The Dawn Chorus (The Bone Season, #3.5)

by Samantha Shannon

The door cracked open. ‘Paige?’ It was a moment before I could speak without feeling like I was going to throw up. ‘I’m fine.’ Warden came to kneel at my side. ‘I think not.’ His voice was low, as if I were still asleep. ‘Tell me what you need.’

this book is just him taking care of her and fuck it im bloody okay with that

Against my will, I shrank from him, and he withdrew as well, as if we had stung one another. ‘It isn’t you,’ I whispered.

SAMANTHA SHANNON DON’T MAKE ME CRY

He looked down at my inner arm, at the tailback of bruises in the crease of my elbow. There was a tense silence – I could see him counting – before he swabbed my wrist instead.

one day. One day, i’m telling you, arcturus is going to burn them to the fucking ground for what they did to paige

‘Thank you,’ I said. ‘For not giving up on me.’ ‘Never.’

‘Get me that sedative, Warden, you miserable fucking ingrate, and I might consider those debts paid.’ His chin lifted a little, his eyes dark. ‘No,’ he said.

Nina and matthias vibes