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“Goodbye.” He shook his head, burying his face in the crook of my neck. “Say it back,” I urged. “Say it back. Tell me goodbye.” “Goodbye, love of mine.” He pulled back a little. “You know that I love you, right?” A sob ripped from my throat. “I do.”
Her poor hair has gotten all tangled. I know you must at least feel sorry for that. Your hands were always in her hair.”
“Every day since the moment you three were born, all I’ve ever seen are pretty sunrises, kid.”
dagger and slashed it through her hair, cutting more than half its length.
And when he said, “Why do you cry, my love?”
Cicadas serenaded the world as if they didn’t know their only spectator tonight was me.
My insides ripped apart. “You deserved to be loved not only when you were in pain. Nothing about that makes you horrible.”
“And I miss you. I miss you so much. Even when I have you near me. Even when I have you this close. I miss you right now. When I close my eyes and even when I am looking at you. I miss you when I can’t hear you and even when I do. You make my heart hurt so fiercely that I think I might die. I might have even already died. It is so overwhelmed when you hold it in your hands, so overwhelmed right now that I don’t feel the thousand deaths I’ve already died.” She rested her forehead on mine. “I love you. I’ve loved you and I love you. And I've done it so horribly…I’ve loved you so horribly. I love
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The day darkened. But not because of me—not because of the thunder and storm. It darkened with night. The heavy scent of spring bloom and cool taste of dark air filled the space around us. A gust of black winds swirled out of thin air and blasted while Kilian tore through it. Soaked from rain, his face was cast in shadows, the white and grey of his eyes gone and now veiled black. Relief. Pure relief settled in me.
“Remember, my queen. Nothing in the trace of our miserable fate is unmeant and unplanned. You’re Nubil’s second, the heavens are on your side. Use what your father does not know and will never understand about you.”
“She is not.” I backed away, bumping into Cai’s frozen state. He shook at the sight of his friend, his face pale and white from fear. “Why is she not breathing, Kilian?” Slowly, he took slow steps towards her, his knees giving away before her and a heart-wracking sob vibrated through his chest. “Nia?” He crawled to her, reaching for her. “Nia?” No. No.
This author makes me cry regardless the book and i cant stand it i didnt even know i cared for nia like this
The laughter had stopped and turned to a low hum—the hum of a melody I recognised.

