Cursed Fates (Zodiac Academy, #5)
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I stepped closer, my chest aching with the need to do something about this, to change the stars, fix her fate, any number of impossible things that could alleviate some of the pain I could see consuming her.
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There was something in the magic of that place which had wanted me to forget all of that, but I knew my own heart. I knew it and I wasn’t going to have it governed by anyone but me.
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This was my choice. Mine. It shouldn’t have hurt this much to follow my heart. And that was what I’d thought I was doing. But if that
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was the case then why did it feel like I was being torn to bits from the inside out?
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“I promised you a friendship bracelet,” I teased. “We can get together for a slumber party another time though.”
Mirakai Forman
Honestly loving the Tory Vega and Lance Orion friendship happening!!
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My rage gave way to that treacherous piece of my heart, and I lurched forward in a moment of madness, wrapping my arms around him and hugging him tight. The earthy scent of him ran under my nose and the heat of his hard body reminded me he wasn’t just some coldblooded being.
Mirakai Forman
Honestly I want Seth and Darcy to be endgame so badly but I know that isn’t going to happen. But at least I know that there forming friendship will bring me comfort.
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Unfortunately, she clearly had been using them and I’d already had to press my magic out towards her more than once to pull her back. But she never seemed to realise it was me. Never thought to check beyond her door for whatever she’d latched onto to pull herself out of the shadows.
Mirakai Forman
Awww Darius baby!!! He loves her so much.
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“Because…” Darius blew out a breath and took me captive in his gaze. “Maybe I don’t want to live with the fact that you’ll never be happy now because of this.”
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“Fuck the stars too, Darius,” I breathed, and his muscles tightened around me as he held me close. “Fuck every shining, gleaming one of them.”
Mirakai Forman
Why am I also living for Darcy and Darius’s friendship…
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“He was falling in love with you, and you ripped his heart out,” Gabriel said quietly. “There is no greater pain in this world than that. Believe me. I know. I’ve lived it.”
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Darius Acrux: @Margurite Helebor, I wouldn’t fuck you again if you were the last Fae in Solaria and my dick would fall off if I didn’t. Don’t talk shit about my Mate. One more word and I’ll destroy you #trymebitch
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🥰🥰🥰
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“I’ve always known who you were, Roxy. The only difference is that you’ve realised it now too. You’re a princess, one of the two most powerful Fae in the whole of Solaria. You were always going to challenge me eventually. Just don’t start thinking I’ll roll over for you because you’ve decided you like the idea of wearing a crown.”
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I’d been six and Clara seven.
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Mirakai Forman
So that mean Clara is 27 if lance is 26
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Tyler Corbin: I saw him hiding himself in a grave-shaped hole he’d dug in The Wailing Wood and threatening to off himself for real if you found him.
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I laughed so hard. Tyler is honestly a g
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The Heirs stood beyond them, clapping and whooping. Seth howled like crazy, and Max crowed like a rooster. Darius had the biggest smile I’d ever seen him wear and Caleb was just outright laughing as he stared at my father.
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Awww I love seeing this side of the heirs
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This fresh challenge lit me up from the inside out. I was actually rooting for her in a small way.
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You knew there was a reason that I deep down loved Seth even though he was a raging asshole
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“The stars might have decided that you can never be mine,” Darius said roughly, refusing to move away from me. “But I am yours. No matter what. I don’t care where we end up or who we’re with, I’ll always be yours. And I’m going to fix the damage I did to us even if the stars don’t care. I’m going to prove to you that I could have been worthy of you if I’d just listened to my heart sooner.”
Mirakai Forman
Yesss yearn, grovel, and love
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Yep, it’s official. I’m into my straight best friend. Thanks for the headfuck stars.
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Honestly I like Caleb and Seth ship
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“That’s what love is, Tor,” Darcy said in exasperation. “It’s taking a leap of faith. It’s opening yourself up and letting your walls down and allowing someone to see every dark and broken corner of your soul. It’s truth and honesty with yourself and them. It’s raw and brutal and terrifying and real. You can’t just claim to want it but refuse to allow yourself to be vulnerable to it. That’s not how it works. If
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you love someone, truly love them, you’ll bear your soul to them and let them be the keeper of your heart no matter how fragile or damaged it might be. And if they love you then they’ll do everything in their power to keep it safe, to nurture and protect it and heal over all the old wounds. So, when you said no to him in that snow storm, you weren’t even hurting him. You were hurting yourself. And that’s what kills me the most about all of it.”
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“Because that’s what love is,” I said in a low voice, running my finger over a bare patch of skin on my right forearm thoughtfully. “It’s giving everything without expecting anything in return. It’s sacrificing your heart and happiness for someone else and it’s owning all of your mistakes and trying to make them right. Not because you expect to get something in return for it. But because the person you love needs to know how you feel.”
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I felt a cracking in my soul that spoke of the promise we’d made on the stars together. To always fight to be together. He’d broken it. And he’d broken me in the process.
Mirakai Forman
Honestly I get why Lance did what he did. It was about time he stopped being selfish and finally think about Darcy for once and protect her. But it hurt me knowing how much it killed Darcy.
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“I’d take death over life without you,” he breathed, his voice rough and broken by fear.
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“I miss you too,” he interrupted. “More than any words could ever convey.”
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But I could finally see remorse in his eyes. I could see a resentful boy becoming a remorseful man right in front of me.
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Something about this line calls to me
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“There’s one more thing I should have realised. You could never be my mate, Darcy Vega. Because we’re not equals. You’re far better than me in every way imaginable.”
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Why is Seth winning my heart
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remember holding the two of you on the day you were born and promising to love and protect you until the day I died.”
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I did start tearing up during this moment just thought it should be noted
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holy mother of shit, the weirdos are butterflies. Motherfucking butterflies! What the hell is happening to me??
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*insert giggling*
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“Nobody fucks with my girl and gets away with it,” he growled, his lips brushing my ear for a moment and making me shiver.
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That girl was utterly fucking insane. But I had to admit she was growing on me a little.
Mirakai Forman
I died laughing my ass off when Darius says this!!!