Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)

by Rebecca Yarros

“I know exactly who and what you are, Violet Sorrengail.”

“You will trust me.” Not a question. An order.

period tairn 🐉🖤

my face splits into a grin. There is nothing like this.

awww v is a rider 🥺

“Tairneanach.”

🐉🐉🐉🖤🖤🖤

“Pronunciation could use some work.” Tairn’s voice rumbles through my head.

lol

“They’re a mated pair, Tairn and Sgaeyl. The strongest bonded pair in centuries.”

his onyx eyes

onyx storm?

Then he robs me of every logical thought by putting on my boots and lacing them one at a time. This is the same man who had no problems with my death just a few months ago, and my brain can’t seem to wrap itself around the different sides of him.

aw he put her shoes on for her

Trudging out here in the middle of the night is worth it to alleviate her anxiety.

aw the bond she has w her dragons is cute

Even the most effective poisons come in pretty packages, and Xaden’s exactly that—as beautiful as he is lethal.

aw v’s got a lil crush id say

There’s a sense of connection in those moments that I crave,

Away. I have to get away from everyone until Tairn finishes…whatever he and Sgaeyl are doing.

lol

“Is that…churam?” He blows out a puff of smoke. “Want some? Unless you’re here to continue our earlier argument, in which case, none for you.” My jaw practically unhinges. “No! We’re not allowed to smoke that!” “Yeah, well, the people who made that rule obviously weren’t bonded to Sgaeyl and Tairn, now were they?” A smirk lifts a corner of his mouth.

oop lol that means he feels what sgaeyl feels too

Undeniable, unquenchable need nearly takes me out at the knees. Xaden’s arm wraps around my waist, steadying me.

aw the way he’s there for her thru this experience lol

“Kissing you would be a cataclysmic mistake.” “Calamitous.”

“Don’t be a dick,” I whisper. “You haven’t even seen me start to be a dick.” My head turns so fast that it swims, and my mouth drops open as I stare at the side of Xaden’s face. That was his voice…in my fucking head.

OMG I LOVE THIS

“Three days?” Dain fires back, leaning in. “You couldn’t make it three days?” “It has nothing to do with him,” I interrupt, setting my dragon down with a little more force than necessary. “That’s up to Tairn and Sgaeyl.” “You never considered that it was you I couldn’t stay away from?”

ahhhhh

“Get him out of my head,” I toss in Tairn’s direction. “You’ll get used to it,” Tairn responds.

lol

“I will hate you for this.” “Yeah.” He nods, a flash of pure regret crossing his face as he draws away. “I can live with that.”

:(

“Twenty-three,” he answers. “My birthday was in March.” And I didn’t even know. “Mine is in—” “July,” he answers with a ghost of a smile. “I know. I made it my business to know everything there was to know about you the second I saw you on the parapet.”

“Maybe it was when I saw Oren holding a knife to your throat,” he says. “Or maybe it was when I realized the bruises on your neck were fingerprints and wanted to kill them all over again just so I could do it slowly. Maybe it was the first time I recklessly kissed you or when I realized I’m fucked because I can’t stop thinking about doing more than just kissing you.”

eeeeeee 🤭🤭

“Don’t do that,” I whisper, and he lifts his head again to hold my gaze. “Don’t do what? Tell you I can’t get you out of my head? Or speak directly into yours?”

“Knock that the fuck off,” I toss back. “No thank you.” “Look who figured it out.” Xaden’s mouth quirks upward for a heartbeat.

i love that they can talk to each other thru their heads

There’s a ruffle of air and then the hard feel of scales against the backs of my hands. I lean forward into Andarna’s shoulder, sagging against her.

aw andarna is her safe space🥺

“Fuck, that stubborn, feisty look always makes me want to kiss you.” Xaden’s expression remains bland, bored even, but his eyes heat as his gaze drops to my mouth. “And you say this now, where people will see if you actually do.” My breath catches. “When did I ever give you the impression that I give a fuck what people think about me?” A corner of his mouth rises, and now it’s all I can concentrate on, damn him. “I only care what they think about you.”

AHHHH 🤭 AW SO FUCKING CUTE

I am the sky and the power of every storm that has ever been. I am infinite.

Tairn roars with the unmistakable sound of pride. “Lightning wielder.”

why am i crying 😭 liam died & she finally manifested her power to avenge him

“I’m proud you’re mine.” Andarna’s voice wavers,

You are not just a weapon, Sorrengail. You are the weapon. You train this ability, own it, and you’ll have the power to defend an entire kingdom.”

“So then why are you here, Xaden?” “Because I can’t seem to stay away.”

I kiss him back with a hunger I’ve only known with him.

awwww

“I always fucking want you.”

he lifts his head, seizes my gaze with his, and I recognize the wild need in those gold-flecked depths. It mirrors my own.

“Fuck me, this hair,” he says, then hovers his mouth over mine. “And this mouth. All I ever want to do is kiss you, even when you piss me off.”

He’s the worst kind of addiction, dangerous and impossible to sate.

aw

“If I get my hands on you, really, honestly get my hands on you, I don’t know if I’ll be able to stop.”

🩷🩷🤌🏼 THIS RIGHT HERE FAV QUOTE

“Look at you. You’re fucking beautiful, Violet. Let go for me.”

🩷🩷🩷🥺

The feel of his skin under my fingertips is divine,

awwww 🩷

fantasy is so fun to read NEW GENRE FRFR 🤌🏼🩷 i love the dragons and how they are mated and how xaden & v can speak into each others minds i LOVEEEE everything abt it! the action, the fighting, the banter, the tension, UGH IM OBSESSED NEW FAV BOOK & SERIES BY FAR. IM SO EXCITED FOR IRON FLAME & ONYX STORM

Shadows fall away and the sight of him above me, his dark gaze locked on mine in intense concentration, is the most beautiful sight I’ve ever seen. “So. Very. Beautiful.” I punctate each word with a kiss.

“The first time you kissed me.”

aw he seen her use her electricity signet for the first time during their first kiss 🥺

“And both times were the result of emotional reactions?”

“Should I get the wingleader?” Tairn flat-out laughs in my head.

LMAO

I ground both feet in my Archives and power flows around me, through me. Andarna’s golden light is there, too, but it’s softened from having been drained yesterday, and high above me swirl the inky-black shadows I know represent the connection to Xaden.

i love how they are all represented and linked into her mind

There’s nowhere in existence you could go that I wouldn’t find you, Violence.”

aw🥺🥺🥺🩷🩷🩷

Carr is staring at me, and it’s about to get really fucking awkward if I can’t figure out how—” Images of…me flood my mind. It’s last night, except I’m somehow seeing it through Xaden’s eyes, feeling the unmistakable burn of insatiable desire. My control slips—no, it’s Xaden’s control slipping

stfu not his pov 🥺 that’s so fucking cute that they can experience what each other felt

and now I understand why he takes his job so seriously. He shoulders the responsibility for every marked one in here.

And when others are quick to stand in front of me, Xaden always stands at my side, trusting me to hold my own.

“He’d never ask this of me. Never ask it of anyone. But I told him I would keep you safe, and that’s what I’m doing, keeping you safe.” He flashes a crooked smile. “You are a good friend, Liam Mairi.”

🥺

There’s more than one way to fall. Shit. That ache in my chest burns brighter than the power coursing through my veins. I’m in love with Xaden.