Flamefall (The Aurelian Cycle, #2)

by Rosaria Munda

“I killed Julia for a man who wanted me dead?”

My father, lost to me in every way possible to lose someone you love. And now Atreus lost, too.

Oh. Someone did save him tho

“I’m going to get that muzzle off Griff Gareson’s dragon,” I tell him, “and I’m going to raze New Pythos to the ground.”

Go girl!

Behind them stand the Norcian clan chieftains, appointed by the ha’Aurelians in a mockery of our old institutions.

Inside job? Nother palace day...

When he asked me if I liked it, what had he wanted me to say? It was from then that the silences and the forced conversation grew.

Oh

And Ixion’s good. The only one who’s ever been able to beat him was Julia. Julia and me.

Dreams are deadliest for the dreamers.

4 scoops = Gold rations 1 scoop = Iron rations Please serve yourself responsibly and return unwanted portions, which will be shared with Cloister staff.

“Melee. Us versus them.”

its like the royals want to be murdered again

All of this, in a few words, like a delicate flower plucked from the earth and offered. For me to cradle in my hands or crush under my heel, as I choose.

Annie inhales so sharply I can feel her jutting hip bones quiver beneath my palm. A toll of the rationing that the uniform hides, and it brings a knee-jerk alarm and a host of memories of the orphanage. Where I learned to hate hunger but to hate the sight of her hunger, more. Learned that sometimes it was more important to watch someone else eat.

This writing hits theheart

“It isn’t my place to judge Antigone’s opinions. She’s my commander.” Something warm and proud blooms in my chest.

And I’m done defending a man who killed my family and now fails his city the same way they did.

Atreus needed her as an ally or hed have died

And then light, like an explosion, fills the fog and illuminates the arms.

Duck sparked !!!

And in that instant I want to tear Antigone sur Aela apart. For her mercy. For her discretion. For being everything the fools of my village hoped she would be and it mattering not at all.

I’ve never in my life felt such a clench of love for a stranger as I feel in this moment for this miracle of a girl.

We fight for lords who lock our children in burning strongholds while the enemy spares our thatched roofs.

Damn

The only atonement I can offer for my crimes, the only thanks I can give for her mercy. Let me answer her honor with honor, where they think we have none. The true gift of freedom is to act with this civility.

Amid everything that has happened, dragonfire and families and friends facing death, Griff Gareson wishes he could read. Of all the ways I’ve felt my heart be broken today, this was not one I expected. They gave you a dragon, I think, but they wouldn’t give you this.