The Reckoning (Zodiac Academy, #3)
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“I just wanted to say um....well what you both did when the Nymphs showed up…it was really brave. And I'm not sure I would still be here if it wasn't for you two. That Gus Vulpecula guy is a filthy liar. My mum works for The Daily Solaria though, so I’ll make sure she gets the truth. The real truth.” He placed something down on my desk then on Tory's before hurrying back to his seat.
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OKAY TYLER I SEE YOU
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Orion stepped aside, revealing what he'd written on the board. YOU ARE ALL BOTTOM-FEEDING LOSERS.
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i love him
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“Sir – we're not trained to fight off other Fae yet,” Kylie called out. “Most of us aren't from the gutter with street fighting skills.” “Maybe you'd better go spend some time in the gutter then, Miss Major, because you won't be trained to fight off other Fae magically until after The Reckoning,” Orion said, and Tory and I started grinning.
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ROASTED TOASTED AND SAUTÉED
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The pressure of Darius’s power increased against mine and he tugged me a step closer to him. “Let me in, Roxy,” he breathed and for a moment it seemed like he was talking about more than our magic.
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🤭🤨😏😩🥺😭🫣😌
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My Atlas pinged and I took it out of my bag, my soul fraying as I found a private message waiting for me from Orion. Lance: What if I don't want it to stop?
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Before I answered, Seth broke into song, cracking out the Backstreet Boys classic, I Want It That Way. Caleb picked up the next line on cue and Seth started clicking his fingers to the beat. They both began dancing, sashaying their way toward us and I stared on in surprise. Seth looked to Caleb and they both belted out the last line of the chorus together with their hands on their hearts.
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and these are the tough, don’t give a fuck, bullies of ZA everybody.
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I guess you’re about to go back to radio silence so for what it’s worth… In Solaria blue means royal. And to me, blue means you.
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. . . EEEEEEEEAAAAAAUUUUGGGYYYYYHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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That’s why he wants to marry me to fucking Mildred even though she’s his cousin’s daughter and looks like a warthog made love to a dishwasher to conceive her.
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ily darius 💀💀💀
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“Please tell me we didn’t...” I couldn’t actually bear to say it, but I had to know because my memory was turning up blanks. “I prefer my girls a little less blind drunk and a little more eagerly responsive,” he replied. “Besides, you wouldn’t forget it if I’d fucked you.”
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DAMN OK 🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️🙇‍♀️
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“For the love of sanitary sausages, please tell me you aren’t bringing your depraved hobbies in here where we all eat our meals!” she cried. “It’s bad enough you paid a griffin to take a dump on your chest without bringing your randy rocket out with you for breakfast!”
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geraldine being an icon
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Orion cleared his throat, a mischievous grin pulling at his lips as he wrote today's inspirational quote on the board. YOU ARE ALL A BUNCH OF HORNY TEENAGERS.
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so inspirational 🥹🥹🥹
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I picked up the peach with a frown, looking to Tory for backup but her forehead was pressed to the table. “Ohhh it's so cold and nice,” she sighed. “You need to cast a shield on your peach,” I said, nudging her. She lifted her head, showing me her hand which had a juicy pit in it. “I ate it.” I started laughing, looking to Orion to get her another one while she struggled to survive.
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see this made me laugh way too hard
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I imagined a shield into existence, willing it to surround the peach. The fruit pinged off of my desk as air exploded from my palm and it smacked right into the centre of the board, bursting into a cascade of orange pulp. “Woops,” I breathed while Tory fell apart beside me. “Oh my god, Darcy, do not try that on yourself,” she laughed.
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i’m currently cackling
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Orion barked a laugh, running off to get me another peach, while tossing more fruit to other students who'd destroyed theirs. As he returned, Diego sent his banana shooting out of the skin and flying over Orion's head.
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it isn’t even funny at this point 😅😅😅
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“What girlfriend?” he asked lightly. “Francesca,” I said, trying to step away from him but he held on tight. He grinned wickedly. “You're jealous.”
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YoUrE jEaLoUs 🥹🤭😩🥵
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Max Rigel: Anyone entertaining bullshit lies about me on here will find themselves waterboarded the next time we meet. #rememberwhoiam #vengeanceissweet Comments: Tyler Corbin: Yeah guys, don’t dump on him #trueaboutthepoo #stoptheplop #haveyouheardabouttheturd Katie MacKenzie: Don’t be ashamed of who you are! Love and support with you always Max. #sniffinthegriffin #bepootoyourself
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“Maybe it gets lost in translation?” Sofia suggested.
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MAYBE WE GOT LOST IN TRANSLATION MAYBE I ASKED FOR TOO MUCH BUT MAYBE THIS THING WAS A MASTERPIECE TILL YOU TORE IT ALL UP
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“Dear diary,” Orion taunted. “Today I was almost murdered by my asshole Cardinal Magic professor. I won't backchat him ever again because the next time I do I think I'll end up in a body bag for real.” He moved to step away then paused, leaning close once more with a calculating grin. “P.S. I have a major crush on Darcy Vega, but she doesn't seem to realise it. I wonder what she'll say when she finds out.” He strolled out of the door into the storm, and I stared after him in utter shock.
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mic drop
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“Tell me why you’re here,” Marguerite demanded, her voice laced with Coercion as I’d expected. Her power crashed against my mental shield, but I let the look of disdain slip from my face and widened my eyes so that she’d believe the next words from my lips were the truth she’d wanted. “I’m here because I spend all of my spare time watching you and wanting to be like you, but you’re mean to me and won’t be my best friend forever like I sooo wish you would. So I decided to become you instead. I’m starting off by creeping up here to seduce your precious Darius and screw him senseless just to make ...more
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TORY FUCKING VEGA, EVERYONE.
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“I hope you meant the part about screwing me senseless.” Darius stood leaning against his doorframe at the end of the hall, and I mentally shrugged off the altercation with Marguerite as I stalked towards him. I rolled my eyes at him. “In your dreams.” “Every night,” he agreed, and his tone was serious enough that it brought a blush to my cheeks.
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AAAAAAAHHHHHH
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“I’m not pure,” I said, driving my point home. “There’s nothing clean and innocent about me. I might be a princess, but my crown would be made of broken, dirty things, not gold and jewels. I’d never be good enough for Daddy Acrux. And that’s just the way I like it.”
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you go girl
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Geraldine was eye to eye with him, almost the exact same height. “Your unroyal mitts aren’t fit to touch my buttery bagels,” she hissed, and it would have been funny if Max didn’t look like he was about to rip her to shreds. “Everything in that buffet belongs to me if I want it, Grus,” he snarled. “Even your buttery bagels.”
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tehe
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Tory’s gaze hardened as all of them looked at her, and I almost winced in preparation of her response. If Caleb expected her to apologise, he was about to be severely disappointed because my sister never let men back her into a corner and I could see her temper flaring as he tried. “Honestly?” Tory asked, cocking an eyebrow at him. “I don’t tend to date guys who are so needy they send me fifteen messages without a response. So if you’re hoping for me to message you back you might wanna tone back the desperate vibe I’m getting. And secondly, I’m not your girlfriend so I don’t have to check with ...more
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queen
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“Your smart mouth is going to get you into trouble with me one of these days,” he warned. “Is that a promise?”
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it is indeed
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-would fucking break me. So don’t you dare give in to them. I’ll follow you into the shadows if I have to and drag you away from them kicking and screaming. Because they can’t have you. They fucking can’t.”
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🥹🥹🥹
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I gasped as he ran at me, my heart sinking, knowing that this alcohol meant so much to him. He grabbed hold of my hand and prised the bottle from my fingers, dropping it himself. The smash hit my ears, but I didn’t see it because he dragged me against him, his mouth crashing into mine with the heat of a furnace.
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“Or maybe the two of you just want a dick measuring contest but you can’t find a microscope to judge it,” I snapped. Darius and Caleb turned away from each other to glare at me instead. Yeah, I’m out.
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tory, i think you dropped this ➡️👑
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Tyler Corbin: Watch out Griffins. I’ve personally dealt with an Heir lusting after me for my sparkly tail. Here’s a few tips to you Griffins if Max Rigel peer pressures you into joining his turd herd with his Siren powers. 1. Don’t look him in the eye too long (Caleb Altair started touching himself when I did this) 2. When in your Order form, take dumps in private. If Max catches you, charge him down. (He’s not as fast as a horny Vampire) 3. If all else fails, shit on him and shit on him good. He might enjoy it but at least you’ll get even. (Caleb’s still washing the glitter out of his hair ...more
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It was like a cross between a giant worm and goddamn dragon. Its huge mouth was lined with rows of razor-sharp teeth and blind eyes cast about hungrily as it swung its pale head left and right.
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anybody else thinking of feyres wyrm???
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Because to him it meant nothing. It wasn’t the sky falling down, but to me it felt like every star in the heavens were descending and crashing into the earth around me.
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“I’m trying to get Diego Polaris’s saliva off of my girl,” he growled.
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thats it.
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“If you want to hurt me in future, use your hands,” he said with a dark look. “I think physical pain would be preferable.”
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UUUUUGH
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“I thought you were different,” he said slowly. “But you’re just like your whore of a sister, pining after bastardos who treat you like dirt and who only give you a second look because you’d drop onto your knees for them any time they liked. Es patético.” He turned his back on me and walked away into the crowd, seeming to trample on my heart as he left.
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fucking danzel (iykyk)
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“You smell like her,” I murmured. “Then make me smell like you,” he commanded,
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mmmmm
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He took my hand, winding his fingers between mine and pressing his mouth to the back of my knuckles. I chanced a look his way and my heart pounded as I found nothing but happiness in his eyes. Then he said six words that made my heart shine like the moon. “Good, because I feel it too.”
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“I just want someone to make my heart beat faster,” she said in a low voice that had me drawing closer to her as I looked into her dark eyes. “To challenge me and make me laugh and push back against my bullshit. I want to be forced out of my comfort zone and I want to feel excited, exhilarated, afraid. But not just because you’re an asshole. Because I want to feel alive.”
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Lance: I’ll make it worth your while if you pass The Reckoning today. #motivation #seemeafterclass
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“Gemini of air, fire, water, earth, daughter of a king, twin soul and Fae born of ash and fire...it’s time to face The Reckoning.”
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“We don’t intend on letting you graduate, little Vegas.” Seth sneered, brushing his hand over Max’s arm. “It’s going to hurt.” “You might wanna get out now while you still can,” Caleb said, and Tory pursed her lips at him. “You’ve proved you’re Fae. We don’t intend on underestimating that fact,” Darius snarled. “So, enjoy the Lunar Eclipse tonight. It will be the last night of peace between us. But every night after that...when you lay your pretty little heads down on your pillows, I want you to remember we’re coming for you. In the dead of night, at the break of dawn or the fall of dusk. You ...more
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What will a Fae do to claim their rightful place in Solaria? Anything.
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“Roxy’s not a nice girl,” he said, his gaze fixed on mine, his pupils larger than normal in his endlessly dark eyes. “No matter how pretty she looks in that dress.”
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She wasn’t just a girl though. Not to me. She was the one girl I shouldn’t want, the one I couldn’t have, the one I didn’t need. And yet I did. And everything in my life could be damaged so badly by that need that I’d fought it tooth and claw up until this point.
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“Can you hurry up? I’m losing my mind over you already.”
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“Because that’s what I do,” he said slowly. “I watch you and hunger for you and ache for you. It torments me like I torment you.”
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“I’d find it easier to carve my eyes out than I would to stop them landing on you.”
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UUUUUAUDHUDJDNFJF
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“There are countless people who would say I’m not allowed to want you,” Darius breathed. “But you make me want to burn the whole world down so that I can claim you for my own.” “Then we should burn it down,” I agreed.