Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
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Read between August 31 - September 2, 2025
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balls.
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Balls
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“You’re pretty small for a rider,
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I GET IT SHES SO TINY
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“And before you ask, yes, I’m that Sorrengail.”
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hair flip
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balls
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Balls
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I just saw a second-year with pink streaks in her hair, and one guy has dragon scales tattooed up his entire biceps.”
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wow they are so edgy and cool and different
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the set of his brow, even the muscles of his biceps are rigid under my fingers as I try to find my balance. Sometime in the last year, Dain Aetos went from attractive and cute to gorgeous.
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*careless whisper playing behind the narration, almost droning it out*
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“What the hell are you doing here?”
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,loca
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barks,
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Awooooooo
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he quickly guides me away from the crowd and into an alcove in the wall, close to the first defensive turret of the citadel.
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okay bye Rhiannon
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It’s a shady, hidden spot with a hard wooden bench, which he sits me on, then helps me out of my rucksack.
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i bet he brings all his hoes here
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“And a second-year rider, cadet,” he growls.
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Jesus Christ, why he acting like she pissed in his cereal
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I nod. “Three at my ribs and one in my boot.”
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Sooooooo badass
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“Huh.” He drops his hands and looks at me like he’s never seen me before,
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this is when he realizes she's not like other girls
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“You’re supposed to be in the Scribe Quadrant,” he seethes, leading me through the tunnel in the wall. “What the hell happened? Please tell me you did not volunteer for the Riders Quadrant.” “What do you think happened?”
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oh my god i fucking get it she was supposed to be a scribe
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“Don’t worry—if someone sees us, I’ll just say that I was overcome with lust at first sight and couldn’t wait another second to get you out of your pants.”
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what a normal thing to say to your childhood friend you literally just reunited with
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“I can throw in a few oh, Dain cries once we’re in your room just for believability,” I offer, and actually mean it.
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why are we so goddamn horny right now this is not the time girl
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He’s a second-year rider, and all riders can perform lesser magics once their dragons choose to channel their power…but
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thank you for explaining I'm such an idiot i didn't pick up on this after you already told us in the first chapter and when he did the magic wow
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His room is simple, with a bed, dresser, desk, and wardrobe. There’s nothing personal about it other than a few books on his desk.
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r/malelivingspaces
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But me?
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me? i have glass bones and paper skin
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Are you telling me it’s the leather that does it for you?”
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she so feels like Sandy at the end of Grease rn
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hallway, “I can do quite a few things with my tongue. You’d be impressed.” My smile is so wide that it almost hurts, and just for a second, I forget that we’re in the Riders Quadrant or that I’ve just survived the parapet.
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it's fine, the mortal peril i find myself in.. bc i can just be so horny and forget everything else
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the hand thing
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the quality of the line writing in this baby is just so amazing and immersive
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but he doesn’t seem to mind, even though a single misstep would be the end of him.
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Hardcore
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“We’ll get you through that and into the Scribe Quadrant.”
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uh oh! now she his to prove him wrong.
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“I’m not saying you didn’t just kick absolute ass by getting here, Vi. But you have to leave. You’ll break the first time they put you in the sparring ring, and that’s before the dragons sense that you’re…”
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No, pussy queen. you're SO girlboss. it's just... rider is such a boy job. also I hardly know her.
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“Don’t be an asshole.” My stomach falls. Just because he might be right doesn’t mean I want to hear it…or want to be called unhealthy.
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I really don't understand what little miss "I dislocate both shoulders and sprain an ankle every time I sneeze" expects to hear
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General Sorrengail’s daughter?
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how many got dang times we gonna repeat every bit of info??????
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I pay attention but only enough to recall details if we need to form an alliance.
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I don't care about your bitch ass, but this Intel on you may be beneficial in the future in case I need to manipulate you later
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Xaden is among them.
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It would be so funny if he fell and died here
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If I have to get involved…” A slow, sinister smile spreads across his face. “You don’t want me involved.
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let's just say... I am so dark and twisted. you do NOT want to get on my bad side.
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“Sections and squads,” I whisper to Rhiannon, in case she didn’t grow up in a military family. “Three squads in each section and three sections in each of the four wings.” “Thank you,” Rhiannon answers.
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this absolutely fried me lol "thank you"
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I have exactly two shades when it comes to the sun, pale and burned.
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Wow I so pale
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Xaden’s wing.
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Dun dun duuuuunnnnn
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arrogant, handsome face.
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He wants to kill me but all I can think about is how sexy he is apparently
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golden eyes
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We even get to know the dragons eye colors, though I get the feeling this info is just as irrelevant as everyone else eye color we've learned
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Just thinking that I’m supposed to ride one of these is fucking ludicrous.
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that's what she said
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too frail to ride.
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I get it
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The breeches on the first-year ahead of me darken, the color spreading down his legs.
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no way lmao
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armored corset
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no, you don't understand, she has to be snatched bc it's actually protection I swear
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the terrifying vertical obstacle course
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American ninja warrior
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whose light complexion is covered with a smattering of freckles
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So many unnecessary details about appearance just to make sure you know everyone is hot
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freckled
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you literally told us he was freckled in the last sentence and we didn't need that info then, why do we need it a second time one sentence later???
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survives Threshing unbonded, the quadrant lets them repeat the year and try again if they want,”
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This is at least the third time this has been repeated so far
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“No one tried to screw with you last night?”
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this constant super casual modern language in a book with dragons is taking me out
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“Would it be so bad if they did?” I tease,
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go to horny jail
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“You should cut it.”
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nooooooo it needs to be long so people can see how different and interesting she is
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at the scar that defines his jaw and the hard set of his eyes that are familiar and yet not.
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YOU HAVE ALREADY EXPRESSED THESE THINGS
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“You bonded a dragon. You have powers I don’t even know about. You open doors with magic.
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WHY IS SO MUCH REPEATED SO MANY TIMES
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As for lesser magic powered through the bond of my relic, I can do the typical stuff like open doors,
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I'm going to lose it
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crank up my speed,
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Why'd he say it like that? magic nitrous
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