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The man in front of her was a victim of her foolishness. Beside her was the man who’d rejected her love. The two of them, together? It was nearly enough to shatter Andi.
Her heart, the traitorous thing, fluttered for a moment like it used to when he looked at her. She used to love his eyes, the unspoken words in their depths. The feel of his skin against hers during their passionate nights. Now those thoughts made her cringe. She guarded herself against those memories, which were no longer part of a blissful present, but a hurtful past.
Soyina had a passion for darkness, and Androma Racella’s soul was the darkest of them all.
He loved this. Fighting beside her in perfect sync, as a fluid team. For the first time in a long time, he felt fully alive.
“Hope is a raging asshole,” Gilly said. “Explain to me, Gilly,” Breck said with a sigh, “how exactly can an asshole rage?”
In between kisses, he’d looked at her like she was sunlight in the darkness.
A soul set out among the stars, finally settling on the safest place his subconscious could remember.
I want to soar through the stars. I want to navigate through nebulas. I want to fly my ship so close to a black hole that the fear nearly shakes the bones from my body. And then I want to overcome it.
Andi, with her “stab you in the balls and laugh at you as you scream” eyes.
She wasn’t his—never truly had been, and never would be. That was what undid him.
As a soldier appeared out of the smoke, the Bloody Baroness hefted her blades and swung, thinking of another tally soon to be added to them.
You and I both know that a woman can rule better than any man ever could. And I’ll look twice as good doing it, too.
“You are my future,” he whispered. “I will follow you, from this world and to all the others beyond. I’ll be there by your side as the people bow before you and sing your name.”
Growing up, Andi’s mother frequently told her tales of how the galaxy had formed. There were once ancient Night Spirits that lived in the darkness, feeding off the truest of evils. Their counterparts, known as the Light Bearers, kept the darkness at bay. They brought hope back to the worlds they watched over, restoring tranquility to the universe. It was always black and white between the two entities, until one day, everything changed. A Light Bearer fell in love with a Night Spirit, a unity that was never meant to be, thus creating a cataclysmic event that changed the course of life. Their
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All of Arcardius was, too, like a beautiful, shimmering diamond, tempting to touch, but sharp enough to cut like a knife when you actually pressed your fingertip to it.
When she stood, somehow hauling herself up on shaky feet, Dex knew that Valen would die. Because it was not Andi who rose, but someone else in her place. The Bloody Baroness.
He would stay with her until the end. If it was the last thing he ever did in his life, Dex would die defending Androma Racella. He wouldn’t go down until he knew he’d done everything in his power to save her.

