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“No, you can’t stay every night.” Vhalla shook her head, but didn’t shrug off the soothing palm stroking her tangled mess of brown hair. “Who says?” The woman assumed her position between Vhalla and the wall. It was cramped with the two of them, but Vhalla was too exhausted to object. They lay facing each other, hands held tightly.
My lil baby HEART
Larel kissed Vhalla’s knuckles softly, and Vhalla finally relented, closing her eyes.
This is everything i want larel to go with her :(
Lightning was fire in the sky, lightning was brilliant, lightning was fast, and lightning cut the heavens.
“I think,” she started softly, “that I like playing with fire.”
Elecia had refused him openly, publicly, coyly—and he had let her.
Have a feeling theyre cousins or some shit
Reale has informed me that you have yet to master the basics.” Vhalla nodded and ignored Elecia’s smug snort.
What a bitch, i dont give af who she is--she sucks ass
“What about me?” Elecia whined. “You are not even supposed to be here.” Aldrik gave her a small glare, and the woman laughed. The sound made Vhalla’s skin crawl.
Shes infuriating but also i love to be roasted so i too woild cackle
“Every time!” Larel threw up her hands, and Fritz backed away with a grin, tossing the wickedly sharp icicle aside. “Every time!” she said again, kicking the ground in frustration.
Damn i didnt expect Fritz to be more of a badass lmao
“She’s like a newborn bunny!” Elecia giggled to Aldrik, as though Vhalla wasn’t even there. “She has never seen illusions before.”
SHUT THE HELL UP
“Water affinities can use the water in the air to distort the light, to create smoke screens, fogs,”
Thats dope asf
Elecia stepped toward Aldrik. Her voice was low, but it was loud enough for Vhalla to hear. “She is not ready. You need to give this up now; there isn’t anything you can do for her.”
Hate This bich
“He’s a friend,”
Why we lyin to our bestie babes
A prince with a golden circlet was painted across her memories.
“Wait, you mean to tell me she does not even know how to Channel?” Elecia looked between Vhalla and Aldrik. “You have hope for her, and she doesn’t even—”
Can she stop putting her down!?!
“It is not your decision,” Aldrik barked harshly.
It pisses me off how he doesnt tell this girl to fuck off either
“M-my prince?”
Why does she keep doing this alone
“Why? Why do I make my own armor, my parrot?”
Vhalla reminded herself to be an adult and stop acting like an excitable girl.
Honestly
“The major told me you are capable of magical sight?” Vhalla nodded,
She shouldn’t be so forward; he was still the crown prince.
Why did we regress back to being like this
She squeezed his hand and was surprised when she felt a squeeze back.
“Every night, I see them. I hear their screams and I feel their blood on my hands, on my face.” She shuddered as her voice broke and pulled her hand away from his to wrap her arms around herself. “At first I didn’t know what they were, but that night, in the forest, I remembered.”
“I—” Vhalla stumbled over her words. “I am . . . happier . . . with you, near you.” Something about him softened, but there was a sadness to it that made Vhalla feel guilty for her confession.
we are going to try Joining.”
My stomach got butterflies because i was thinking about FBAA though im sure its not the same lmao
Like life and death all bundled neatly into one moment of beauty. She tried to find where her own self ended, to find where he began, but there were no ends or beginnings anywhere. They were infinite. She felt as he felt, and he thought as she thought.
For a long time they sat unmoving. Her body felt the same, but everything had changed. His hands slowly fell away from her face, and the last connection was through their gaze.
This is hot
she saw a moment of panic, a moment of want—and he withdrew mentally. Vhalla realized he may be unable to hide anything from her again in the darkness of his eyes,
“Aldrik,” Vhalla pleaded.
Wtf aldrik?!?
Vhalla wasn’t sure what she had done wrong, but he had completely shut himself off from her. He was the one who had suggested the Joining; what was he suddenly so afraid of? She sighed and pulled herself to her feet.
Vhalla nodded and searched his guarded gaze for a long moment. She saw it there still, his turmoil. But turmoil over what? That was a question she had yet to answer.
She watched the prince as he fell into line beside Elecia. Vhalla tore her eyes away before she saw more than a moment of their immediate and engaging conversation.
As Vhalla cut through the ranks, she made sure to catch Aldrik’s eyes. It was nasty to admit, but she wanted him to watch her ride away and feel that same ugly emotion that he had evoked in her.
im the arrested development "good for her" meme rn
Daniel noticed his hand was still on hers and pulled away quickly. Judging from the sideways glances from Craig and Baldair, he was the last to notice.
I feel like he has a crush on her
Before she left, he invited her out to ride with him again
She had this annoying manner that made her seem like she was better than everyone else. She took Aldrik’s time and attention.
She had an elegant ease about everything, something that Vhalla had only ever seen royalty exude.
Ohhh is she royalty and meant to marry aldrik, im gonna be so pissed if thats the case
“What about you, Vhalla Yarl? How exactly did you, less than a slip of a common girl, catch the eye of the crown prince? A nothing like you fraternizing with him!”
“But—I will tell you again—that lowborn bitch isn’t worth an ounce of what you give her.” Elecia turned and stomped through the forest noisily.
broooo
But once some things were said they could never be unheard, and the brief exchange was already repeating in her ears.
Aldrik paused before moving his hands to cup her face. He ran his thumbs over her tearstained cheeks, and she relished his eyes on her for the first time in what felt like forever. “I’m fine,” he whispered. “See, I am fine.”
“I was afraid I’d lost you.” The words were an arrow into the heart of the silence that had been flourishing between them.
“I told you, you foolish woman,” he whispered, his breath washing away the scalding embarrassment. “You have to tell me if you want to lose me.”
Aldrik’s hand shifted, and she felt his fingers lose themselves in her tangled morning hair.
Aldrik straightened, but an arm remained around her waist. His other hand curled around the back of her neck.
This slow burn is KILLING ME
“Just leave me alone for once.” Vhalla grabbed her pack and stormed off, leaving the rest of the tent for Larel.
Hey hey hey watch it when talking to my Larel like that
“Fine then, my princess.” He smirked.
OOph
“I would do it because it would please you.”
“I realized something this morning, these past days,” Aldrik murmured. “I am a spoiled prince. No matter how unfair it may be, I do not do well being denied something I want, even if it’s self-inflicted. I have hurt you, I have put you in harm’s way, and I will continue to ask so much more of you the longer you stay near me. Yet knowing this, I seem to want you closer even when sense tells me the opposite.”
Idk why this reminded me of Carden
“Aldrik?” she inquired with another yawn. “Vhalla?” She struggled to find the right words. “This is a really, really awful idea.” Vhalla felt him stiffen a moment, and he let out a small sigh. “I know.” His voice was barely audible. “I know. Now rest.”
