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I was willing to be hated for you for the rest of our lives as long as I was able to protect you, Comoroă. The things we do for our fated can’t be explained. I couldn’t stop my face from whipping toward him at the implication.
Are you saying that you think they have a mate bond, Drake?
It’s not weak to open up your wounds, Alina. It takes a hell of a lot of courage to stop pretending like everything's okay and face it, even when it makes your knees tremble and your heart hurt. Even when you feel like it’s going to swallow you whole.
My parents raised me to believe in myself, my instincts, and, first and foremost, my heart. With the strict law and responsibilities we held as slayers, that last one never made the cut for me, but my mates and friends were finally reminding me of how important it was. Maybe this was how I needed to honor their memories. Accepting that love wasn’t a weakness but our biggest strength.
“My mother told me this morning that as much as we need the people who love us around us when we’re in pain, sometimes what we need even more is to prove to ourselves that in our greatest moment of despair, we are not defeated. That we can rise on our own from it and be stronger in our clarity on the other side.”
My vulnerabilities didn’t make me weak. It was okay to not be okay and to ask for help. The bad days wouldn’t always win. Baring your heart to those you loved made you incredibly brave. It was okay to listen to your heart first.
Okay, all three of them are my favorites—I’ve officially decided.
A soul weapon is meant to fight in great battles—ones that are spoken of in history books long after the wielder has passed from this world. Yet you threaten to use me for what? The Great Bathroom Battle of Sanguis?
They’re a mess. But they’re our mess. Andrei doubled over with Lincoln on his back, finally getting the microphone close enough to his lips to yell, “I just want everyone to know that Professor Lincoln is my very best friend and wears my friendship bracelet every day!”
