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Every time her father shifted or cleared his throat, both she and her mother froze. They winced.
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the plea like a pencil scattering loudly to the floor in the silent examination halls where the Gifted kids were herded at the end of each year to prove that the settlement schools were teaching them how to read, write, and fear the outside world.
So oddly specific lol
He wasn’t thrown—he was too big, as Alphas should be,
as Alphas should be,
Sigmas were vessels of emotion, more than the other ranks of Gifted … but she preferred it this way.
Lets explore this
thought of herself as a little paper boat bobbing through a river of gutter water.
We all float down here
Stronger than most Sigmas.”
The internet will not let me read this word in peace
It wasn’t the suffering she was drawn to. It was the community. The family.
Imaging a less than ideal circumstance for an emotional connection that is absent in ur life isnt as crzy as it seems
Whenever she felt herself pulling ahead, some kind of basic instinct to make people happy took over, and she folded. She let everyone else win.
Its like looking into a glass box of my past self
“Good. Just whistle if you’re being attacked or assaulted; we don’t have any spare assault horns.”
DAMN OKAY BISH
Twenty-nine thousand cubic yards. Of dirt.
Holyshit
and the emergency water deliveries needed to maintain the waterfall and keep the lakes filled.
In the middle of the desert?
were welcoming of the other, curious about things they didn’t understand, but it only took one bad apple to ruin the whole bunch.
That is definitely society
“Ah, the Sigma. I forgot about you. Wait there.”
Villain orgin story in the making
This one looked more like a storage cupboard.
ur a wizard harry
a box into the centre of the room, a big sticker on top. Welcome to your new home! Below the sticker, a name had been scrawled. Carter.
DAMN
Isobel walked to the bench numbly, only raising her eyes high enough to set them on the keys
Its lke im watching my younger self
She stared at those fingers, somehow knowing that they were capable of complex chords,
LMAO WHAT
And then he played “Happy Birthday to You.” Loudly. Obnoxiously.
LMAO
The garden oasis was entirely out of place in the desert, and she tried not to think about how much water they piped in to keep the foreign plants so lush, green, and happy.
Real
and how the mate-bond haunted his sleep every night,
Ooooo
One had to be right beside their mate and reach the brink of death before the bond was revealed.
Oh i see
She didn’t even notice the light from the hallway briefly filling her room, or the door that clicked closed again.
I thought her door was hella loud ?
a sun, a skull, a wave, a lightning bolt, a sprouting plant, a mask, a set of wings, an hourglass, a crescent moon, and some sort of harp-like instrument—that one was on the pinkie of his hand
Ooooooooo
“Just as I suspected,” he drawled, slipping the card into his pocket.
I squint
He reached for her bag, wiggling his fingers at her until she hesitantly handed it over. He immediately slung it over his shoulder, striding for the stairs.
:]
Isobel giggled, and his whole face lit up, but he quickly ducked it down,
This is so cute
She didn’t need to look down to know that the attendant’s nails had drawn blood.
Bruhhhhh
A power so vast and terrifying it was quite literally classified as a national threat.
Yoo
“And there it is,” he breathed out quietly.
:]
“And … well … I asked for an extra mattress in my room. It’s all set up, if you … I mean, no pressure—”
Plz be GENUINE
“We decided last year you were going to stay away from the Carter girl,”
Wut
Show up. Be fierce. Don’t let them know they hurt you.
Letsss GOOOOO
Isobel: I have to clean my room. Theodore: That’s the worst excuse I’ve ever heard. Am I that hopeless of a student? I have the soul of a dolphin, you just need to give me a chance.
LMAOOOOO
Within these walls, there are true Gifted and those who simply have the blood. You have the blood, but do you have the guts?
WHAT
He was staring at her ruined belongings like they were his, like someone had personally offended him.
Reminds me of north
Because Isobel Carter was definitely a situation.
Ooo
The Ironside cameras always tried to catch him dishevelled, unawares, but they always failed.
lol
but she had tasted like the sweetest pain, a poisoned cherry, and he liked that kind of thing.
Oh its like that?
It was music to his ears.
Its definitely like that
“Sure thing, pretty.
Kicking my feet
She should have picked Kilian or Niko, and then they wouldn’t have had to worry,
She didnt pick anyone????
proving to them all that he would always be the first one to jump in, to face the unknown on his own, and they would have no choice but to follow.
They’re willing to wait until he graduates.
Gross
But she didn’t need any more. She didn’t need to belong to him to still enjoy his smile and laugh. She didn’t need him to belong to her.
Who tf found my middle school journals
Of course, if he hadn’t been gay, the situation would have been different,
We havent actually gotten confirmation lol
“You couldn’t if you tried. I just forgot that was … popular knowledge these days.”
UHHHH
And I am into guys after all, so nobody can have a problem with it.” He seemed highly amused by that prospect.
Wha?
She pulled it out when Kilian released her, trailing him without really looking as she checked the message. Lover: Do I detect Kilian’s handiwork? Lover? She frowned,
LMAO
The way he glared at the sand, it was like it had personally offended him.
Lmaoo
