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Will the monsters chew on me like they chewed on the boy with a face freckled with stars? The one who reaches for me in the darkest corner of my dreams ...
Rhordyn lifts me, holding me close while he carries me through the balcony doors. A blanket of falling droplets drench us both, and he sits on my sodden balcony, settling me between strong thighs so my back is resting on his chest. I can feel his breaths—in and out.
Oh lord
“You’re going to be the death of me.” “So long as you take me with you,” is my strangled reply, and for a fleeting moment even the rain seems to hang in the sky, as if the world is sucking a gasp through parted lips. “Never.”
i have ceased to exist
I’d give him my soul. The breath in my lungs. I’d lump my heart on a silver platter and let him drink straight from the source.
“Not the sort you can lick better, I’m afraid.” His brows jack up, and he tilts his head, exposing the three delicate lines on the side of his neck. “You sure about that?”
sIR
“I do like your gifts ...” “I know you do.” He smiles, eyes glinting with a roguish sparkle as his thumb sweeps along the sharp of my jaw. “And I like giving you gifts.”
My love language is currently taking hold
A deep rumbling sound shudders out of him, and I swear his eyes flash fluorescent green. It’s the only warning I get before his lips clash with mine—roving and moving in a hungry dance that’s far from delicate.
OPPPPP
“That’s how you kiss someone you love, Orlaith. Anything less and they aren’t worthy of your heart or the power to break it. Understood?”
Sir i need you to explain your intentions right quick
Something plows into me with such reckless force that the wind is knocked from my lungs. A powerful, unforgiving mountain of muscle drives me back and slams me against the door,
Cue possessive alpha
“Having him between your legs,” he growls, voice savage, and now it’s more than his hips holding me against the door.
buckle your seatbelts kids
“Asha was my friend, too.” Behind me, the ocean stills. Listens. “She was more than just my friend. Did you know she was the last female?”
Oh
“What have you got to lose, Rhordyn?” He lifts his chin. “Everything.”
He draws near, and I feel the pull of his hollow form trying to suckle air from the surrounding space. For a moment, I wonder how it would be to fall into his void ... if it would hurt or feel like drifting off to sleep in the arms of a friend.
Its giving dementor
Because I deserve gentle. I deserve gentle when this man is so boldly destroying me.
I’m in love with a man who’ll never be mine—who’s unavailable in every way, shape, and form—and I’m certain it’s going to ruin me.
“Milaje.”
OK WHATDOES THENICKNAME MEAN
until there’s nobody left but the Bahari male who wears the sun for skin.
Im sus of this man
“I’m suggesting that I’m not opposed to being pinned to the wall by a beautiful woman.”
Oh hes so flynn ryder
“What a pretty flower to keep locked in a big, rocky tower.”
“Has anyone ever told you how striking the color of your eyes are?”
They have matching eyes
“Cainon,” he answers far too swiftly, like the word was already sitting on his tongue, waiting to be thrown. “But you can call me Cain.”
hEllo
“I want many things, Orlaith.” “I didn’t tell you my name.” “You didn’t need to.”
OP
probably why I keep catching Jonas with his tongue down Marcus’ throat, despite the fact that he’s courting Sophia.
Tea
“I wish to gift her my cupla,” Cainon responds, and it suddenly feels like the castle is too small to house the disruptive energy rolling off the High Master of the West.
SKCKSKKCDKAK
“I wouldn’t threaten me, Rhor. Certainly not when you’re harboring a woman with such ... distinct Bahari attributes in your little rocky tower.”
Oh my god spill the tea
“One last question.” I dig my hand down the front of my top and retrieve the vial, chewing up the space between us in three short strides. “Why are you such a dick?”
Lol period
“I don’t miss much, Orlaith. Certainly not when it comes to you.”
Cainon’s hand slips into mine and grips, anchoring me in place. Anchoring me to him.
It doesn’t matter who you are, where you’ve come from; it’s in our nature to fall in love with the shackle that binds us.”
“I found love in the secure roots of a friendship I’ve treasured for a very long time, much the same way I treasure the protection of my lands. My people.”
BARF TAMLIN
“I’m not too prideful to steal another man’s treasure, Orlaith.”
“Do you, though? How far are you willing to go to spite your wounded heart?” Strong, composed ... Resilient. “As far as it takes,” I bite out with all the conviction I can muster.
“And raise your glasses to the future High Mistress of the South.”
AHA SLAY
Rhordyn’s black button-down is rolled to his elbows, and the vision of his corded forearms glazed in firelight has my stomach knotting.
We're just girls
There’s a person staring back at me from the world behind the mirror.
OH MY GODDDDD
“This is you,” he continues. “This is who you really are.”
“How did you hide me from myself?”
This is rough
“You’ll never be rid of me. You may not have a shadow, but you’re chained to mine for eternity. You think this has any weight?” he says, waving my wrist around—the one shackled by Cainon’s cupla—and a vicious sort of chuckle rolls out of him that smarts my skin. “You can run off and tie yourself to your pretty High Master, but I’ll hunt you to the four corners of the continent. Not because I want to, but because I can’t fucking help myself.”
Sir i need you to chill
“You want a fairy tale?” he spits, waving it in my face. “I’m your fucking fairy tale. I’m nailed to your soul, Orlaith, and believe me when I tell you there is no happily ever after. Not for me, and certainly not for you.”
Side eye
“Get. Out!” I bark, and this time my words are no longer delicate. They’re loud and obtuse—boulders tossed to maim.
GET HI.M ORLAITH
He nods, stuffing hands deep into his pockets as he moves away, keeping his gaze trained to me the entire time. “As you wish.”
Oh stfu
No wonder it felt like my skin was too tight to fit my jutting bones—like my colors didn’t sing for my soul. How could they when I’ve been trapped inside the shell of a woman who isn’t me?
She’s a masterpiece; the most exquisite rose given shape and life and a fluttering heartbeat. She’s the sun and the soil and light that bathes the world on a beautiful day.
We all need to look at ourselves like this
“Why don’t you let my promised decide if she’d like me in her personal space or not,”
Hehe rhysand core
Taking the weight of my hair and splitting it off into three sections, he starts to weave a side braid with smooth, controlled motions.
Hes bRAIDING HER HAR
“You’re wilting here, Orlaith. It’s obvious to an outsider looking in.”
“I’m not going anywhere, Treasure.”
I literally love him
But I’ve walked this staircase thousands of times. Too many times. I’ll probably walk it a thousand times more.
CUE MUSIC
Orlaith hates the mask I forced her to wear. Message received loud and clear. There is no honor in my decision, but I’ll stand by it until I’m shoved in the ground. Would sooner tear the world apart than let them catch a glimpse of her luster. If that makes me a monster in her eyes, well ... About fucking time.
Hes like tamlin but with character depth
He flattens against my Safety Line, sending me tumbling back onto my ass. “NO!”
:(
