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September 20 - October 7, 2025
This book is dedicated to all those who have drowned in the depths of loss, with memories clutched in your fist like fragments of the sun. May you be brave enough to peer between your fingers, so they might shine again.
“You must harness this darkness that lives in you,” Hail said. “You cannot break, and you must never, ever give up. For if you do, all will be lost.”
One chance awaits. The king may fall on the day the Hydra bellows in a spiteful palace.
“Darius Vega is the greatest Dragon who ever lived,” I spoke loud and clear, making Lionel fall deathly still.
“Someone needs to find a Basilisk,” I commanded.
“Long live the true queens,” Geraldine hissed, and I felt myself smiling a cruel and wicked smile as I raised my flame-coated sword and prepared to fight.
“I am Geraldine Gundellifus Gabolia Gundestria Grus, and I shall return these shadows from whence they came in the name of my father and his love for Catalina!”
“We can’t die,” Cal said a little breathlessly. “We’re Bitey C, Wolfman, and Fish Fury.”
“We carry the souls of those we love closest in times of need,”
Long live the motherfucking Queens.
Hell yeah!
“Nebula Allies are the most precious of friends. They are rarer than gold, and far more valuable.”
My twin was my other half. My brother my wings of guidance. My mate my soul-bound love.
“You promised you’d stay,” I hissed at him, swiping at my cheeks in an effort to banish the tears which were ruining my view of him.
“You promised you’d find me,” he replied, a dark and taunting grin on his lips which looked nothing like the smiles I remembered. “Tick tock, Roxy.”
Lance Orion may have been mated to another woman, but I had loved him first, and I wasn’t going to let that love turn to bitterness. It may have been unrequited, but that didn’t make it invalid. Though that didn’t make it hurt any less.
As my mom would say, “Regret is the enemy of the future.”
We were friends, Nebula Allies to be precise, and nothing would change that. I would be here for him whether my heart pined for him or not. And as his Nebula Ally, I was here for his Elysian Mate too.
“I will never leave Lance behind,” I growled.
“End the motherfucker. Come on,” I hissed.
“We see you, Lionel Acrux,” Blue said icily. “We see your weakness.”
Gabriel barked a laugh. “Darius is more likely to kiss me than kill me for saving him from these nuptials,” he taunted.
“I held on tight to you, but clearly not tight enough,”
“You were one of the things that made me glow. But now you’re gone, and you took all of my light with you.”
We’ll come back for you, Falco. A morte e ritorno.
Seth Capella: Calling all my Moonbitches and Caleb’s Calgals. Who’s looking hotter tonight? #jointhehotsideofthewar #lameLioneldoesnthavethesecheekbones
Kathleen Goodwin: Well bend me over and call me a bridge between two towers – there’s no way I’m picking! #ridemyhighway #Idontmindifyouhighfive #twowaystreet #bridgebros #twoHeirsinmythoroughfare #theresnotollonthisbridge
The worst possible people to ever walk into this room strode in, and I gaped in horror at my mom and Caleb’s.
One dose of Basilisk anti-venom in exchange for the true queens turning a blind eye in Alestria from time to time once we win this war xoxo
“It’s you and me, Tor. No matter what, wherever we are.”
Holy fuck, looks like I just got hold of the Savage King’s blade.
“You’d better be watching, sir. Because this fight is for the Vegas.”
Aww go go orion!!
“You will marry me.”
“You told me, that I would have to break you, just as you once tried to break me, and you laughed at the idea of it.”
“You’re Darius Vega now. And you weren’t built to bow to anyone.”
This was goodbye. And the song was ending.
“I love you, Roxanya Vega, and I wish I could have been worthy of you.”
Stealer of life. Twister of destiny. Beware the cost.
Turn from this path. Stop before you unbalance the scales. His ascension will bear a price.
The thump of Darius’s heartbeat rang out in perfect synchronicity with my own because it was my own. One heart. One life. Never to be parted again.
“All hail the true Queens,” Darius growled in a low and powerful voice which rang with a clap of magic that seemed to break the spell that had fallen over everyone who was still staring at us in awe.
The reflection in her green eyes told me a matching crown of red had appeared for me too. We gaped at one another as the truth of our ascension fell over us, our parents’ presence seeming closer than ever before as though they had been the ones to crown us.
“Wield my heart, and you will win your war. But when it is done, you will return my heart to me, and use it for one final cast, as only a Fae can.”
“You will breathe life into my heart when it is returned to me. You will offer me the power to take the form of a Fae and walk among the world.”
“The power of the fallen has awoken, greed and glory blazing as one.
