Onyx Storm (The Empyrean #3)
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But when you combine it with some other pretty ordinary herbs, say the shredded bark of the tarsilla bush, it becomes a deadly poison, and tarsilla grows all along your beaches.” I lean down, careful not to jostle my ribs, so I’m at his eye level. “Ask me why we’re going to fly out of here without you saying a single word.” “Why?” he grinds out. “Because you love your sons.”
Danielle Iadevaio
SHES SO AELIN RN
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It’s because the seventh currently sits next to the window at your parents’ house, where your boys sleep—where she’ll stay until she knows we’re out of range of any weapons you might be hiding.”
Danielle Iadevaio
RAHHH RAHHH LIKE A DUNGEON DRAGON
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“That’s impossible.” Faris shakes his head. “Someone would have seen.” “Not when that dragon is an irid.”
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“The eyes. I should have recognized your eyes. You’re Asher Daxton’s girl.”
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His dark eyes study me for a moment that quickly becomes awkward.
Danielle Iadevaio
what does he recognize…
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Kiralair follows, then moves to Sila’s side, shouldering some of the gryphon’s weight. Sila strains for one more step, like she can reach Trager if she just tries hard enough. But her ankles give, then her shoulders, and she collapses, her beak sliding down Kira’s side before her head slams into the ground.
Danielle Iadevaio
THIS IS SO SAD
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And expel another piece of my humanity.
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Tairn opens one golden eye as I approach, then closes it, falling back asleep with Sgaeyl’s head resting on his back.
Danielle Iadevaio
Stop mom n dad r cuddling
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“Aaric agreed to terms, which were oddly favorable to us. They’ll send an advance party within the next couple of months and the rest of their troops whenever we’re ready to receive all forty thousand of them.”
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Imagine who you’ll become when you finally learn to not just embrace that confidence but live it.” “You?” I force a smile. “Better than me.”
Danielle Iadevaio
LIKE I LOVE THE WAY HE LIFTS HER UPPPP
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“There is no cure for me.” He presses a kiss to my forehead. “That’s why you have to become better than me. There’s only you.”
Danielle Iadevaio
sweet but like PLS DONT SAY THAT
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“I can see another isle from the edge of the point.” Aaric nods up the beach. “Molvic can make out two past it.”
Danielle Iadevaio
Farsight?
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“Just you and me today, honey bear.” Garrick swings his arm over Xaden’s shoulder. “Don’t worry,” he leans in and whispers. “I’ll take good care of you.” He flashes a dimple.
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HAHAHAH
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“Do I even want to know?” “He’s getting me back because I won the last round.”
Danielle Iadevaio
Loling him and aotrom r legit nick n schmidt
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We didn’t find the irids; they found us. We did it. They’re here
Danielle Iadevaio
YEEEEHAW
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“Hello, human.”
Danielle Iadevaio
HOW CAN THEY TALK TO HER
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“She is the criterion.” The other five flinch and draw back.
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“Is this really about to be story time?” Ridoc signs.
Danielle Iadevaio
This is so cute shutup
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“And so I flew into the battle!” She pounces up on all fours. There’s more than one set of narrowed golden eyes. “And Violet channeled my power—” Two of them inhale sharply, and my stomach full-on knots.
Danielle Iadevaio
I am giggling sohardshes so cute
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“You think I’m broken,” Andarna hisses. “We think you’re a weapon,” the male responds.
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My heart hurts
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“And you”—the male lowers his gaze to Andarna—“our very hope, have handed this human something far more dangerous to wield, haven’t you?”
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WHAT DOES THIS MEAN
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“You’ve become the very thing we abhor, the horror we fled from.”
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Im gonna cry
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“The world was not ready for you, and though it is no fault of your own, we cannot accept you.”
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Im so sad.
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“Well aware,” Xaden replies. “First because I trust Violet, and second”—he glances at Ridoc in a dismissive once-over—“it wasn’t a big enough strike.”
Danielle Iadevaio
Always w the dick slinging jokes
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I’ve seen things he never will, touched pieces of history he didn’t know existed. Just like my father.
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“She was with them—their lightning wielder. I’d guess that’s how the textile fire started, and probably what took out the other dragons.”
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and the next flash of lightning reflects in the emeralds adorning the top of the hilt.
Danielle Iadevaio
EMERALDS.
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For the nights I can’t sleep next to you. — X My chest clenches just like it did when I opened it. He’d somehow seen me eyeing the fabric in Deverelli, bought it, then placed the order to have it made before we left to search the other isles.
Danielle Iadevaio
Like obsessed w him
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That’s the vision I’m going to cling to: you and me, holding hands, looking
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Am I expected to turn with you? Is that the only way to keep our dragons alive if you give up?”
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Omg wait i didnt even think of this…
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“We do not speak of the one who came before.”
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I still dont get why
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It’s missing a single
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Why is it missing a stone???
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“He wants to try mending the spot at Basgiath.”
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“We were beyond the wards, but I didn’t reach for any form of power because even in that state, I knew it could take me back to day zero, and day zero doesn’t give me you. I clawed my way back to myself and left.”
Danielle Iadevaio
UGHHH I NEED HIM
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“Even when I’m not entirely…me, whatever I am still craves you, needs you, only wants you.
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God pls bring him to ME
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“If I loved you in the way you deserve to be loved, I’d ignore that you’re the only form of peace I’ve ever known and put a thousand miles between us because stable still isn’t whole.” His gaze drops to my mouth. “Instead, I’m here plotting, thinking of every possible way to mitigate the threat I pose so I can tear this very translucent silk from your incredible body and bury myself inside you.”
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“I need you to give me the one thing you love breaking.” I force my brain to work through the haze of lust he’s creating. “Control.” “Control.” He nods. “Done.”
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“If you only knew.”
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idk how to respond to this
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“My control when it comes to you is an illusion. You are the temple where I worship. I live for the clench of your thighs, your breathy little cries, the feel of you coming around my cock, and above all else, the sound of my favorite three words from this mouth.”
Danielle Iadevaio
I would give him 75 children
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“Keeping my hands off you has been the feat of my life
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have the power to shred my discipline with a singl...
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“Don’t touch you. Got it.” “Do you?” Bands of shadow stream over his shoulders to wrap around my wrists, and a heartbeat later, my hands are anchored to the wall above my head. “Is this something you can take if I need it?”
Danielle Iadevaio
Im turned AWNNNN
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“It wouldn’t be the first time I raised a blade to you.” He stares, utterly bewildered, then flashes a grin. “I’m not sure what that says about us.” Is it toxic? Maybe. Is it us? Absolutely.
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“Don’t need it. I am the weapon.”
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QUEEN
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“Grab hold, love.”
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I WOULDNT NEED TO HOLD ONNNNNN
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“What are you—” “Worshipping.” He lifts my ass and brings my hips straight to his mouth.
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WHEN IS IT MY TURN TO HAVE A MUNCH LIKE HIM
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“You are every fantasy I’ll ever have.”
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“I’ve got you,” he promises, his voice hoarse. “My power, my body, my soul—it’s all yours.”
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find the Sword of Tyrrendor at my throat.
Danielle Iadevaio
WHY IS IT ALWAYS THIS SWORD IS XADEN HE SAGE IN HER DREAM IM SCARED
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“I had a bad dream, too.”
Danielle Iadevaio
Wait were they like in eachothers dream