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“But she’s alone back there,” I said in alarm, trying to fight my way free of Orion’s grip, but my body was still weak and his arms were like iron. I had to go back for her, I had to make sure she was safe. “She can survive this,” my brother promised. “We have to wait for her to return, Darcy. If anyone goes back to try and help her, it will only make things worse.”
Theyre just gonna fucking leave her there? How did nobody notice she wasnt there when they star dusted away? No one did a head count?
I couldn’t hear the sounds of battle anymore and one glance at the sky told me there wasn’t a Phoenix or Dragon flying past either, and I frowned as I tried to figure out where the hell they all were.
Thats so upsetting. Now shes gonna think they all ditched her and dont care about her.
I knelt down, my fingernail catching in the little metal thing as I tugged it free of its hiding place and a tiny golden charm in the shape of a Hydra fell into my palm.
Youre telling me she was meant to find this freaky nymph tunnel? Alone?
Merissa’s gaze shifted suddenly and I found her eyes on mine, a gasp escaping her as she looked at me and a soft ‘oh,’ leaving her lips as she reached out as if to touch my cheek. “Can you see me?” I asked shakily as the ghost of her hand skimmed the line of my jaw and I felt the faintest echo of that touch. “You need to see this, don’t you?” she asked and I wasn’t certain she could hear me or even that she was really talking to me, but as my brow pinched she took off, passing straight through me as if I wasn’t there at all and making the fragile pieces of my heart shatter with the love I
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A tear has fallen from my eye
“Azriel, explain to Lord Acrux why that is a terrible idea,”
Im so scared for beyond the veil actually. Im gonna cry right now just thinking about it
Gabriel’s posture loosened and I realised how awful it must be to see everyone you love dying around you in visions, seeing their end a thousand times and only being able to nudge them away from death where possible. It sounded like hell.
No literally, he breaks my lil heart all the time
“Caleb and I…” He cleared his throat, looking to Gabriel who gave him a knowing look. “We drank from each other back at the altar, and accidentally formed a sort of…Vampire Coven. It’s something which is against the Vampire Code because it drives our instinct to hunt. He’s my blood brother now, my sanguis frater. It’s a bond that has made us form an alliance and ended our rivalry.”
LMFAO THEYRE BLOOD BROTHERS NOW
My brother turned to me as we made it beyond the boundary, tugging me out of Orion’s hold to give me a bone-crushing hug. “A friend of mine will meet you there. She’ll help you find what you need.”
Ooo whos the friend do i know them
“I’m Laini,” she said, dropping into a curtsy, her eyes falling to the ground before darting back up to look at me. “You’re very beautiful.”
AH I DO KNOW THEM
“This is Eugene.” “Hello.” A slim man rose from his seat, a shock of white hair on his head and a look of admiration in his eyes. “I know you,” I said in realisation. “You’ve been staying at The Burrows. You’re the High Buck, erm, thingy, right?” “That’s right. High Buck of the Solarian Mischief of Tiberian Rats. It’s a pleasure to meet you properly, Princess.”
When did eugene fucking dipper leave everyone else
“These books belonged to the Phoenixes of old,” Arnold explained. “They can only be touched by a Phoenix, so they have not been read in many centuries, my lady. The secrets found within them belong to you and your sister.”
Thats dope and inconvenient at the same time. No wonder mfs barely know about phoenixes
“What the hell was that?” I hissed. “A clumsy princess?” Orion offered. “Asshole,” I tossed at him. “And I didn’t mean that, I heard a voice. Like the stars or…something. It told me to go higher.” “So go higher,”
Duh
“Which book would you go into?” I asked Orion, brushing my fingers over the thick stubble on his jaw. “There is no story I would choose to live in but ours,” he answered simply, and damn this man to hell for his silver tongue.
Same. As i am right now
But most of all, I call it loving you with the intensity of the sun and the devotion of the moon because you are my end, baby. The only dream I never dared to have for myself. Yet here you are, within reach at all times. And you’d better believe I can’t resist you now that I have you.
I LOVE DARIUS
We staggered backwards as the feather suddenly shifted and a goddess of a woman took its place, sitting on the throne with her bronze wings stretched out either side of her, her body clad in armour similar to the kind Geraldine had gifted us. Her hair was as dark as charcoal, her skin a rich brown hue and she had a mouth that seemed used to smiling. At first it seemed like she was solidly there until her wings folded behind her and I realised I could almost see through her.
This is the queen that banished lavinia im calling it rn
“She’s the Vega queen I saw in Diego’s hat. She’s the one who banished Lavinia to the Shadow Realm,” I said and the queen’s eyes darkened at that name.
Knew it
“Yeah, she’s risen alright,” Tory said as her upper lip curled back. “And she’s playing house with Lionel Acrux.” “Acrux,” the queen growled. “Yes…I see it now. The stars are offering me the knowledge I need to help you. So many years,” she sighed. “Empires have risen and fallen in the time I have been gone.” She gasped at something, then her eyes snapped to the Imperial Star hanging from my throat. “You possess it.”
Im honestly loving this
“Wow, that was dramatic,” Leon breathed, leaning close to my ear. “Guess it’s just me and you then, shamesy.” “Shamesy?” I growled. “Yeah, like Power Shamesy. I thought I’d make a cute nickname out of it, so it didn’t seem so, you know…devastating.”
Im dead
“So I wanna thieve from my thief father and give you his treasure for your rock collection.” “It’s not a rock coll-” “It’ll be the most prized rock in your rock collection,” he announced proudly, turning and strutting off down the tunnel ahead of me and I figured fuck it, and didn’t bother to correct him.
Lmfao
“Were you playing chip-chop pube?” Seth asked knowingly. “Exactly, dude!” Leon cried. “Do you know how many people act like they don’t even know what chip-chop pube is? It’s a classic game.”
Seth and leon together seems funny and also my worst nightmare
“Yup,” they said at the same time and I looked between them as they grinned at each other, sensing the two of them together would be like mixing two very explosive potions in the same cauldron. They were both just so…peppy.
NO LITERALLY
“Ergh, are we in hell?” Caleb muttered, stepping closer to me like I might be able to ward off the stench. “Oh my stars, is that a shit? Like a Fae fucking turd, right there by that dumpster?” He pulled his shirt up over his nose and I couldn’t really blame him. “It’s the magic of Alestria,” Leon cooed. “Between the grime, the piss and the shits that hobos do in alleys, there’s something really special about this place.” “I think I like it,” Seth whispered and Caleb and I shared a look.
I cant believe whats happening right now
“It’ll be one of those tales we tell for years to come,” Seth encouraged. “Like that time I was on the moon and I stuck my dick in a crater.” “You did?” Leon asked, looking at him in awe as Seth nodded proudly. “Holy shit, tell me everything. What did it feel like? Did you get magical dick powers after?” I groaned as Seth jumped on the opportunity to tell someone new his moon stories
Not again bro i just groaned with lance
“Beyond this door lies years and years of family heirlooms, things my ancestors stole, many of our prized possessions.” “How can they be heirlooms if you stole them?” I asked and Leon shushed me.
Valid
“Touch nothing in here, for you will set off a curse that will make your eyes fall from your head and your nose cave into your face.” “Seriously?” Cal balked. “I’m not going in then.” “Nah, just kidding.” Leon laughed. “But if you try to steal anything I’ll know, and I’ll fucking murder you and everyone you love.”
I actually just laughed out loud. The ruthless boys are much better in zodiac and i will die on that hill
“I think you could bottle it as a scent actually, it’s kind of alluring. You could call it eau de toi-regret.”
PLEASE
“Who’s lame now, Radcliff?” His dying reply had left a bitter taste on my lips though. “You are,” he spat around his swollen tongue. “You’re unFae, unwanted, and will always be Lame Lionel no matter what you achieve.”
Radcliff ate, i feel i wouldve liked this guy
A shocking discovery has been made that is set to rattle the nation. Catalina Acrux - wife to King Lionel Acrux – was previously thought dead after a tragic accident at The Palace of Souls. However, she has not only has been found alive, it’s been declared that she has dissolved her marriage to the king and re-married a known Vega supporter and rebellion leader, Hamish Grus.
Oh no i didnt want lionel to ever find this out
“You killed my butler. I will never find anyone good enough to replace him,” I hissed, reaching up to lock my fingers around her throat. “Then you’d better show me how bad I’ve been, Daddy,” she said, biting her lower lip and I couldn’t deny I liked having this hold over her.
Firstly: fuck jenkins. Secondly: im gonna vom
The next words died in my throat as she used her power over my hand to shove two shadow fingers up my own ass, the burning sensation of it making me scream like a new born whelp.
What the actual fuck am i reading.
“Say hello, baby,” Lavinia encouraged. “Hello Daddy,” it growled in a voice made of nightmares and I screamed. I screamed and fucking screamed like I had never screamed before.
Well lionel maybe fucking with the shadows in the first place was a bad idea...
“Darius, don’t-” “Look after her,” I growled, taking his hand in mine and forcing him to make this vow with me. “If I’m gone, promise me you’ll do all you can to help her move past it and see her happy again. Love her like a brother and help her find…peace beyond me. Swear it. I need to know she won’t be alone without me.” Lance looked like he wanted to protest but then the same fear and darkness that consumed me so often these days shifted in his gaze and he nodded. “Only if you swear to do the same for Darcy if the worst happens to me,” he replied.
God i love them
I was gifted visions of Roxy and I, looking younger than we were now, drawn to each other time and again, sharing our first kiss in this very palace during her fifteenth birthday party and getting caught by her father who damn near bit me in half as he chased me the hell out of there. Lance and Darcy fell for each other when he came home on his first break in the middle of a pro Pitball season and had a whirlwind romance which the press were all over like a rash. Roxy and I kept sneaking around, trying to fight what we were to one another because of our positions and what it would mean for the
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This is so fucking sweet im literally crying. FUCK YOU LIONEL YOU BITCH
Because just maybe, once I was gone, the age of the Dragons would fall, and it would be time for the Phoenixes to rise once more.
PERIOD
“Oh how easy it all could have been, as simple as a sandworm riding a sea breeze,” Geraldine sobbed. “Those people aren’t us,” I voiced my thoughts and Darius looked to me with a frown. “At least they had a future,” he muttered. “So do we,” I hissed. “Stop talking as if your fate is sealed. You can defeat Lionel.”
Ugh
A scuttling noise drew my attention to the ceiling and I swore as I found Geraldine bound in a web of darkness, her body glued in place and tendrils of shadow gagging her as she tried to shout a warning to us.
God damnit i forgot about the shadow demon baby
It fell to the ground at my feet, making a horrible rattling, grunting noise as it died.
That fuckers not dead
I cursed as I realised I’d fucked our entire plan, but before I could figure out how the hell we were going to keep the attention of our enemies now, Lavinia released a shriek of agony so loud that I swear the sky rattled from the force of it. “Our Heir!” she screamed, shadows wrapping around her as she launched herself up and into the air, shooting towards Lionel and abandoning her fight with us like she’d forgotten it entirely.
Oh the fucker really is dead?
go Rambo
Something something look natural. How its DONE DONE DONE! ... Im so fucking tired
“Oh Lance, I’ve done something so fucking stupid.” “What?” he grunted and I took a shaky breath. “I gave Cal a Tiberian tip swirler,” I admitted. “A what?” “A Likranian lip dipping dong dancer,” I explained better. “In a language I can fucking understand?” he demanded and I huffed heavily. “A blowjob, Lance. A fucking blowjob.”
The seth lance relationship baffles me
Four months was a hell of a long time to live on a healthy diet of things we could grow. Particularly mangoes. Fucking mangoes. If I never saw a mango again after this, then I would be one happy Fae.
THEY WERE AT THE PALACE OF FLAMES FOR FOUR MONTHS?! I’d actually die ngl
A GABRIEL CHAPTER?!?
“You’re not the Dom unless you prove it,” he croaked and I knew what he was saying, what he was asking of me. A moment of silence hung between us where the fight shifted to something else, and the energy in the room burned in a whole different way. “Prove it,” he demanded again and suddenly I was shoving him back down against the sheets and grabbing the bottle of oil from the bed, driven on by instinct alone. I freed my jewelled cock, pouring the sparkling oil all over it before yanking his sweatpants down.
This is not happening, what the fuck am i reading
“What are you doing?” I asked around a lump in my throat and she walked past us with a mischievous gleam in her eyes, heading through an archway in the room and the sound of a shower carried to us.
Why do they get a shower
Mom was pale as she looked to me. “That’s wonderful news, sweetie, well done you. It sounds like you did a great job too, but we’ll have to discuss it later, okay?” No…no. Not again. I didn’t want to discuss my sex life with my mom. I’d just told her point blank I’d fucked a guy and a girl in all the holes. Oh my stars I just said ‘all the holes’ in front of my mother.
PLEASE
Carson Alvion: Justice. *bush emoji*
Bruh
“Perhaps, but I suppose it isn’t too surprising to discover the Savage King was savage in his youth too,” I said, quietly loving that I was tarnishing Hail’s name even more than I had managed while he lived.
Fuck off
a photograph of Hail, Azriel, Tiberius, Antonia, Melinda and Radcliff
Its so weird to think that the councillors were all heirs once too. And how close they always had been. Actually now that i think about it im sad again
and of my marriage to the most beautiful woman in the land, Catalina Nightbell. Of course, the wedding footage held a bitter taste to it now as I thought of her fucking that rebel, Grus. But I would soon return her to our marital bed and remind her of exactly who she belonged to. It was only a matter of time.
Over my dead body
because he believed doing so would be the end of my bid for the throne. But what right did he have to decide that for me?
Honestly i get both sides. I cant pick between them
