Oath Taker (Kingdom of Runes, #1)
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Read between September 8 - September 24, 2021
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The tears of a fairy from a wood so deep. The fig of a vorgrath from his mate’s keep. The scale of a selkie burnished gold. The bone of a wood witch a century old. The midnight sliver of a Shade Queen’s horn. The sacrifice of two lovers torn.
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Penrythian
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Im nevee not going to read that as Prythian XD
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“And not just any royal Shade Lord. The Lord of the Netherworld. Of all the beasts in the land.”
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Ooooo wow
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Beneath the moonlight, her hair appeared ashy-blonde, tinged with just the whisper of rose. But during the day, the few strands that escaped her hat were bright rose-gold, the color of the winter orchids that grew along the terraces of Effendier.
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Interesting
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Why he whispered a small thanks to the Goddess every time she came back alive.
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Maybe you like her bro
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Archeron Halfbane, bastard son of the Effendier Sun Sovereign, was a slave.
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Woah whhhhat
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It was faint, the shade of watered down coffee.
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Woah thats such a cool way to describe a scar
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Still, when Haven held the runestones, she could feel something. A connection, an emotion, as if an invisible thread ran from the stone connecting her to the Nihl—which was, for her, impossible.
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Maybe where she is from?
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One corner of his mouth shifted upward. “What the runes is a droob?”
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Lol im gonna start calling people this XD
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live inside these books, inside imaginary worlds where I can be anything I want.
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FELT THIS
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In fact, the only Solis she’d ever met had stolen her from her family and sold her into slavery. This Sun Lord, pretty as he was, would be no different.
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Haven opened her mouth to protest—she loved him like that—but then she swallowed her words and slumped into her saddle.
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WOAH not surprised
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“I . . . I . . . they’re burning.” He held up his trembling hands. “My hands are burning, Haven. I, I think I used Runemagick.”
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WOOOOAH
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Maybe it’d been so long without a noble lightcaster that the Shade Queen had forgotten the cruel Curseprice for the murder of her daughter at the hands of a mortal prince.
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Nine years was a long time to spend in one place, but Penryth still wasn’t her home. In the back of her brain, a small voice whispered the promise she’d made years ago: to find her way back to the family she was taken from.
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Shade Queen possible mother?
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“Why didn’t you save my son?” Archeron thrust his gaze onto the king, and Haven took pleasure in the way King Horace flinched.
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Wowwww you actually care? Thats surprising
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Archeron forced his face into a scowl, but a grin danced behind his frown. Leaning back again in his chair, he tilted his head up and locked eyes with her. Runes! Haven jumped to her feet and slammed the stool back against the wall, not caring who heard.
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I knew he knew she was there XD
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“Oh, I like her,” Surai purred behind Haven. “We should definitely keep her.”
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Cracking his neck, the pretty Sun Lord flashed his eyes at her. “Deal. Now let’s see what all those nights behind the wall taught you.” Haven didn’t even have time to register her surprise as a dark shape shot from the woods at her.
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Woah dude how did you knoooow
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“Told you I’m quite useful. When I want to be.” She brushed by him, whispering into his ear in rough Solissian as she passed, “I think that solidifies our deal, no, pretty Sun Lord?”