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“Thank you,” he whispered hoarsely. “Thank you for this second chance.”
Second chance??
With the incredible speed and Strength of an Academy-trained first-rank Fist, Maik Tar drove his Steeled fingers through Remi’s throat, crushing his trachea.
I KNEW ITTTTTTT
Hilo said, “Don’t say anything to the cops. We’re sending a lawyer to you. We’ll get you out of there, Tar.”
i feel so emotional about this
Tar did not phone the Kaul house again.
I mean i didn't expect his exile to be over but this still makes me so emotional
Cory shook his head slowly. “Anden came to see you, didn’t he? He asked you to deal with Jon Remi.”
Omg i thought maybe Wen but no it makes sense Anden would
“Remi made the wrong enemy,” he said simply. “You don’t stand in the way of the No Peak clan.”
I know that's right
Got into a book group with the Espenian as a Second Language Conversation Club at the library.
Omg Tar is a book girlie???
Maik Tar was found dead in his prison cell, having hanged himself with a torn bedsheet.
:( i suspected this was coming
“I was angry at you for a long time after you refused to wear jade. Of course you remember. Now, though… I’m thankful you’re not a Fist, Andy. I need—” Hilo’s voice faltered. “I need one of my brothers to live.”
Stop this is so heartbreaking
If only Uncle Anden were here. He’d know what to do. He could save her. He even brought my ma back from the dead.
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If it were possible to offer a clean blade, he would’ve done so on the spot.
I think doing this work is going to make Niko realize he does want to be in the clan
Shae asked Wen, with an uncharacteristically sly grin, “It’s not too early in the morning to have a cocktail, is it?”
This is so silly
“Shae-jen,” Wen exclaimed, “I would never gainsay the Weather Man’s judgment.”
I love their relationship
“I’ll assume Shae put you up to it. The two of you are a bad influence on each other,”
tee hee hee
“Pull over,” Shae said. “It’s only a Shotarian cop.”
I feel like this is going to go badly
That one kill had been a lucky thing. Shae was a Green Bone twenty years past her fighting prime. She didn’t have enough jade, she was too old and too slow.
Oh my god is Shae going to die??? FONDA LEE DON'T DO THIS TO ME
In three more steps, she reached the edge of the ravine and stumbled to a horrified halt as another gunshot rang out and she saw Tako go down.
Oh my god oh my god oh my god
Big Dog drew his pistol and before Wen could even scream, he shot Tako in the head, silencing him. “Took care of it,” he said.
Oh my god
We need everyone we have in this country searching for Shae, because they’re not going to give her back.”
Goddamn it
Jade clattered against the inside of the tub like pennies thrown into a pail, spilling over Shae’s and Dudo’s legs.
Oh my god they are gonna go crazy from the jade
They were both extremely drunk, having surreptitiously consumed Hilo’s alcohol for him over the course of hours.
They really were his brothers
For the first time, she noticed flecks of silver in her brother’s hair.
Stop thats so sad
“It’s at this place called the Little Persimmon, and it’s going to be a great crowd,” he told Ru as they walked to class. “You should come. These guys I know really want to meet you.”
He is going to get Ru killed :(
“Hey, you hear that?” Tadino said. “This is the Pillar’s son, show some respect.”
I dont like where this is going
“Wow, a secret room,” Ru said, grinning. “I wonder why it’s here?”
RU USE YOUR HEAD YOU FOOL
Tadino rushed out to the pay phone on the street to call Koben Ashi and inform him that his girlfriend was at the Little Persimmon lounge and some stranger was laying his filthy hands all over her.
Oh my god
Bero sneered with savage delight. “You’ve been set up, keke.”
Omg he warned him??
“You set this up. You asked Dano to bring me here tonight, you introduced me to Koben’s girlfriend without telling me who she was, and you called the Mountain here to hand me a beating.”
Smart boy!!!
Ru might be a stone-eye, but he would not be a weak link in his family. He was his father’s son; he would not back down from any fight or be used by anyone. You did not fuck with any Kaul.
I know that's right
The bartender’s hand fell upon the loosened talon knife sheath in Ru’s waistband. In a flailing, fateful instant, he seized the hilt of the weapon and slashed wildly at the man on top of him.
Oh my god he's going to kill Ru
The talon knife caught Ru across the neck and the fine steel opened the side of his throat.
NOOOOOOOOOO
This detail told Hilo immediately, even before he saw his cousin’s face, that something terrible had happened.
This is awful i dont even want to keep reading
Then he went upstairs to wake his wife and to tell her that their son was dead.
Haven't they suffered enough
He’d been confident and generous and he’d never allowed discontent over his deficiency to define him, the way she had.
Great now I'm crying
Why not escape reality, when it was so unbearably cruel to wives and sisters and mothers?
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“Some good but jadeless family with an unknown name. What was I thinking, raising a stone-eye into this life?”
He was supposed to be protected by aisho :(
The Pillar’s voice cracked like a brittle twig. “I wish he hadn’t dueled. If only he’d been a coward, just once.”
This is so heartbreaking
“I’m sorry, Ru,” he whispered. “I should’ve been here for you. We should’ve gone to college together. I was wrong about so many things. I’m just… so damned sorry.”
All this book is is pain and suffering
Drawing a fortifying breath, he grasped the top of his left ear and sliced downward with the knife, cutting into the groove between his ear and skull.
Holy shit
“Iwe-jen,” said the Pillar, “it’s time we made those arrangements we’ve been planning.”
Great what's this going to be
“You weren’t an easy person to find, Mr. Betin,” Niko said. “Bero,” the man corrected sharply.
Oh holy shit
The man pointed to him. “I’d recognize that jade anywhere, because it used to be on my neck.”
Bero is finally going to die for his crime
That our supposed allies seized the man who was responsible for the attack and secretly used him for their own purposes, denying justice to the Kekonese people?”
Gagged them
Anden said, “If you find the next Danny Sinjo, let my sister-in-law know.”
This is so funny
He’s like himself again, Anden thought, turning away to hide his heavy-hearted relief.
Stop im gonna throw up
Anden knew the truth. His cousin did all these things for Ru.
Im gonna be sick
Ayt Mada would take over Anorco and become the owner of her own jade mining company, with technology and assets completely separate from the Kekon Jade Alliance and beholden to no one.
Jesus christ
It’s over, Shae thought. Ayt’s won. We’re finished.
What are they going to do???
The thing about brilliant, elegant plans is that it doesn’t take much to fuck them up.”
Okay Hilo what's the plan???
He drew a single stowed cigarette and lighter from the breast pocket of his shirt and said, as he lit up, “I’m going to have a smoke, though, just in case it’s my last one. Don’t tell Wen.”
I love Hilo
