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It was fitting that forgetting that important lesson was his downfall. He’d simply expected it would be a blade, not a beautiful woman, that broke him.
He warred with opponents, he warred with who he was, and he warred with being the expendable son. Fate had a sense of humor in making him a very reluctant king.
She was the first person he’d ever shown his heart to, and she would be the last.
Xander is an emo boy
Remembering was hard, but forgetting might as well have been forgetting himself.
The mirror has a will of its own. It wanted to be here.”
A mirror of truth wanted the biggest liar/denier to have it… hmmmm
Cecilia had been made and unmade, and now she had the strange sensation of trying to rebuild herself from nothing.
She didn’t deserve him, but she was terrified to let him see that because then she would be alone. It was just the two of them now, and she didn’t know if she would survive if Rainer saw the bitter, broken parts of her.
Oh babe… don’t push him away 😭
not just because she had a mind for it, but because she ruled masterfully over men.
Sylvie has turned Evan into a simp and I am eating it uppppp
You dishonor the faith she had in you with your blatant disregard for your responsibility.”
TELL HIM GIRL 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The woman was born to be a queen. Too bad he wanted her to himself.
Evan worships his girl and I love it
You never speak of her and yet I think you see her in every silence.”
Wow this is haunting
Teddy left a chasm that nothing else could fill.
I miss Teddy too 😭😭
All he had to offer was himself, which felt woefully inadequate. It always had.
😭😭😭
I love you. Not part of you. Not just your beautiful face. I love all of you. And now that I’ve had it all, I can’t settle for less.”
He knew her the best. If she was lost, he would help her find herself. Rainer would remember her even when she couldn’t. Cecilia Reznik was unforgettable.
But it felt like death had placed a veil between her and the outside world. Life had lost some of its color, or perhaps she had lost her connection to its usual brightness.
That scar reminded her that she had been broken by death; that she’d needed to be saved by Rainer—and
Rainer’s love had saved her. And still, she didn’t trust him to love her enough to step into the dark with her.
Because that’s the only way someone could ever have you—if you choose them. It felt like you chose me before, but it has not felt that way since—”
“There’s nothing about you that I don’t want to see. I crescent promise. I want to know all of you. Will you let me?”
You fought for everyone else, but now you won’t fight for yourself. You made me stab you in the heart to save me.
I will come for you in every darkness, and I will carry you out, or I will sit with you there until you can walk out on your own.”
“You were right behind me the whole time?” “I was, and I always will be,”
The one inside her right hip bone, the one under her right breast, and the three that dotted up the left side of her neck. Seven freckled stars that made up the constellation of Cecilia.
He felt as though he was getting to know her all over again, and it was a beautiful thing to fall in love with new sides of her each day.
Cecilia was her own universe, and he never stopped learning her, never stopped finding new things to love, never stopped wanting to explore her.
She was a beautiful mess of wild, unbridled love and joy and flaws and longing, and she was his.
I’m just for you, Rain.
“I underestimated him once and nearly lost the love of my life. I won’t make the same mistake twice. Now, do you want to be mad, or do you want to kiss me?”
I respect his game 😏
She was the storm always waiting to sweep him away, and he was eager to let her.
“You are a hopeless flirt.” “And you are the love of my life.”
Ugh here we goooooo
Only she would be so fearless before a king.
SHES GONNA WALK THIS KING LIKE A DOG
It was only her scent he’d follow blindly through the labyrinth of grief. It was only her light that illuminated the way out of the dark forest of hurt.
He had not just loved Cecilia Reznik. He had survived her, and he was not sure he could do it again.
“I felt a burst of surprise and then a rush of heat through our connection. That’s like the Xander Savero special. Are you going to pretend he didn’t try to kiss you?”
😂😂😂 Rain is hysterical
“But that’s who she fell in love with.” “Only because Rainer wasn’t an option.”
FUCK HIM UP EVAN 😂😂😂
Evan loved watching her expressions. He was learning Sylvie like a new language, and he enjoyed the moments when he got past her perfect armor.
I’m thinking about letting you ruin me—wishing I could ruin you back.”
“To women saving the realm,” Cecilia started. “To men remembering to thank them,” Sylvie finished.
“Why be modest when I can be honest? I am fabulous and everyone should know it.”
It wasn’t that he didn’t feel it. Gods knew he did. It was that it scared him like nothing else in life.
‘Marry someone smart, or you’ll spend your life making dull conversation and worrying. If you marry someone smart, you’ll always have another mind to tackle life’s problems, and you’ll never worry that she can’t handle herself.
We warriors are rough and aren’t good at taking care of ourselves, and it’s not such a bad thing to have someone who can teach you how to be kind to yourself.’”
Evan was very much in love with and in awe of her. He did not know why he couldn’t simply say the three words that would let her know.
Don’t let that temper rule you. Either the rage feeds you, or it feeds on you. Don’t be a meal.”
“Jealousy looks bad on you, Your Majesty. One wonders why it’s a look you wear so often,” Cece said,
😂😂
I hate that your heart is safe around me when mine is always in peril around you.”
Rainer bristled. “I’m not afraid to punch a king.”
I feel no pity for you. I simply care about you. We all need someone sometimes. It’s okay to admit that you need comfort, Xan.
“You taught me how to love. I’m sorry that I taught you how to stop.” She frowned. “I never stopped.”
