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Freedom was a dream from a far-off place that no longer existed.
She’d never used her magic against any of them. Her greatest crime was being born.
Strip back the layers of lies she’d lived her life by, take away the persona she’d crafted, and all that was left was a shattered girl with nothing left to give.
“Loving someone is something you can always do. It’s the hate that takes effort.”
She wanted more than anything to be able to hate him, but Alexandre Durand had embedded himself in her tattered soul.
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“Good men aren’t meant to be king.”
“Some call it a fairytale. Others name it history. But the same lesson can be learned. Being king is much harder when the heart in your chest beats true.”
Alex knew the people of Bela were wrong. A good man could be a great king as long as he stood by what he believed in and made sacrifices.
love does not end, and it does not give up.”
The most important thing love does is forgive.”
“When I first arrived here, I was in bad shape. Guilt and pity ate away at me. I’d come to this room every night and stare into the heavens. The stars healed me.”
That was when you were no longer a warrior. Warriors had honor. They had a code. When the killing became dishonorable, you were just a murderer.
“Etta, what did you do?” “Why do you immediately assume it was me?” She crossed her arms. “Punch first, questions later should be your nickname.”
“Death isn’t freedom, Etta. It is only death.”
“Only the young can have such faith. The rest of us must live in reality
