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“You think we don’t have a future because you’re scared that I won’t like who you really are behind all those walls you keep. And I’m scared, too. I can admit it. You’re graduating. I’m not. You’ll be gone in a matter of weeks, and we’re probably setting ourselves up for heartbreak. But if we let fear kill whatever this is between us, then we don’t deserve it.”
That mind of yours is sexy as hell.
“I’ve wanted you from the first second I saw you, Violence,”
“Pretty sure everyone already knows—we set half the forest on fire that night,”
“Have I told you how beautiful you look tonight?” His voice lowers. “If not, I’m a fool, because you are magnificently beautiful.”
awwww🥺🩷🩷🩷
I’ve memorized every gold fleck in those onyx depths,
“I don’t deserve you.” His arm curls around my hips and he tugs me closer. “But I’m going to keep you all the same.”
aw cute lol
“Good.” I lean in and brush my lips over his. “Because I think I’m in love with you.”
“I know. I’m so wildly in love with you that I can’t imagine what my life would even look like without you in it. And I probably shouldn’t have said that, but if we’re doing this, then we’re starting from a place of complete honesty.”
he’s kissing me breathless.
“So fucking beautiful.”
Thunder booms, shaking the paneled glass in Xaden’s windows. “That’s one,” he says,
“Though I do think we’re going to have to work on the fireworks show or people are always going to know what we’re doing.”
lol
“You have everything I have to give.”
I’m going to die right here in this bed. “Then I’m going to die with you,” he promises, kissing me.
aw him reading her thoughts 🥺
I’m never going to get enough of this, enough of you.” “I love you.”
“I fucking love your hair. If you ever want to bring me to my knees or win an argument, just let it down. I’ll get the point.”
“Unless there’s someone else throwing lightning around, then yeah, that was you. See what I mean? Explosive.” He laughs.
“The wingleader had it made for me. See? It hooks to Tairn’s.” I can’t help but smile as I see the shape of the triangle on Andarna’s back that I’m sure fits the one on Tairn’s chest. “It’s amazing.” “It’s just in case I can’t keep up. Now I can come along!” Just another reason to adore Xaden.
aw he’s so sweet to the dragons too
“Not sure I’ll ever be finished.” He rises, every plane of his body caressing mine on the way up. “I’m way too fucking greedy when it comes to you.”
“Impossible to sate.” His eyes darken. “I’m going to keep you,”
awwwww I LOVE🥺🩷🩷🩷
“You’re mine, Violet.” I lift my chin. “Only if you’re mine.” “I’ve been yours for longer than you could ever imagine.”
“You love me, and—” “Loved,” I correct him, sidestepping so I can get some fucking space and then taking it. “Love!” he shouts, stopping me in my tracks and earning us a glance from every rider within hearing distance. “You love me.”
“Everything between us is real, Violence.” The intensity with which he says it hurts my heart even more.
nooo😭🥺
I never lied when I said I can’t live without you, Violence.” He backs away slowly, his lips curving in a sad smile.
:((( 😭
“Thank you, Liam. Thank you for being my shadow. Thank you for being my friend.”
😭😭😭
“It’s been. My honor.” Liam’s chest rattles as his lungs struggle.
“There is no me without you,” he says against my skin.
He’ll be the first to die if I’m not exactly what he called me under that tree all those months ago. Violence.
Because right now, standing near the dead body of my friend and his dragon—all I want is to show these assholes exactly how violent I can be.
period queen
I find one of her daggers protruding low in my side, just beneath the edge of the dragon-scale armor. Tairn roars and Andarna shrieks. “Violet!” Xaden screams. “She’s too fast!” I doubt
Knowing they’ll all live, I let gravity claim my body and slide from Tairn’s back. “VIOLET!” I hear Xaden’s scream as I fall.
“Live up to your nickname and fight this, Violence,”
You can’t make me fall for you and then die. None of this is worth it without you.”
XADEN
THE WAY IM GEEKING & SO EXCITED FOR XADEN’S POV
“I should have done a lot of things differently.” What I shouldn’t have done was fought my feelings for her. I should have grabbed on to her after that first kiss the way I wanted and kept her at my side, should have let her all the way in.
And when she smiled at me after mastering her shield in mere minutes, her face lighting up as the snow fell around us, I fucking fell. We hadn’t even kissed, and I fell.
awwww🥺
Gods, I want to haul her into my arms and love her until she forgets everything except how good we are together, but I’m sure that’s the last thing she’ll ever want again.
:((
I see it there, the love, but it’s masked behind defenses I foolishly forced her to build. I love her. Of course I love her.
“I’ll tell you anything you want to know and everything you don’t. I’ll spend every single day of my life earning back your trust.” I’d forgotten what it felt like to be loved, really, truly loved—it’d been so many years since Dad died. And Mom… Not going there. But then Violet gave me those words, gave me her trust, her heart, and I remembered. I’ll be damned if I don’t fight to keep them.
“I’m not afraid of hard work, especially not when I know just how sweet the rewards are. I would rather lose this entire war than live without you, and if that means I have to prove myself over and over, then I’ll do it. You gave me your heart, and I’m keeping it.”
“Brennan?” She stares at her brother in open-mouthed shock.
aw:)
“Welcome to the revolution, Violet.”
