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Ursa Dax
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January 31 - February 18, 2023
Fantasizing and imagining would do me no good now. I’d already been doing it my entire adult life.
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She’d be telling you, right now, to stop the belly-aching and to put your big girl panties on.
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Oh, fuck no.
I abandoned the saddle and was at her side immediately, brushing my fingers across her wet cheeks.
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He’d been protective and good, in his alien way. He’d looked out for me, tried to take care of me, and made me feel, every moment, like I was his, even if that was
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And he looked. Of course he looked. Because he always looked at me, for me, after me. Because, for some reason, I was dear to him. Beyond measure. Beyond words. So when I called for him, he looked. He looked at me like I was the only thing in the world.
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I bit back nausea at the thought that I might have to betray the most sacred ways of our people to save my mate. But I would do it. I knew I would. I just hoped I would not have to.
“YOU MUST LIVE, ZEEZEE. You must. I cannot think without you. I cannot breathe. If you die, I will wander the sands forever bereft without you. I will let the zeelk strip the flesh from my bones, and even that will not be enough to atone. That pain would be nothing to this. You must live. You must fight. You must. You must.”
“And then, some days after that, I found you. And my life has been bathed in glory ever since.”
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“What does this mean, this wetness from your eyes?” I laughed, rubbing the back of my hands across my eyes quickly. “I guess it’s a human thing. It happens when we’re sad.” Buroudei looked horrified, and I rushed to explain. “Or happy! Or relieved. Or stressed. Or if there’s a physical injury. Basically when anything intense or overwhelming happens, someone might cry.” Buroudei looked as if he were thinking hard.
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“Where do I fall in these stages?” She stiffened again, her words coming haltingly. “Um, well, I definitely would say that... I like you a whole lot.” Satisfaction snapped in me like a cord pulled taut. Pride surged, and I held my weapon a little higher with my free hand. “This is good,” I grunted. “For you I am only one step away from in love, then. I am very close.” “Well, it’s not that simple,” she said, sputtering. I ignored her words, grinning as I looked out over her head. She could not take away the fire of hope blazing in my chest, now. Zeezee liked me a whole lot.
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“I will not tie you up, my beautiful mate. I will not make you stay here with me. But you should know that, if you flee, I will always follow. No matter where you run, I will find you. I will not force you to live as my mate, but I will always be at your side. Until the very end of my days.”
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The fact that this insanely strong, attractive, powerful warlord was insecure over me potentially not loving him was breaking my little human heart.
She was too beautiful for this world.