Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
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“Let’s get one thing straight, Dain.” I take a step closer, but the distance between us only widens. “The reason we’ll never be anything more than friends isn’t because of your rules. It’s because you have no faith in me.
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fingers curl around the hilt. “She should have killed you in the field, but she’s merciful. That’s not a flaw I possess.”
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My eyes widen. Xaden Riorson is kneeling before me,
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he robs me of every logical thought by putting on my boots and lacing them one at a time.
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This is the same man who had no problems with my death
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This feeling is why I haven’t wanted anyone…else. Because I want him.
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It doesn’t matter how the vote comes down. I’ve already won.
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There is no stronger bond than that between two mated dragons.
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One cannot survive without the other.
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“Fuck, that stubborn, feisty look always makes me want to kiss you.” Xaden’s expression remains bland, bored even, but his eyes heat as his gaze drops to my mouth. “And you say this now, where people will see if you actually do.” My breath catches.
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“When did I ever give you the impression that I give a fuck what people think about me?” A corner of his mouth rises, and now it’s all I can concentrate on, damn him. “I only care what they think about you.”
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There’s nowhere in existence you could go that I wouldn’t find you, Violence.”
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He had the lives of all one hundred and seven marked ones carved into his back, taking responsibility for them. But who takes responsibility—takes care—of him?
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I’m in love with Xaden.
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There’s nothing about this man that scares me anymore, except the magnitude of my feelings for him.
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I’m the outsider here.
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he’s not trying to convince me. The truth rarely needs effort,
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It only takes one desperate generation to change history—even erase it.
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“One generation to change the text. One generation chooses to teach that text. The next grows, and the lie becomes history.”
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I gave him everything, and he never truly let me in.
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“We’ve been sent here to die.”
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We can live as cowards or die as riders.
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“We defend the defenseless. That’s what we do.”
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Liam is gone.
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show these assholes exactly how violent I can be.
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But I never see the one coming at us from the left. Not until I feel Tairn’s roar of pain.
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