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“Thank you,” he murmured against her cheek. She smiled, wriggling closer. “I always sleep better when I’m with you.”
i hate happy people
It was as though the Empire’s soldiers moved not by their own will, but by someone else’s.
“Why, Madam Dread, I want you.”
why is this hot
little Dread?”
mind-speaking was something the angels once did.
As always, she searched for his face in the necklace’s layers of wear, but while the winged horse was clear, the person riding it had been buried beneath the darkness of time, no matter how diligently Eliana tried to clean it.
“Have you forgotten? My punches hurt.” “Forgotten? In fact, I relish the memory.”
i love their dynamic
“My happiness is unimportant compared to the safety of those around me.”
yeah ow
“You were marvelous out there, during the race. I’ve never seen that kind of power. Rielle, it was beautiful.”
Eliana flashed Rahzavel a smile. “I am your doom.”
But he stood firm, pulled her in to his body for a clumsy, hard kiss. “I’ve always loved you,” he whispered against her mouth.
this is rude.
because how was she supposed to care about falling mountains with Audric in danger?
ow ow ow ow
I’ll be here when you wake, said the voice, and some dim, spinning part of her tired mind whispered back, Thank you.
is this the angel that was mentioned in the beginning of the book
“Queen Rielle could have done it.”
The truth returned to her: mind-speak was something the angels once did.
and there it is
A throaty chuckle sounded in Rielle’s mind. Darling girl.
oh!!!
“And good morning to you, dearest Dread,”
STOP THE MADNESS
“Have you always been this unspeakably irritating?” “Has your face always looked so temptingly carvable?”
thats what im TALKINNN ABOUUUT
You could come to me. And we could begin.
Could it be that the Emperor—and his generals, his lieutenants, maybe even all the adatrox—could send messages and visions to and from each other’s minds?
ok so it is the same type of thing thats in rieles mind too
But the empirium does not simply wait for you, Rielle, he continued. It hungers for you. No one else will ever understand it as you can. It longs for you the way a lover yearns for his mate.
I hunger for it as well. Darling, I know it. Don’t resist. Reach out and take it.
gasp
Don’t risk it, came Corien’s voice—tense now and unamused. You are powerful, but you’re not immortal. I could be, Rielle responded.
I can send you the feeling of how I would like to touch you. And you can do the same back to me if you wish.
PARDON??????
Rielle, may I touch you?
oh im sat.
You’re an angel. His response, when it came at last, was toneless: I am.
She squeezed her eyes shut and tried not to think about the sweet, lonely ache that lingered against her skin where Corien’s touch had once been.
Sometimes your goodness shines so brightly that I want to devour you. Maybe if I have enough of you, that light you shine will stave off the wickedness that lives inside me.”
“If there is wickedness inside you, Rielle,” Audric said hoarsely, his lips in her hair, “then I shall treasure it as I do every other part of you.”
im sick
“My wicked girl,” he murmured and lowered his mouth sweetly onto hers.
YEAAAHHHHHHH
“Oh, Eliana,” he murmured, his voice no longer playful, “I want so much more than simply a peek.”
unnecessarily horny uncalled for
“It’s Simon,” said the boy, beaming. He was practically dancing on his toes, quivering with excitement. “My name is Simon.”
WHAT WHAT WHAT
Could Remy actually be right?
remys got to be a seer or smth
Never, Rielle. Soft lips brushed against her brow; a hand cupped her face, guiding her up. Never.
ENOUGH
I cannot resist you, he replied. Not you or your phenomenal mind.
“Our son has a hard time keeping his tongue to himself when Lady Rielle is near.”
GET HIS ASSSSSSS
“And when the Gate fell, He found me in the chaos, pointed to my thirsting heart, and said, ‘You I shall deliver into the glory of the new world,’ and I wept at his feet and was remade.”
my queen.
“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.”
LETS FUCKING GO
“That was the Emperor before he called himself the Emperor. When his name was simply Corien. He was the first of us to escape. And I am sorry that he was.”
GAG
“I am the daughter of the Blood Queen.” Her voice came out hollow, heavy. “Daughter of the Kingsbane.”
i guessed this in my mind but im still gagged
“Besides me,” Rielle said, “Atheria only lets two people touch her. Audric, and now…” She smiled as the beast nibbled at Simon’s hair. The boy went perfectly still and stood wide-eyed while Audric shook with silent laughter. “And now, it seems, your son is the second.”
“No one can be sure of Audric the Lightbringer’s last words, but in the days before the Fall, whispers traveled fast across the world. His last words, the whispers said, were for his murderer: ‘I love you, Rielle.’”
hey thats not cool
And I cannot stray from that simply because I love you.”
oh GODDDDD OH BROTHERRR
You touch me and I burn, and I could take everything burning down with me!”
YOU. TOUCH. ME. AND. I. BURN.
You look at his face for half a minute, you see he’s been ripped apart and sewn back together more times than anyone ought to have been.”
i will protect him
But when someone’s mind has been abused so thoroughly, a wraith cannot help but feel it.”
oh:(
“My students, please know this: I chose to give up my casting and bind myself inside my own maze. I did it for two simple reasons: I trust Rielle Dardenne, and I love her.”
is this mf abt to die
Tal, sleep-rumpled and only nineteen years old, had opened his door, taken one look at Rielle’s face, and held out his arms to her.
tal is one of my favorite characters aw
