Flamefall (The Aurelian Cycle, #2)
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The luck of the damned is a strange, fierce kind of luck.
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And while that doesn’t mean I want my family back, it doesn’t mean I’m ready to take up dragonfire against them either. Julia was enough. Julia was— —a mistake?
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I want a mother to hold me, a father to comfort me, but I don’t have those. I have him.
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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.
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Amid everything that has happened, dragonfire and families and friends facing death, Griff Gareson wishes he could read.
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Even if we were never to kiss again, even if it were never more than this, it would be enough just to hold you.
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I had thought to do two things: ask him about Megara, and tell him about Griff. Instead all I want is to hold and be held by him.
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He shakes his head in answer and takes my hand. I get to my feet and follow him to my bed. We crawl into it together. Into each other’s arms. I fit into them perfectly.
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I feel a pulse begin in my ears that has nothing to do with the subject they’re discussing.
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Our voices are soft, barely a whisper, as I lift my fingers to trace the back of his neck, to snag the curls at the nape. “Why wouldn’t it?” he asks. “Because I want it.” Delo swallows—a beautiful, shuddering swallow—and I catch his mouth on mine.
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Already was a fool, tonight, a happy, lovestruck fool kissing him in the darkness. How could I ever do such a thing to Gephyra, to Delo?
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“But keeping power is so much more difficult than gaining it. You have to make sacrifices. You keep sacrificing until you realize the thing you’ve sacrificed is yourself.”
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“Do you know what happens, when a starving city overruns the homes of those with food?” When no one answers, Lee says, “I do.” He continues to smile as the faces around the room drain of color.
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