Shadow Princess (Zodiac Academy, #4)

by Caroline Peckham

This book is dedicated to all those who thrive in bookish chaos. Your time has come…

I’d lost my sister because of my mother and Lionel, and I’d nearly lost the only girl who’d filled the void Clara had left in her absence too.

Ugh this breaks my heart…

“The whispers are souls trapped in the shadows,”

Could it be his sister?????

“In Solaria we have a tradition of giving rose quartz to someone we want to be exclusive with.”

Ahhhhhhh

“Look, I don’t know what this thing is between us or where it’s going, Blue, but after everything that’s happened, the one thing that’s clear to me is that I don’t want anyone else. So, this crystal is a promise from me that I’m yours. For now. Forever. Or till it all goes to shit, I don’t know which yet.”

Stooooooop crying

“Obviously neither of us feel strongly about either of you so we should just do this together.”

girl… little do you know Darcy and Orion have a connection/thing

comforting scent of lavender sailing from her skin.

What is it with lavender in every fantasy book lol

Xavier: Drool. If you don’t date her, I will.

Darius: Great. I’ll let Lance know you’re interested. The stars only know he needs some action.

IM DYING

“All I can gauge is that this Shadow Princess is drawing closer.”

Roll credits

“You’re what I latch onto to bring me back from the shadows.”

Ugh i love them

“I’m not trying to control you, Blue, I’m trying to protect you!”

“I think this is all your fault and it’s time you learned your lesson.”

Ahhhh yessss darcy!!!

“Hop on then little monkey, we can’t have me making you late,” Caleb offered.

Its giving spider monkey from twilight lol

“I’ve already seen enough of our relationships in my visions to know we’re Nebula Allies and if we’re going to be friends for life, I’d rather just cut the shit.”

Orion was right

“I had a vision about it and inviting them will make your night exponentially more enjoyable, Orio.”

Yeah cause its Darcy!!!!

I didn’t think I’d ever seen a girl I desired as much as her and I couldn’t stop myself from drinking in the sight of her even while she stood insulting me right to my face.

Diego’s number seven denoted him as a seeker who looked for meaning in life, questioned things and had a spiritual nature.

This is the number i got

“I think the stars picked you for me, Blue. I think you’re my Elysian Mate.”

And that’s what you can’t stand,” he replied darkly. “Because we’re the same you and me. Both fucked up, broken pieces on a game board that’s bigger than we can cope with. Both hoping to find some way of winning despite the odds being stacked against us all the damn time. Both addicted to things that push our boundaries and make us feel alive. Because at the end of the day, even feeling the worst of things is better than feeling nothing at all.”

“So I won’t let you ignore me, Roxy,” he snarled. “I’ll have your attention even if I have to take it without your permission.”

“Why?” I demanded. “Why not just go after someone else?”

“Because we don’t get to choose our obsessions. And you’re mine.”

Ahhhhh

“Well for one thing, Roxy doesn’t eat fish, or meat, or anything pretentious that comes in tiny little squares. So I’m betting she thought sushi was fucking disgusting,” Darius replied with a snort of amusement.

Ugh he knows her sooo well

I’d break that rule for her. Hell, I was beginning to wonder if I wouldn’t break a few more for her too.

Stooooop my heart

“I’m the devil and I want you. I want you like I’ve never wanted anything or anyone. And I will fight to make you mine, no matter what it takes. No force in Solaria will rip us apart.”

Ahhhh

“It was Clara…my sister.”

I knew it

“The next time you want to drown in them, tell me about it.”

“Why?”

“Because if you’re going to drown then I’m going to drown with you.” He released me and walked from me before I gave him an answer and I ...

“I love you,” he countered, and the world paused as the weight of his words slowed time itself.

Awww stop my heart

“This isn’t the way I was going to say it and I’m still not sure that I should have…” His brows pulled together. “I don’t know how long we have, Blue, but my heart will be yours whether we’re together or not.”

Im unwell

He loved me. Lance Orion loved me. And I loved him back with every corner of my heart and all the spaces in between.

Ugh i love this for her

So maybe it was time we stopped denying our birthright. Because the Vegas had been born to rule. And I was sick of being forced to bow.

“Because you’re in my head all the time. You pulse through my blood with each beat of my heart. I live for every scrap of attention you offer me and suffer through every moment you spend ignoring me,” he said darkly, holding my eye the entire time.

I’m the one no one has ever wanted long term…”

The way i feel this on a personal level

“I don’t want you on your knees. I want you fighting me and hating me and fucking me like you mean it. You’re Roxanya Vega and you weren’t built to bow to anyone,” he growled passionately.

“I want you to feel for me. And I’ll take hate if that’s all you’re offering.”

Stooooop

“I’m on the side that stands against Lionel Acrux,” he said, his jaw tightening and my heart thumped unevenly at the strength in his gaze. “It’s the only side that matters.”

He’s not wrong!!!

“You can deny it as much as you like, Roxy, but you and me are going to happen over and over,” he promised, the scent of him wrapping around me and the heat of his flesh blazing so fiercely I could feel it despite the inch of space dividing us. “So no matter how much you hate me or despise me or wish you didn’t want me in any way at all, there’s no stopping it. You don’t feel fire like that and just let it burn out.”

She was my mate. The one the stars had selected for me. My one true love. And after tonight there wouldn’t be a force in the universe that could ever tear us apart again.

Roxanya Vega was the daughter of The Savage King. The girl I should have hated without even having to try. She was a thorn in my side and a challenge to everything that had ever mattered to me. She made me angry like no one I’d ever met before, made me hate her with a passion which was unequalled by anything I’d ever felt. But despite everything that had passed between us, I’d never once been able to deny how much I wanted her.

Elysian mates. Unbreakable. True love.

Roxy Vega was the piece of me that was missing. She was everything I should have realised I needed sooner.

I’d wanted her to be mine for so long that I couldn’t remember a time when the idea of it hadn’t consumed me.

It wasn’t a decision, it was fate. And for the first time in my life, it felt like destiny was on my side.

I’d fantasised over him and daydreamed about him, and I’d beaten myself up over it a thousand times.

“Tory, please,” he choked, reaching out for me, his eyes burning with a desperate need.

He called Tory ahhhhhh my heart

I want you. And I don’t care if you’re a Vega or not. I don’t care if your name is Roxy or Tory or anything else. I just want you.”

You’re all I think about. All I dream about. You’re under my skin and in every thought and I know that I’ve done a thousand unforgivable things, but I swear I’ll never hurt you again. You’re meant for me. I’ll protect you with my life-”