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The Rift had torn the Veil a few months ago, and the Immortali had re-entered the world as if stepping from the pages of myth and legend. Some were peaceful here in Silen, like the light-elves, the dark-elves, and the fae, and others were monsters who killed with impunity—harpies, wyverns, basilisks, and more. Papà had deployed many of his forces to combat the piracy ravaging the coasts and his trade routes, and so the reserves had to be stretched thin fighting enemies no one understood—no one except the Belmonte brothers, apparently.
man i HOPE this author plays castlevania or this reference is going to WASTE
“Libraries mean paesani who can read, write, and think, who can write pamphlets and treatises, and protest instead of working. Find new ways to destroy us.” He heaved a sigh. “This is a volatile time. The kingdom cannot take such a risk.”
wow what a great king yeah fuck the people youre ruling you dont need their opinions
“Not monetary cost. You laid out a tax plan to see it done. But the non-monetary costs of taxing our signori, especially now, when many of them are stretched thin or deep in debt to finance defenses against the Immortali?
aren't taxes... money...?
After the feast, she and Veron—along with a host of lords and councilors—would depart to her bedchamber. For the consummation. The bed curtains would be drawn, and in the presence of these officials, she and her new dark-elf husband would have to—to—
what the FUCK why they gotta be in the room???
That is, she had been with many a lover, many a human lover.
wait whats the point of all this ceremony over the consummation if she's not even a virgin
Maiden, Mother, Crone; She of the Heights; Protector of All. The Goddess towered before them in shining gold, a crown upon her head, a peplos draped about her, bearing a spear in one hand and a phiale in the other.
if their god is a lady why's their country a patriarchy
People had always been difficult for him to read, ever since Ata. How could he have gotten his own father so wrong? And other volodari, kuvari, and former lovers.
dude sacrificed himself ONCE to save your queendom, not continually betray or backstab you.
“You help against the other Immortali in exchange for our food,” she whispered. “And then you provide food and spices to Dunmarrow for weapons…” He nodded. Now she understood the basics of their trade with Queen Nendra.
aless was raised a princess of a country, shouldn't she already understand trade?
“Please tell me there’s butter,” Gavri murmured under her breath, patting Gabriella’s arm. “Gabriella put some in my chestnut mush earlier today, and Holy Ulsinael, she changed my life.”
i ship gavri and gabriella
She’d been bold her entire life, had said things to lovers that would make a courtesan blush,
aless really hasnt been bold at all this entire book and im tired of this being an informed trait
his father be alive right now? “She told me about what happened with your father,” Aless whispered. “You were just a child, Veron. It wasn’t fair, but there was nothing you could have done.” He shook his head. “You’re wrong. He was my father. I loved him, and I should have known him better than anyone. But I didn’t.” That day, he’d accepted Ata’s smile without a second thought. “I have forgiven you, but there’s a reason I don’t forgive. I see people, Aless, but I don’t understand them. I can know someone my entire life and not realize they’re going to betray me. I can be in love with a person,
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Yelena's betrayal is WAY worse than his dad's, so why isn't that the cause of Veron's Big Flaw To Overcome? His dad didnt even betray him!
