Order of Scorpions

by Ivy Asher

But now everything they thought was tamed is bubbling to the surface. I want to kill, to wreak havoc, to unleash the suffering that’s rained down on me for the last six years. They taught me to be a ruthless killing force, and all I want to do is use it against them.

shes a badass

“Males always think they’re so tough. Ridiculous, if you ask me. They get a mere taste of what they’ve spent their lives doling out, and they crumble faster than a sand house at high tide.”

“No matter what you choose after today—death, life, Scorpion or not—you deserve to be loved. You deserve to find others who make you happy. Build a life around that, Auset. I vow to you that you can never go wrong if that’s what’s at the center of your purpose.”

“We kept one alive.” I point to the unconscious fae at Bones’s feet, and Scorpius grins like I just gave him the best present in the world. I love how fucked in the head we all are. Who needs romantic overtures and jewels when you can have fights to the death and the torturing of your enemies?

love built on shared darkness