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“Besides, love is just like everything else in this town: pathetic and weak. I’m ready to see what else the world has to offer.”
They mirrored the phrase that chased her from dreams and nightmares her entire life, said in a voice that whispered of shadows and starlight. Love is a weakness.
She had no idea what was happening and had never felt less in control. She hated it.
Curious, Ryenne thought, for someone to inspire the kind of loyalty to consider defying a queen for.
every great power must be grounded, and even the strongest need protecting.”
But trust this, Mariah: even without the intervention of the gods, I would’ve fallen upon my sword for Ryenne the very moment I laid eyes on her, whether she selected me or not. She is mine, and I am hers.
“I’m not sure if this is the only night you’ll give me. And since it very well may be, I intend to take this opportunity to worship you fully.”
I dreamed of that which was feared, saving us all. And I dreamed that without darkness, we can never appreciate the light.
No. This was not a matter of pride. This was a matter of taking back power from men who never deserved to wield it.
He would tear this entire castle down, brick by golden brick. And then once he’d found who was responsible, he’d tear them apart, piece by piece.
“You will be my undoing, nio. Whenever you think it was you who lost control, remember—it was me who lost control first.”
“Utter one more foul word about her and I will slit your throat from ear to ear. I’m sure the red of your blood will look like a work of art pooling at her feet.”
The way Andrian looked at her now, the way he watched her as she moved with him across the dance floor, made her feel so alive and so … worthy.
“And I don’t care about your past, or your future, or any of it. Because you are fucking mine.”
Never wish to change an evolution that was always destined to occur.”
A shudder of power wracked through the earth, a tremor strong enough to wake the dragons of the world that had long since gone to sleep.
