Earth's End (Air Awakens, #3)

by Elise Kova

Vhalla took Aldrik’s strike clean to the cheek and was sent reeling by it.

oh shit

People didn’t change when asked by others, no matter how important the asker was. True change had to come entirely from within. He wouldn’t change until he saw the full extent of his actions as a liar, a puppet master, as a destructive man to both himself and others. He didn’t know how much his anger, even when it was directed at himself, hurt the world around him. Every moment spent with him was silently condoning it all.

She had fed into him; she had ignored his problems and idolized his secret mannerisms that made him shine in her eyes. She’d mentally made him into the man she’d wanted him to be; she hadn’t loved the man he truly was.

OH MY GOD IS THAT FUCKING CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT??? IS THAT VILLAIN ORIGIN STORY?? OH MY GOD EVERYTHING THAT IVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS ENTIRE BOOK?? KOVA YOU BEAUTIFUL BITCH

It was Fritz’s turn to be at a loss for words. Vhalla shook her head. She didn’t want people to think of Aldrik as abusive. “It was really an accident, I got between fighting brothers.” She laughed weakly. “Aldrik wouldn’t have intentionally hit me.” “If you say so.” Her friend didn’t seem convinced.

at the end of the mf day he still fucking hit her

And by the time the crown prince learned of the Windwalker’s whirlwind departure, Vhalla Yarl was too far to hear his screams of anguish.

BAHAHAHAHAH