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And to those of you who have been told you can’t over and over again—I want you to know you can. You are strong enough. Chase your dreams. Climb your mountain. We’re all waiting at the top to celebrate with you.
💚🔥👏🏻
May your gift honor the Good Work of our most honorable high king.” “May his time be everlasting,”
Ok Handmade tale😂😂
His hands were rough yet gentle as he turned my wrist upright and pressed his Time Pacer to mine. “What are you doing?” I whispered, struck with the fear that he would steal my last minutes and leave me to die in this darkened corner of the square. “Helping you. Do not expect my good graces to favor you again.” He released me after a moment, and warmth returned to my limbs. My Pacer still ran slow, but I felt re-energized. He had indeed helped me.
Awwwwww
“Rise, and be not afraid. For today, you have paid homage to the Good Work of the honorable high king. He is most proud.” He dropped the hood of his cloak, revealing the dark crown upon his head. The fine metal twisted and rose into thin spires,
I feel like Ryder is a prince
I watched in shock as the cloaked figure paused his climb, and a weighted hush fell over the square. He withdrew something from the folds of his cloak and aimed it at the high prince, a glint of silver catching the light. The colors from the screen below illuminated the man’s face as he lowered his hood and I gasped, recognizing the auburn curls, the pointed chin. Jarom. A single shot blasted from the barrel.
Oh damn!
The bullet whistled past my shoulder and lodged itself into the platform, splintering through the wooden planks. By the grace of the Fates, it narrowly missed the bone of Flint’s forearm. I gripped my brother’s wrists and pinned him to the ground, sheltering him from the assassin below my body.
Figures he's a prince
The woman’s voice blocked out every other sound—every other thought in my mind. I lowered the gun and turned, scanning the crowd in search of the speaker, the owner of the voice I recognized in my soul.
Bonding?🤘🏼
Control and reason abandoned my body. Three shots erupted in rapid succession. Head, heart, gut. The three shots fired to neutralize the threat, to ensure no harm would come to her.
Ohhhh she's going to hate you!
Something indiscernible flashed in his eyes, but his vacant expression remained unchanged. “No, I am not.”
Naw not friends...bonded😏
Always and forever.”
Are you a Mikaelson?!😂
Look less…” And then he gestured to all of me, searching for the word that eluded him.
😂😂😂
The high prince merely scoffed at his offering. He frowned at the timid women, crossed his arms, and then threw a glare at Rydar that made me shudder. “And why not? Are you so incompetent that you failed to present this one as an option, or did you purposely hide her from me?”
Ohhhh that's way he said no in the beginning.😂
“Anyway, if I must marry, do I not deserve to select someone who will entertain me? You are a hundred times more intriguing than that lot, my little spitfire. I want you.” Every fiber of my being wished to rip his hand away, but I remained still. Rydar did not respond, but the flickering muscle in his jaw exposed his annoyance. Does the high prince’s interest alarm him? Is he…jealous?
Yep he is!😂😂
“Have you ever witnessed a shadowvein oath, Oraelia? The unbreakable promise?”
The unbreakable vow? Shape is that you?😂
“Thank you,” I mumbled, humbly accepting the tube and squeezing the thick paste into my mouth. The chalky, gritty texture made me grimace, but the grumbling in my stomach soon eased as we walked forward in shared silence.
You couldn't pay me to eat that shit.
The victim’s crushing pain washed over me, and I screwed my eyes shut, gripping Rydar’s hands tighter and tighter until the agony of the man’s last moments finally relented. His pain left my senses the moment his soul embarked on its journey to the Next Realm.
That would suuuuck!
“I cannot rescue you, but I will protect you, even from yourself.” He held me tightly, pushing me along. “They will kill you if you flee, and I cannot let you go to your death. I know this is painful to witness. It is horrific. But I will endure it with you to keep you safe. And you must endure it to stay alive. Stay with me.”
Awwwww
He showed no outward indication of his discomfort nor fear in his expression, but the faintest hint of surprise surfaced in the slight raise of his brow and parted lips. He placed a palm over his heart, where red seeped through a gash in the fabric of his jacket.
Is she going to heal him? its not that bad right?😂
The way his eyes locked on mine when I pulled away stirred something inside me, and we stared at one another for far too long, neither moving nor breathing. He took me in his arms, and fire flared in his gaze just before his lips pressed against mine.
Oh shnap!😏
Elowynne held up the blouse, unfolding it to show off the large patches of scarlet. “There’s quite a bit of blood.” She raised a brow in a silent demand for an explanation. Helfyre. “I bleed easily.” I shrugged it off, praying she’d accept the justification.
She's so dumb. she should have either kept the dagger and cut herself but not too deep to cover up her healing.🤦🏻♀️
Great shears glinted in the sun’s light as they approached her. Their horses, with gleaming chestnut coats, pranced alongside the beast’s flanks, and my stomach churned with horror. The Watchmen placed the shears at the base of the dragon’s wings, then clamped them closed to slice through the tendon at the joint. The dragon screeched in agony, its wings clipped and rendered useless, its soul crushed by the reality that it would never fly again. The pain that crashed into my chest bore a hole straight through my heart, and I sucked in a ragged breath. For a moment, I forgot to be afraid of the
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😭😭
like sand through an hourglass.
These are the days of our lives.😂😂
Her eyes nearly drowned me the first time I fell into their blue-green depths, tugging me beneath the crashing waves with an undercurrent of unmatched strength, tossing me back to the surface, changed and anchored to her soul forevermore. And now, when she stepped into the ballroom covered in blood and dirt, flashing eyes of fury that softened only for me, I knew I loved her with every broken shard of my soul.
Awwwww😭
“This is the most beautiful thing I have seen in my life.” From behind me, his deep rumble of a voice found its way into my heart. “Yes, it comes close, doesn’t it?” I whirled around to find Rydar watching me, his gaze churning with storm clouds and secrets. “Close to what?” But I knew. It was in his eyes. “To the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.”
Awwwww😭
“When I first saw you, I knew who you were. What you were. You blazed your way into my life like the sun, and you made me feel like there could be a light at the end of all this darkness, and that if I could only be near you, I would find my way out of the shadows.” He turned to face me once more, locking his stormy eyes on mine. “You are my dawn, Rae—a light in my life I will never deserve.”
Awwwwww😭😭
“Do you know why I love sunset, Rydar?” He did not answer me, but tilted his head in question, waiting. So I gathered my thoughts and my heart and laid them bare before him. “Because I love the night. When the sun sets, it marks another day survived. Night falls, and with it comes a peace known only to the darkness. Rest…renewal. If I am the dawn, then you are my dusk. You are the solace I will fight my way towards every day, never resting, never stopping until I can find my way to you beneath the starlit sky. I am not afraid of the darkness, Rydar, especially not yours. This is not our end.”
Awwwwww😭😭
Wind stirred his hair, but the rest of him remained frozen, breathless, watching me with eyes turned downward and a jaw tensed with reserve. And then, all at once, as though his body surrendered to whatever battles plagued his mind, he stripped down to his underclothes and tossed aside his boots and pants. His shoulders relaxed, and he rushed toward me, splashing through the water until he held me in his arms and pressed his mouth against mine.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😏
“Save them, Rae. Raise helfyre.” A smile. Then he was gone.
Damn😭😭😭
I pulled the covers back up to my chin and watched him walk to the door. He lingered in the door frame, then turned back to me with a glimmer of joy in his eyes. “I am so glad you get to be mine, Oraelia.”
Wooooow what a way to end the book😂😭
