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she wasn’t like the other women. She sank her claws into him, and I knew…I knew he loved her—loved her more than he loved me. I didn’t want people to know that in the end, even with Malec entombed, she didn’t just win, she became a Queen,” she admitted hoarsely. “Became the Crown that forced us to remain behind the Skotos Mountains, used our people to make monsters, and took—took my children. I didn’t want Casteel to know that the same woman who’d taken my first husband was who’d held him and then his brother. She won in the end, and…she’s still managing to tear my family and kingdom apart.”
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it is kinda embarrassing tbh
But I think Malec will always own a part of my heart.” And the part owned by Malec would always belong to him, and that was…that was just sad.
“Can you even—? I’m sorry. You can. You are a god.”
sis chose to live
Once I return, I will send the Blood Queen the kind of message only Casteel would be proud of.” “Knowing what my son would be proud of,” she said, voice thickening, “I can only imagine what kind of message that will be.”
I’d told Kieran that he should stay, but that had gone in one ear and out the other, even when I pulled the Queen card and then the I-am-a-god-obey-me line.
“I understand.” A heartbeat of silence. “Or is it that you now understand the power you wield?”
bestie had to be dramatic
“You seek to fight with the guards of the gods at your side, but you do not expect cities to fall?” He barked out a short laugh. “You are not ready for war.” “You misunderstand,” I stated carefully. “Or I misspoke. I do not seek to do those things, but I understand that they may be necessary. I am ready for war. I would not be here if I wasn’t. But I do not plan to soak the lands with blood and leave nothing but ruins behind.”
The draken wasn’t as big as Nektas, but he was the length of five Settis and about three times the width. Reaver was the one who’d almost bitten Kieran. I arched a brow. I
“I see them,” Delano said quietly. “There’s about a dozen.” Less than I thought there would be, which was kind of offensive.
It was obvious that the Blood Crown truly saw me as no threat. And, well, now I truly was offended.
The one who stands to your left reeks of decay and rot.” The Revenant frowned. “I do not.” He plucked at the front of his tunic. “Rude.”
this boy thinks he's a comedian
“And what does that make you?” “An actual god,”
you and I both know what you are and what you will always be. The Maiden who is part beauty and part disaster.”
in the words of the Revenant: ugh Rude
“Now this is the really important part. I need you to make sure she understands that I’m coming for her. That I will burn every Revenant that stands between her and me. I will strike down every Ascended who defends her. I will topple every castle she seeks to hide in. Make sure she understands that her survival hinges on Casteel. She will release him, or she will see each and every one of her cities leveled. If she touches him again, I will destroy her precious Malec, and I can. I know where to find him. He lives. For now. And if she kills Casteel? If anyone kills him?” I tilted my head,
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“Make sure she knows that I am the Chosen, the One who is Blessed, and I carry the blood of the King of Gods in me. I am the Liessa to the wolven, the second daughter, the true heir, owed the crowns of Atlantia and Solis. I am the Queen of Flesh and Fire, and the gods’ guards ride with me. Tell the Blood Queen to prepare for war.”
