offer.”
“The Dragon who burned.”
“Death doesn’t seem so terrifying with you by my side,” I told him.
Among it all, I held onto my sister, the truth of what this meant and what we were now changing everything. And as we emerged into the bright light of day beyond the caves and our army broke into raucous cheers of celebration, I couldn’t help but wonder what the world still had left to throw at us.
led the way out of the dark, I knew that we would always be irrevocably bonded by three things. Our crowns. Our story. Our souls.
wasn’t sure what got more official than a coronation. I was unrecognisable from the girl who used to roam the streets of Chicago stealing superbikes for quick cash and drinking tequila in questionable bars, yet that same spark of rebellion still flared within my green eyes. I was still me. I was just a whole lot more on top of that now.
