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“Ahh. Saeris. A pretty name. A Fae name. How
“It’s only been ten days. He shouldn’t be affected yet, surely?”
“Styx, god of shadows.”
S
“Kurin, god of secrets. Nicinnai, goddess of masks. Maleus, god of dawn and new beginnings.
“Balmithin. Twin sisters. Goddesses of the sky.
“That’s Zareth, god of chaos and change.”
“A dragon. The last dragon,” she said meaningfully. “Its name was Omnamshacry. A legend amongst my people.”
told my guards that you were the one who reopened the portal. It seems highly unlikely that a human woke the quicksilver.” He grunted, displeased. “But after a thousand years of waiting, we can’t afford to dismiss this as heresy without checking first. Believe me when I say that we’re all praying such a holy position hasn’t fallen to such unholy blood.”
A thrill of energy rocketed up my spine at these two words. Kingfisher’s voice was rough and pained, but it was also electricity.
His hair was wet, the ends of his ink-black waves dripping beads of water onto the pages of the open book that he was reading.
Why is his hair always wet?
Not to mention the fact that there are still rumors floating around that the Daianthus heir is in Zilvaren somewhere.
I wonder who this is, carrion?
still had the ring.” Sure enough, a plain silver ring flashed on his middle finger, catching at the light. Everlayne shook her head, her eyes bright with unshed tears. “It wasn’t enough. You took more in, didn’t you?”
Hmm
Oshellith.
Ok
“Our ancestors were cursed millennia ago. As a result, we ended up with these,” he said, gesturing to his canines. “We used them to drink your kind dry. We drained you by the millions before the blood curse was lifted.
Our awful, horrible shame—”
Do go on
“An Oshellith is a type of butterfly,” he called as he went. “Osha for short. They hatch, live, and die all in one day. The cold kills them very fast. Isn’t that right, Renfis?”
OSHA
“Straight for the jugular then, Little Osha? Ruthless. I like
The quicksilver took me, just as it takes everyone. A healer managed to draw most of it from me once I made it back to the Winter Palace, but I was left with a few...lasting reminders. Most Fae only wore their relics when they traveled from one realm to the next. But wearing mine is the only thing that calms the noise in my head. Without it, the line between what’s real and what isn’t blurs very quickly.”
don’t give a shit about Yvelia, and I don’t give a shit about Belikon’s war. You are a bargaining chip. I saw my only avenue to freedom, and I took it. Ask me what I would have done had I found you in that condition under any other circumstances.”
The chill in the air grew to icy degrees as shadows leaped up the walls, conjured out of nowhere.
A new shadow daddy 0.0
just wanted to see if you knew what hard work was. I told you I was magic,” he whispered.
Oooo that wouldpiss me off in her situation
Kingfisher’s eyes flashed, the quicksilver writhing amidst the green. He snapped his teeth at his sister. “It’s because I bite.”
I need emojis on tgis thing
He has no rooms here. Nowhere to eat. Nowhere to sleep. No provisions. And a hundred and ten years, Layne. Can you imagine what a hundred and ten years would have been like in that place? Alone?” Sorrow dripped from each word.
Fae who sought to discover the path to immortality, Fae who sought to create and invent by transmuting various metals and ores, and lastly, Fae who sought to cure illness and disease.
Everlayne had been waiting for me when I returned to my room yesterday. She hadn’t banked on Kingfisher kicking in my bedroom door, me thrown over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes and wailing like a banshee. Nor had she expected his ultra-foul temper, his split bottom lip, or the thin line of blood trickling down his chin. She’d squawked when he’d thrown me unceremoniously down onto my bed and snarled, “Bad human,” at me.
smell. You’d be amazed what we can scent floating on the air.”
like being surprised,” Fisher said, spinning his fork over in his hand. “I’m also a fan of aggressive foreplay. It’ll be a fun reminder.”
“Our Fae hearts rarely betray us. We’re calm creatures. But you, Osha? You’re a ball of chaos. Your heart betrays you at every turn.”
he held Nimerelle aloft, the black sword crackling with an unseen power that drew that darkness to it like a shroud.
“Rule number three. Do not make me do any physical activity,” he snarled. “What part of ‘I am hungover’ did you not fucking understand!”
lol
“Who the fuck is Elroy?”
lol
go and I try to get your brother. You help me and assist me in any way I ask you to, and you do as you’re told. You agree to this pact?”
Dang thats a pretty broad oath
“This is not my brother, Fisher. This is Carrion fucking Swift!”
I knew he would be back
His blood said he was Hayden.
As he’d commanded, I didn’t make a sound. What the hell had he done to me? Why was my body not my own?
“Come on, Little Osha!” he called. “Keep up. You can speak again, but no complaining.”
true king and the whole fucking Daianthus line. If Rurik Daianthus—”
Interested in who this person is
His skin was pale apart from a single, stark black rune visible between the base of his skull and his shirt collar. It was complex, all interlocking fine lines, loops, and curls. Most of the runes I’d seen on the Fae had been ugly-looking things, but this…
“Fire sprites are just very emotional. They love to overreact, that’s all.”
“I’d know the smell of you anywhere. On anyone.
“Stay in that bed, Little Osha.” The command was gentle, almost kind, but there was a resonant quality to it that left no room for argument.
“Mm. You’re right. I don’t think you will invite me. When the time comes, I think you’ll beg—
He prattled on, but the bite of toast I’d just taken had turned claggy, like glue. “He said he didn’t like the way you smelled?”
The two didn’t want to combine, but I poured the contents of the crucible into the mold and flashed the whole thing in the slack tub anyway, wincing as the water cooled the metal, creating a cloud of rank smoke.
why isnt she trying to hse her magic?
“Here. Come and sit on this side,” Ren said to me, collecting his glass and shoving his chair back. “I don’t mind moving.” “What’s the difference between this side and that side?” I asked. “Either way, I still have to look at his smug face.” “She’s right,” Fisher said. “She’s made her decision. Let her sit wherever she wants to sit.”
Oh that meanssomethin g
can’t trust anything,” he whispered breathlessly. And that was when he let me go. When I needed him not to.
Fisher’s head hung as he removed the cloak. His hair was wet. Dripping wet.
He nodded. “Don’t share food with that prick again, Little Osha.”
Just don’t share food with that prick. It’s bad enough that you insist on sharing air with him. I’d rather you didn’t eat off the same fucking plate, too.”
“Wouldn’t bother m—” He cleared his throat.
He cant lie
