Lady of Shadows (Lady of Darkness, #2)

by Melissa K. Roehrich

Shadows that protected her. Shadows that sang to her. Shadows that soothed her.

Scarlett slowly opened her eyes and before her stood a panther. She was sleek and beautiful and her muscles shifted under her gleaming coat of shadow and darkness and night. “Shirina,” the man whispered reverently into her ear. “Lady Saylah’s servant.”

OMG IS THIS HER SPIRIT ANIMAL????

“She’s my twin flame.”

WAIT WAIT WAIT! So he knows FOR SURE?!

“You’re right. I never liked the assassin that managed to elude us at every turn, sneaking into your rooms and bed,” Sloan agreed,

Idk Sloan is either Jelous of Scarlett or he wants to fuck Callan. Its either one or the other cause he strict as hell for no reason

He had thought his castle was grand, but this put it to shame. A river ran through the middle of the building. A godsdamned river.

Dont get jealous Callan lol

This was absurd. He was a crowned prince. He would not be denied information he desired.

Mortal crown prince, of the mortal realm. We in fae city baybeeee

A prince holds her heart. Nuri’s words from that day in the tavern clanged through him. He had arrogantly thought she’d meant him, but then he’d learned that Sorin was actually a prince. The Fire Prince.

No cause i thought too

She was so relaxed with him. So…carefree. As if nothing could go wrong as long as he was beside her.

She had said she and the general were friends. She had said she couldn’t be tied to a throne. If she chose him, wouldn’t it be the same? Was she choosing him?

Yeaaaa that is interesting but she wouldnt be tied to the throne like in the strict as hell mortal realms

“If that twin flame Mark is Anointed, Sorin will—” Cyrus started. “Stop speaking,”

“And when the storm is unending? When the waves are unrelenting?” Scarlett asked quietly. “Rage, Scarlett. Rage and scream and cry and fall apart. You are allowed to feel and do all those things, but you do not stop fighting. You do not give up. You become a bigger storm,” he answered.

A knowing smile came across Briar’s face. “She may have fire in her veins, Sorin, but her heart is all Anahita. She will not drown. She can breathe underwater.”

She certainly wasn’t going to acknowledge the feelings that were creeping up, not with Callan under the same roof.

Interesting. What are said feelings you are feeling for Sorin

breath. “I mean, they can’t be worse than you, right?” “That’s the spirit, Princess,” he said cheerfully, pushing open the door to the room. “Oh my gods,” she muttered

Too bad Tula isn’t here to give you a cookie. You deserve a treat after that little speech, she thought, tilting her head. As though he had heard her thoughts, he smirked at her.

Her eyes were fixed on the golden eyes of the Prince of Fire, where she saw nothing but home.

“I have told you everything.” Before the words had even finished leaving his lips, he felt a searing jolt of pain shoot through his left hand.

“It is strange, isn’t it, how I can control you in your own dream?”

How is Mikale doing that!!!

“Are those new boots?” Sorin asked, studying her swinging feet. Cyrus barked a laugh, and a feline grin spread across Scarlett’s face. “I had some money to burn, Prince.”

Aaahh im doneee

“It does not matter. I do not want a throne. It is why I walked away from Callan.” “That is not why you walked away from Callan.”

“Will you let her?” “I will not cage her.” Silence fell again for a beat before Cyrus said, “I haven’t known her long, but I would miss the hell out of her if she is not staying.” “Me too.”

How he could just sit there every afternoon and watch her do absolutely nothing was beyond her.

She couldn’t get close enough. Something was drawing her to him, drawing her home.

All stars are born in the dark, Scarlett. The darkness allows us to see them. You decide if they are worth fighting for.”

“I’ll let you in on a secret, Darling. The stars are always worth fighting for.”

As if blown in by unseen winds, Callan, Finn, and Sloan appeared, bound with vines around their wrists and gagged.

I knew it was a fucking trap

His eyes were fierce as he locked them onto her own. “Fight!” he bellowed at her. “The stars are worth it!”

She had finally found a place she belonged. She had found someone who came for her. She had found people who did not fear her darkness but understood it. People who wouldn’t leave her alone. She had found home. To hell with whoever tried to take that from her again.

“And that while Sorin has the twin flame Mark on his left hand, Scarlett does not.”

Callan’s eyes widened at who stood before him. “Scarlett.” He scanned her, noting her wrapped middle and arm. “What are you doing here?” “It’s a library,” she said with an eye roll. “I’m here to get a book.”

Lmao she funny

“I think you might be mine though,” she said, as sleep finally overtook her. “Your what?” she heard him press, but sleep pulled her under before she could reply.

Omg omg omg! Does she think Sorin is her twin flame

“It is okay to have hard days, Scarlett.” His tone was impossibly tender. “It is okay if some days the only thing you manage to do is survive. That is okay.”

He was still watching her as he wound a lock of hair around his finger, the soft smile back on his lips. That look back in his eyes. “You’ve been looking at me like that all night,” she whispered.

“Is there really such a thing as reading too much?” “For you? No, I do not think there is.”

Shirastone nullifies magic. That is why it is effective against the Fae.”

Ohhh okay

Scarlett had set down her fork and picked up a piece of bread. As she took a bite, her right hand came up and brushed down his forearm, giving it a quick squeeze before she reached for her wine glass.

Cuteee

dessert appearing before them. From the variety of fruit tarts, Sorin searched for two pear ones and scooped them onto Scarlett’s plate. She gave him a little smile, picking up her fork.

Its the little things mannn

She made no movement. It was a preternatural stillness he’d realized only Fae could achieve.

Lmao Like when goats get scared and freeze up?!

She would climb down into his pits with him just as he had done for her.

“I will be home tomorrow, Scarlett,” he snarled back. Scarlett. Not Princess. Not Love.

“My home is wherever you are. If you demand I go home, I am already there. Let me in.”

“You promised you would not leave me alone in the darkness. You came for me, and I have come for you. I am yours, and you are mine. Let me in!”

A man Sorin recognized. Mikale. How the fuck was he here?

HOW??? WHAT???

He had been the one to pull her from the river. Screw him for trying to hurl her back in.

“I know he has a twin flame out there somewhere, but I wish he didn’t. Does that make me an awful person?”

Girllll youre his twin flameeee

“You broke this! You broke us!”

will always find you. I will always come for you. I will always choose you. I will always want you.”

We assume so since it is a Witch,” Rayner replied, “but it appears differently to everyone.” “What do you mean?” They were outside now, walking down a snow-covered dirt path to the forest that sprawled behind the High Witch’s castle. “I mean how she appears to me, she will not appear to you. You might see an old blind woman, hunched over and walking with a cane, while I might see a great bird.”

Def giving ACOTAR when they visited that thing in a prison cave of some sort

“You are a Queen. You do not need permission to do anything and certainly not from a male. You make the choices that will affect you and your people, and you make them without regret. You choose, and you handle the consequences, whatever they may be. You do not look back, only forward. Now make your choice.”

“I am someone who has faced the darkness and found the beauty it had to offer. I am someone who can create stars in the void when the light has gone out. I am someone who cares for those the realms have forgotten. I am someone who can bring beauty from brutal ashes. I am a fucking Queen.”