The Balance of Fates

by RAQUEL RAELYNN

Vampires, witches, and werewolves all gathered under one vaulted roof seem like nothing short of trouble.

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You were caught feeding on a witch, directly violating the treaty, which prohibits violence against another Mystic family.

Foreshadowing??👀👀👀

So beautiful. So deadly.

Your lack of self-control is so based, and your sins run so deep, as to drive you to your core nature. A murderer. A daemon."

but she was so overwhelmed. Watching a man die.

Now why did they think a 10 year old wouldnt be affected by a gruesome death??

though she knew the woman wasn’t coming for her. She never had before.

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you don’t have to change a thing about yourself to earn my love. You already have it, and you always will."

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repetitive geometric shapes with many shades of blue and yellow, which give it a vibrant and animated quality.

Very ikea like

Adelaide is a constant companion in her mind.

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no, the memory—of killing Hetan’s parents hadn’t been said aloud,

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know you like sleeping with witches, but that one’s off-limits."

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A gift Lucia has been agonizing over all week. She’s a Sage.

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You will disgrace the Dol’Auclair name—disgrace your dying grandmother."

"There’s nothing improper about a man coming to congratulate his betrothed," he says, and Lucia’s stomach drops at those words.

What...?!?!

"If you truly cared, you would have put me over her!

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"Even if I wasn’t promised to Fabien, I couldn’t be with you." "Because I’m a woman?" "Because you’re dead."

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"I ask nothing of you child, therefore you cannot disobey me."

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"You couldn’t speak yesterday because you were busy? Busy hanging out with that vampire,"

"I have done everything for you, Mother. Everything. All I have ever wanted is your love. For you to be proud of me.

I love you, Mother, but I will not become you.

"You’re doing this for money? That’s all it takes to buy your morality?"