The Knight and the Moth (The Stonewater Kingdom, #1)

by Rachel Gillig

We huddled together, six hairlines pressing in a circle. “All right,” One said. “Who’s gonna knock him over?” “Just to have to Divine for him later? Pfff.” Three shook her head. “Not worth it.” I disagreed. Heartily. “I say we pummel him.”

I’m fucking blushing and giggling this was so fun

“I confess horses are not the intelligent beasts I imagined them to be. Though I don’t think that merits the abuse they suffer postmortem.”

😭😭😭😭😭😭

I stepped around him. Faced the basin, the Omen—but looked back to Rory. “It’s a good story, Myndacious. I liked it.” He held me in his gaze like he needed to. “Do you want to know how it ends?” “Does it end?” He nodded. “It ends a handful of minutes from now. After you’ve won, and there is one less Omen in the world.” He grinned. “It ends when you kiss me.” “You mean it ends after I’ve won, and there is one less Omen in the world—and I hit you as hard as I can.” “With your mouth.”

I nodded in agreement, and the gargoyle leaned close to whisper in my ear. “If the boy wants to make me cry, he’ll need a sadder story than that.”

He makes me cackle

“Sybil,” I said. “My name is Sybil Delling.” Benji’s gaze widened, and Maude’s smile lit the room. Rory watched me with soft eyes, and the gargoyle began to clap, then sob. “Bravo, Bartholomew. Bravo.”