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“Either way, King Jadar was said to have crafted a sword that harnessed his power and gave it to one of his sons. That son became the leader of the Knights of Jadar, and as long as he wielded the sword he was rumored to be undefeatable.”
Vhalla adjusted her scarf once more and found a perch atop one of the pedestals bearing a lamppost.
BIG Sardothian vibes
It would invite Aldrik into her world. It would inevitably gravitate her into his orbit again, and they would both collapse in on each other like dying stars. She wasn’t ready for it.
Adjusting her grip on the axe,
She prob looks so hot swinging that axe around tho
You didn’t think you were the only monster on an Imperial leash, did you?”
“Don’t ask questions if you aren’t prepared for the answers,” Jax advised ominously. “For now, come this way, my little monster.”
I’m so hot for this Bi icon
“Because he said he considers you his sister.” Her hand shot up to her necklace, clutching the watch tightly. What did that mean?
:'-(
“He’s a liability and a smear on Western nobility,” Major Schnurr mused. “Kill him.”
If Jax dies i will not be ok pls Kova dont
Why was everyone so ready to believe that no Windwalkers were being born when it made so much more sense that the East had simply perfected the art of hiding them?
But how to get the key? Vhalla settled on biding her time.
I really fking hope Jax isnt actually dead and made it to the princes to get her help
Fire suddenly erupted over their shoulders at the door.
YES YES YES
Her eyes flashed red for one long moment before she vanished into the night.
damn not aldrik? That crone lady?!
This is your story, but I want to see how it ends.”
They didn’t spout words of hate. Instead, Vhalla’s ears picked up words like hero and champion.
Their robes bore the seal of the Tower of Sorcerers, a dragon curling in on itself as a circle, split in two and offset. But above the standard insignia, were pins of a silver wing.
“I can blame her and I do!” Fritz grumbled. “I’ve missed her, and you.”
“I hope no one is doing anything silly like blaming themselves for my death. It doesn’t matter how it came to pass. Please don’t waste your thoughts on such nonsense.”
:'-(
“So what are you afraid of?” Vhalla touched her watch thoughtfully. “It’s worth it, the chance is worth it. Love is always worth taking the challenge.”
“Love is far better to know, even if it slips from your grasp or doesn’t bear fruit like you’d hoped. People who say they regret love, true love, are just bitter liars.”
“When he got back to the palace a few days ago, not long before Daniel, he told us all about how you got him stabbed.” Erion laughed.
BITCH I KNEW IT. My mans couldnt be killed so easily
“Well, I want to see your home.”
Please dont be using sweet Daniel as a placeholder again
Daniel was everything that could have been. He was the embodiment of a simpler time and place where she was only a girl and he was a farm boy, where the only crowns in their lives would be the ones he’d braid for her out of field flowers.
Vhalla saw the rose on her desk before the door even clicked closed behind her.
“Are you real?” A voice, deep as ever, broke the silence; eternal, yet fleeting like the midnight hour. “You’ve asked me that before,” Vhalla replied. Aldrik looked away, thought knitting his brow. “I have, haven’t I?”
op throwback, curious why he says this still
“And that you had no romantic feelings for my brother? Was the truth,” Aldrik finished bluntly. “I was too wrapped up in my world of lies to see it, even when you confessed it to me. By the time I was ready to admit it to you, you were gone, and all I could do was admit it to myself.”
“But I realized that I was only the man I’ve let myself be. That if I want something beautiful in my life, if I wanted you, I had to make myself a person that could be the soil in which such beauty could take root.” “It doesn’t work that way; you don’t just get to change and then we are something once more.”
“If I am going to be hopeless for anyone, let it be for you, Vhalla Yarl.”
“I’ll tell you once we get there. For now, let’s get to work.”
SUS
Aldrik was left standing alone, staring at his feet, a few steps away.
My heart is aching so much
“Lucky you, sleeping past dawn.” He wiggled onto the small bed next to her.
I love him
Jax Wendyll. After their short time in the Crossroads, there was something base, gritty, yet simple about their relationship; it was ugly beautiful.
my baby heart beats for this man
“But I need you.” Vhalla cracked open one eye. “How?” “Oh, in all the worst ways.” Jax waggled his eyebrows.
Aldrik held out a length of cloth to her. She noticed he’d already covered his own nose and mouth with one. Vhalla brought it to her nose and covered the lower half of her face with it.
Damn this is before its time
“I want you with me, always.” His other hand caressed the chain on her neck. “Even if you never need me again in the same way, I need you.”
Vhalla knew she understood love. Love was throwing herself into a sandstorm. Love was braving her darkest fears and battling her demons. Love was a blind dash through a Northern jungle. Love was hopeful words shared across a pillow in the darkness. Love was bravery and—perhaps most importantly—forgiveness.
love this soooo much
Baldair wore a stubborn glare. She rolled her eyes at the scene before her. “I told him he needs to eat.” Aldrik glanced at her. She saw a glint of amusement in his eyes at the familiar sight of her trying to tame her morning hair. “Vhalla, your mask.”
Aldrik is being such a mother hen
“Don’t tell me.” Shades of a healthy Baldair returned as he wheezed for breath. “You two did the do on my couch.”
please this man got covid and hes worried about them fking on his couch
“Yours are in the bottom drawer of my desk.” Aldrik shared a smile. “I look at them from time to time to remind myself of how foolish you were.” “Oh?” Vhalla laughed in relaxed amusement. “Perhaps I should look at yours to remind myself of how much of an ass you are.”
“If I could find a way,” he whispered. “You can’t.” “Believe in me!” Aldrik’s voice rose by a fraction before softening. “I have crawled out of deeper holes this past year. Believe I can do this, because if you will be by my side, I will let nothing stop me.”
Shut the f up Vhalla let the man get this bullshit straightened out i need yall TOGETHER
“I kept you too far, and I let you slip from between my fingers. At the end of it all, I do not blame the Northern girl or my father, I blame myself for not being enough of a man at the moment I gave you the papers decreeing your nobility; instead of severing our relationship I should have taken you into my arms and comforted you, promised you that I would find a solution if you only stayed by my side. I should have never been the person I was that drove you to, alone, walk out of those camp doors.”
DAMN RIGHT
“I wish I could see the sun rise without thinking of how beautiful you are in the dawn, your hair an impossible mess and your body contorted in that weird way you call sleeping.”
“I wish I could go to my rose garden without thinking of sitting there with you, of reading, of just . . . just hearing you breathe.”
BRO PLS THE WAY MY HEART IS ACHING
“I love you, I respect you . . . and I respect myself. And, because of that, I will not become the other woman. I will not let you take me when you are engaged to another.”
Yes honey
“If you find a way, Aldrik. Yes.”
“Is that any way for a lady to sit?” Aldrik teased. “I am a lady, and I am sitting this way; therefore, yes.”
Bad bitch
“You have plenty of boards here.” Aldrik pushed off Vhalla’s shoulders lightly, starting for the door. “But I like yours.” Baldair called between coughs as Aldrik shook his head, closing the door behind him.
Not sus at all Baldair lmao
Baldair’s shoulders lurched as he leaned forward to make his move. Vhalla watched in horror at the moment that the prince’s eyes widened in surprise at the blood that she knew suddenly filled his throat. The crimson liquid spilled out, splattering across the board and the table.
If Baldair dies. I will also die.
Making you take care of yourself. “You’re so annoying, you know that?” he said after a long pause, the tiniest of smirks curling the corner of his lips.
“Perhaps you will use Aldrik for that?”
I dont like this
Vhalla shook him from her mind, focusing on what was important.
Babe you need to tell Aldrik NOW
