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The empirium lies within every living thing, and every living thing is of the empirium. Its power connects not only flesh to bone, root to earth, stars to sky, but also road to road, city to city. Moment to moment.
“And what truth is that? What happened out there? What are you?” That was a blow. Rielle’s voice unraveled. “I wish I knew.” “The prophecy says…” Ludivine paused, gathering herself. “‘They will carry the power of the Seven.’ The two Queens are foretold to be able to control all the elements, not just one.”
“The Gate will fall,” the king recited. “The angels will return and bring ruin to the world. You will know this time by the rise of two human Queens—one of blood, and one of light. One with the power to save the world. One with the power to destroy it. Two Queens will rise. They will carry the power of the Seven. They will carry your fate in their hands. Two Queens will rise.”
“Have you always been this unspeakably irritating?” “Has your face always looked so temptingly carvable?”
By the moon, by the moon That’s where you’ll find me By the moon, by the moon We’ll hold hands, just you and me We’ll pray to the stars And ask them to set us free By the moon, by the moon That’s where you’ll find me
Oh! Little one.” Camille smiled at Remy. “You’re a sweet fellow. To whom do you belong?” Remy lifted his chin and took Eliana’s hand. “To my sister.” Camille’s face hardened. “Well, that’s a shame, isn’t it?” He glared back at her. “Not to me.” Even to Eliana, the smug smile she shot at Camille felt insufferable.
Navi shook her head. “These men, they are made of a violence I could never have imagined.” “They’re not men,” Remy said firmly into the silence that followed. “They’re angels.”
“We all have darkness inside us, Rielle,” he said, his voice rough. “That is what it means to be human.”
“We are all of us dark creatures,” Navi said, “but if we linger in those shadows, we’ll be lost. Instead we must seek the light when we can, and that’s just what you’re doing. I see it happening.”
