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But I would give up the sun and moon and stars if it meant saving him. Him—the boy with no name and yet a thousand names. The boy whose hands are stained with the blood of stars. The boy I love.
Finlei was the oldest—the brave one.
Sendo had patience, but not for sewing.
Keton was my third brother, and the closest to me in age.
Then there was me—Maia. The obedient daughter.
“Don’t work so hard you—” “Become the kite that never flies,” I finished for him. “I know.”
If I’d known it was the last time we would all be together, I wouldn’t have asked for anything.
Baba was in no shape to travel to the palace, let alone become the emperor’s new tailor. And Keton…Keton couldn’t sew the most basic of stitches, let alone garments worthy of the imperial court. But me? I knew I could do it. I wanted to be the imperial tailor.
Mulan is this youuuuuuu
My whole life, I’d been told what I couldn’t do because I was a girl. Well, this was my chance to find out. The only thing I could do was take it.
“They never spoke to me. They were waiting for you.”
Boys don’t cry, I scolded myself.
“A match made in heaven. The Tiger’s daughter and the Dragon’s son.”
Unlike the emperor with his soft grace, he was all angles and shadow, the edges of his robe clinging to his thin frame.
my type
“An enchanter never reveals his intentions. Let’s just say”—he pulled out my scissors from his sleeve—“these wouldn’t belong to any ordinary seamstress.”
You’ve piqued my curiosity, Master Tamarin. Enchanted objects do not work for just anyone.”
“Will you not call me that in public?” I whispered harshly. His lips stretched into a smile. “Very well. But I may in private?”
The hawk was Edan.
I closed my mouth, feeling cheated and dejected. I could have sworn he’d been about to kiss me. I could feel that he wanted to.
His lips pressed against mine. Gently at first, then with increasing urgency as I started to respond with my own need.
When I noticed what I’d done, I tried to pull back. But he tilted my chin and kissed me.
“if a woman accepts a man’s flowers, it means she’s willing to be courted by him.”
EDAN >>>
We melted into each other until the dawn slid into dusk, and the sun paled into the moon, and the stars, once lost, became found again.
Once we’d both settled on the carpet, it swerved up into the air, soaring until it scraped the clouds.
You are my oath now, Maia Tamarin. And you’ll never be free of me.”
