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This queen who had allied with the angels and helped them kill thousands of humans. This queen who had murdered her husband.
Corien knew—that his father was a marque, and Simon was too. Neither angel nor human, but with the blood of both inside them.
She was supposed to be the Sun Queen, their savior and protector. And yet she had become the Blood Queen. The Kingsbane. The Lady of Death.
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.
Every elemental who had ever lived—every waterworker and windsinger, every shadowcaster and every firebrand like Tal—had to use a casting, a physical object uniquely forged by their own hands, to access their power. Their singular power, the one element they could control. But not Rielle. She needed no casting, and fire was not the only element that obeyed her. All of them did.
he loves you more than you’ll ever understand.” Rielle laughed sharply. “That isn’t reason enough to treat me like this. I’ll never forgive him for it. Someday, I’ll stop forgiving you too.” “I know,” Tal said, and at the sadness in his voice, Rielle nearly took pity on him. Nearly.
“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.”
“When darkest is the night When lost is the fight When blood is all in sight Look to the rising dawn”
“Watch and learn, little Dread.” “Call me ‘little’ again and I’ll punch you.” A smile twitched at his mouth. “You know just how to entice me.” “Have you forgotten? My punches hurt.” “Forgotten? In fact, I relish the memory.”
“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
“We all have darkness inside us, Rielle,” he said, his voice rough. “That is what it means to be human.”
“It’s Simon,” said the boy, beaming. He was practically dancing on his toes, quivering with excitement. “My name is Simon.”
“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.”
“I fear no darkness I fear no night I ask the shadows To aid my fight”
“The mountain falls under my fists The sea dries at my touch The flame dies on my tongue The night howls with my anger The light darkens in my shadow The earth fades beneath my feet I do not break or bend I cannot be silenced I am everywhere”
I do not break or bend. I cannot be silenced. I am everywhere.
“I am Zahra,” the woman said, “and I am a wraith. And you are Eliana Ferracora, the Dread of Orline, the last of House Courverie, daughter of the Lightbringer, heir to the throne of Saint Katell, the true queen of Celdaria, and…” Zahra spread her long arms wide. Her dark smile was full of joy. “You are the One Who Rises. The Furyborn Child. You are the Sun Queen, Eliana, and I have come to bring you home.”
I am stronger than any flame that burns.”
“I’m too dangerous.” “You’re just my kind of dangerous.” “This isn’t a joke, Audric. This is your life—and mine.” “And my life is pale without you in it.”
He kissed her as if the air inside her was what he needed to survive.
“I want to hear what you want. That is my wish.” “I want to make you come apart in my arms. I want you to forget your fear, your worries, whatever darkness haunts your thoughts.”
Tears gathered in her eyes. “I thought you…” “That I loved you?” Corien’s face softened. “Child, I love you more than I can say. I’m doing this for you. If you don’t leave them, they will stifle, shame, and punish you for daring to breach the walls they are building around you.” He approached her slowly. “They will use every memory you share with them—every sweet feeling, every kind moment—to wring out all the power they can from that miraculous body of yours. And they won’t stop, or even consider sparing you, because they will be too afraid of what faces them. If you hesitate, they will
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“You are my queen, and my life is yours. It has been since the day you were born.”
“My queen worries for me. Be still, my wicked black heart.”
