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Either way, I knew she wasn’t a friend. I didn’t have any. And if I did, I certainly wouldn’t pick a Shade.
Aww, she's lonely :(
Her leg shook.
Her WHOLE leg?
“There she is!”
"Where's my hug at?"
“He harvests corn and wheat,” Damien mumbled, slumping into the chair beside his father.
1) This all feels like a private conversation between daddy & son.
2) Another whiny-ass crown prince.
“Maybe we should have this conversation alone.”
Called it.
The Lord of Flowers could very well turn you into a prince of paupers, boy,”
Got eem
“Rawr!”
O.o
but I needed a drink.
Good God, lady. Get help.
The lucky ones who found more power than they were born with left the slums quicker than sewer rats on a stormy day.
Found more power than they were born with?
This mission could have me gone for another year, but I’ll continue sending aid every month.”
So she has a heart of gold
In the three weeks I had been surveilling him, he never entertained the same woman twice and never more than a few minutes. Once they finished, he would dismiss them by tossing a small bag of coin and telling them to send a new girl on the morrow.
Ho
kissing her neck in greeting.
*noise of disgust*
If I ended up hearing them rollicking
Again with rollicking ? That's what you're going with?
emphasizing the length of her neck.
What a whack beauty standard
This mission was no longer one for the Blade.
Am I missing something?
cloak.
Good god so many cloaks
“Same port as last time?” the assistant asked his boot. So this had happened before. Now I just needed to know exactly what I was witnessing.
Yes, thank you, Einstein
I listened closely. There were only two heartbeats on board,
The fuck? So it's SUUPER human hearing.
“I bought myself some Elven armor—” I stuffed part of his tunic into his mouth as he let out a blood curdling shriek. I had pulled out one of his fingernails with the pliers from my boot.
Zippy
“No matter your reasons, treason cannot go unpunished,” I said. The words tasted like acid in my throat.
I mean does anybody know about this guy? You don't HAVE to punish him
picking up the anchor with one hand
What sort of super human...
knew someone who ran a refuge in Cereliath. A friend of Victoria’s. She would make sure the food got into the hands of those who needed it.
LITERALLY HOW IS THIS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE BOY WAS DOING. HUH?
the decades I spent training on the island.
Ok so she's decades older than 30?
I had never seen either of these men before.
You're eating lunch in a tavern in a trade city far from where you live. You also haven't been here in a while. Why is this surprising?
I doubted anyone but me and his friend knew he had said anything at all.
So are you the ONLY halfling who inherited good hearing?
One more attack against the Crown and I knew the king would dispose of me.
But wasn't the king the one who said the Shadow wasn't a threat the Blade needed to worry about?
I only killed those I had to.
Didn't have to kill that boy.
Anyone I could spare, I did.
I wouldn’t let the Shadow destroy the little change I had managed to make.
But he's actually making a change?
I pulled two pointed blades from my belt and secured my hood.
Holding 2 blades
I pulled the twin blades from my back and jumped.
Pulling out 2 MORE blades...
He kneed me in the stomach. Hard. The air flew from my lungs. My blade fell behind me.
The pacing feels SO forced. Like "THIS! Then this. This! Then this..."
I jumped but landed wrong on my ankle. My legs were unsteady from the wine. I fell just as the Shadow straightened. I pushed off the floor, my hands above my head. I landed on my feet. He lunged at me without a weapon. I didn’t have time to grab my dagger. I ducked. He punched again. I stepped to the side. I swung my arm. He dodged it. We traded blows back and forth.
Exhibit B
His lips were on mine.
What. The. Fuck.
He tasted sweet and fresh, like the glacial waters of the Burning Mountains.
What.. The.. Fuck..
I could tell by the way his hand tightened on my waist that the Shadow felt it too. The Shadow. The person I was meant to be killing.
DID YOU FORGET??????
My mind cleared as I moved to deepen the kiss. I ran my tongue along his teeth and felt a sharp prick. Fangs.
WHAT... THE... FUCK...
I craved the taste of wine.
Bitch.
My tongue would not taste a drop of wine until I held the Shadow’s head in my hands.
So no mention of what happened…?
She tucked her short black hair behind an ear and shrugged.
It’s giving Debbie Ryan… Also is she not wearing a hood?
Gerarda popped her jaw to one side and crossed her arms. We both lowered our hoods before
So she WAS wearing a hood ... So how are you seeing her facial reactions and movements so clearly?
“I admit I haven’t seen the Shield in some time, but does she complain of her duties when you’re in bed together?”
I feel like that was uncalled for, Keera... That was low.
My jaw clamped shut. I picked up the vase on her desk and chucked it across the room.
That was a little out of nowhere if you ask me.
“Maybe if he didn’t insist on hanging every Halfling he decided was a traitor for no reason, he would have more bodies to fill his service!”
*sips tea*
“He wants the Shadow more than anything.
No? Didn't his very public, private conversation with the prince clue you in on how he felt?
If the choice must be risking my life in the Faeland to protect them”—I pointed out the window to the initiates training below—“or waiting for the king to dispose of me, let me make that choice.”
Why is this cringe?
“I did it!” she shouted.
You haven't done anything yet
The arrowhead pierced the inner rim of the target around the small red dot.
So now she's a pro?
