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“The future queen of Ilya bows her head to no one.”
I am the sacrifice that Ordinaries have bled and died for. I am the power they lack.
“Why obey a man when I can be a far greater one?
But you will find that Ordinaries willing to procreate with an Elite are few and far between.”
Yeah why is that ur first thought
“What about the slums?”
Duh
Love and paranoia are quite fond of each other, habitually mingling into a suffocating protection.
“And I would rather them think that,” the king utters slowly, “than use you against me. I won’t risk an enraged Ordinary putting you in danger to hurt me.”
To hurt him not her
“Then they will have been right about me. I’m a weakness.”
Shit
“So bow at my feet with a sneer, if you must. I won’t see it with your face to the ground.”
It’s not the Trials themselves I fear—it’s what they will take from me.
“She is powerless.”
Wtf
“Are we supposed to dance with Jax as well?”
Lmao
“I really am Ordinary. Even to animals.”
The ship looms to our left, casting an ominous shadow over us.
He worries they wont choose to return
Water is fickle, and man is foolish enough to think we can tame it.
She was a rarity, one that Edric had not known before her—a Soul. This ability allowed her to sense and manipulate another’s emotions. More than once, Iris had used it on the king to turn the pressures of ruling into a spark of happiness that he only ever felt when she was around.
Oh so she could have made him love the child
“Your Majesty,” an adviser protests, “it’s merely an infant—”
Did they want it to stay?
Water pools around my ankles, and yet, I sit here with my head against his chest.
If he hadnt come shed be shitting bricks
This is not my Pae.
Damn boi
It’s a piece of Death himself that lives within me. And now, I command it.
“I’ve got you,” he pants against my ear. “I’ve got you, Pae.”
Dude had she come alone ....
“But I welcome the fact that you need me. The powerful, arrogant Ilya—brought to its knees.”
I feel that strange sensation grow beneath my skin, as though something stirs at the mere sight of her.
Hmmm. Magic?
“Well”—she sets the teacup down on the small table beside her—“in my experience, there is love. And there is duty. But there is never both.”
“You know, you are quite the pretty prince. In a different life of mine, perhaps I would have kept you for myself.”
Siren?
“Don’t fear power. Wield it. Perhaps even let it control you.”
she was related to the other queen...
“Being an Ordinary is not what makes you weak. It’s your heart.”
Oh damn. She in love with the king once?
Power is a sickness that corrupts all those who get a taste.
“He is,” Myla blurts, ever the protective mother. “No one in Ilya is like him.”
Or is it the other wielders brother ???
“He will be mine.”
Not her
So when it turns its luminous green eyes on me, baring numerous rows of jagged teeth, I do not back down. I do not fail, or falter, or feel remorse.
Green eyes. Omg jaxs parents
A weak chant begins to rise from their collective throats, one I thought I would never hear again. “Silver Savior!” “Silver Savior!” “Silver Savior!” And I might have liked the sound of it.
Yassss queen
“I don’t think he wants to be looked after.” “He should be grateful that someone cares enough to do so,” Kai retorts stiffly. “Not all of us had that luxury.”
Catching the odd show of emotion, Kitt straightens before beaming at his father. Edric only nods to the book in his heir’s hand and does not smile back.
Aww
“I could crush your heart with a single thought.” “Maybe your ability could.” My gaze is lethal. “But you couldn’t.”
Thick smoke wafts from my own clothing, my own flesh, but still, I feel nothing.
Shit
She screams when I force her face into the hungry wall of fire.
Shittttt
“I couldn’t save her then. But I can save you now.”
Shit
Swallowing, I stare at the empty room.
Dude id end it. Romeo and juliet
“Actually, I was going to make you even more powerful. Tell the kingdom you survived.”
A liar like his dad.
Still, Paedyn stands there, rooted to the spot outside that cell. Her voice is alarmingly small. “It’s him.”
Oh god . He was bruised. He planned to kill her didn’t he
If we hadn’t met, I wonder if things would have been different.”
Oh shit
“I don’t want this either.”
Everyone keeps saying that but doing it anyways
“I am power earned, not gifted. I became one of you. Observant enough to pose as a Psychic, strong enough to survive your Trials. Over and over, I have proved myself worthy of your loyalty.
“A king left his mark upon my heart, and now, I will leave mine across his kingdom.”
He stands there, stoic as always. But I watch the color drain from his face.
Waittttt
“… that is not the only royal you have killed.”
Omg he also blames her wtf
“You were supposed to be formidable. But you are nothing.”
Wt actual fuck
“Very proud of the puppet you became for me.”
Omg its a good thing she ran
Their notes, their stolen love—it is Kai’s and my life mirrored.
Exactly
