Quicksilver (Fae & Alchemy, #1)
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“Tragic?” “The lovers in those stories always suffered terribly. One of them always died.
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Then! Haha! Imagine my surprise when she told me about God Bindings, Fisher!”
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is considered a sacred rite that many die in order to perform. That’s what Oshellith means in Old Fae, Saeris. Most Sacred.
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HES SO ROMANTIC. Even when he is beinng an ASSHOLE
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“Most sacred,” he repeated, whispering the words. I covered my face, and I gave in. I sobbed.
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I WOULD TOO
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so you’d fucking hate me and want nothing to do with me.” “Stellar plan,” I whispered. “That really panned out.”
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They’re the kind of Marks that people will want to write stories about. And not happy ones.”
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D: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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and we can’t spend those hours looking under rocks and shouting into holes in the ground, looking for a bunch of flatulent old hags who don’t want to be found.”
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LMAOOOOO
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And if he had to go and see her before he left and when he got back, then it really must be getting bad.
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GO GET UR MARKINGS BACKKKKKKK PLZZZZZZZZZZ I CANNOT LET THIS GO
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“I’ve actually never met Everlayne,” Carrion chipped in. “But I’m still coming. Solidarity and all that.”
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LMAOOOOO
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he said to Carrion. “You’re ready for that?” “Sure. Why not. I’m too pretty to die old, anyway.”
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LMAOO
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he cupped my face in his hands and said softly, “Let’s have tonight. You and me.
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Soo sweet
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My relief hit hard. He was no longer talking about how futile it was to try and find a way through all of this.
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FLAGS ARE GOING OFF
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standing in the living room above the bakery, surrounded by candles. They rested on the mantlepiece and the bookshelves.
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PLANNED
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I
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T^T brb SOBBING
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I could feel it now—a bright thread of energy drawing us together as he wrapped himself around me. If I wanted it, all I needed to do was reach out and claim it.
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DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT
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The backs of my hands tingled as I ran my palms over the smooth, strong planes of his chest, and I knew that the ink was back.
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FUCK YESSSSSSSSSSS
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I watched as the inked runes gradually faded until my hands and forearms were unmarked again.
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NOOOOOOOOOOOO
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Tomorrow, we were going to save Everlayne.
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EXACTLY WHY YOU SHOULD KEEP THEMMMMMMMMMMMM
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Tell Lorreth to live his life. Tell him not to worry about me. I have endless patience and no interest in having martyrs for friends.
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YOU FUCK
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Carrion squawked, fumbling the book in his hands. He came dangerously close to falling off his chair as I stormed through the shadow gate
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LMAOOOOOOO
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Ren got to his feet, letting out a long exhale. “I could kiss you, Carrion Swift.” Carrion seemed taken aback by this.
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LMAOOOOOOO you and me both buddy
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then somewhat interested. After thinking for a second, he said, “I wouldn’t be opposed. But maybe later.
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Bruhh
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It asked for a joke. It didn’t specify that it had to be a good one. I was a metalworker and a thief in Zilvaren, not a comedian.”
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More jokes. Give us more jokes… I glowered at the sword, unable to comprehend its bad taste.
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LMAO
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“Simon?” “Yeah. Simon. Don’t blame me. That’s what it looks—” He stopped talking and listened. “See. It likes the name. It wants to be Simon.”
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LMAO
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Oh gods. I couldn’t breathe. My ribs screamed. Agony rippled up and down my spine. My head pounded.
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DID U BELLY FLOP?!?!???
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“Carrion Swift, if you don’t wake up right now, I’m going to tell all of your asshole friends back in the Third that you were a shitty lay.”
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Pfffft
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When he was done puking, Carrion flopped onto his back and fixed me with narrowed eyes. “You wouldn’t… fucking… dare.”
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Pfffft
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We’d spent most of our lives scaling the walls of the Third. Walls that were, unbelievably, even taller than this cliff face
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“What are they screaming?” Carrion breathed. Lorreth answered in a horrified tone. “Release us.”
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T^T
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Carrion dipped into a low bow, but the gesture was not one of deference. It was designed to mock. “Carrion Sw—”
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how could Belikon be her brother? Human. Fae. Vampire. The three regents
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Ugh ugh ughhhhhhh
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Fear the shadows, bitch. I’m made of them. One night soon, I’ll climb out of one and slit your fucking throat.”
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“You bored him to fucking tears and he couldn’t take it anymore,” Carrion sniped.
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Pfffft
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Carrion wasn’t the type to let an opportunity to offend someone pass him by, regardless of how dire the situation was.
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Ur my boy blueeeee, ur my boy
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Something about you smells… off.” “That’s probably the weird… moss… these water sprites rubbed… all over me…”
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LMAOOOOO
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Carrion croaked. “It had a strange… funk… to it.” Gods alive, he didn’t know when to quit.
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This is why he deserves GOOD THINGS
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Madra, Undying Queen of the shining Silver City, the Banner in the North, unleashed a bloodcurdling scream. And all hell broke loose.
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The full government names CRACK me up
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Feigning shock, I said, “Wait a minute. I think Death just remembered your name, Harron.” And then I snapped his neck.
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Thats was so METAL
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It had no ears. No eyes or nose, either. Its face comprised nothing but a massive circular mouth, with concentric row after row of jagged teeth.
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Haha NOPE
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“It can’t see or hear you. It tracks movement.” “But—” “You move, you die,” Fisher barked. “Okaaaayyyy.”
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Pffffft
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eat you alive if it catches you. Slowly. Over a period of days—” “Please stop talking and tell me how I’m not getting eaten,” Carrion whimpered.
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“No rush or anything, Fane, but if you could sniff out that quicksilver pretty quickly, I’d sure appreciate it,” he said, his voice three octaves higher than usual.
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The thief held up his hands. “You’re right. I apologize. I’m just a little on edge right now. I’m not my best self.”
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I fucking love him
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Fisher stiffened, his hand closing tight around Solace as Belikon followed after her.
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Mother foookerrrr
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Malcolm swept around Carrion, face hideous with his hunger. His lips peeled back to reveal narrow, elongated fangs.
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No my boy!
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“You really should have let me finish introducing myself earlier. It’s rude to interrupt people.”
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:]
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But there was a time when I was known as Carrion Daianthus. Firstborn son to Rurik and Amelia Daianthus.”
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LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO. It was spoken once this WHOLE BOOK that the king feared that there was one left in zilvaren
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My skin was stained black with ink. Runes upon runes upon runes. The God Bindings flared metallic blue around my wrists as if consolidating and becoming more real, somehow.
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GOOD STOPP TRYINGG TO GET RID OF THEM