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"I'm not entirely above begging, Bond."

YES

You have got to be joking

How am I 52% in already? Nothing much happened 😶

"Look at me. Only at me."

I feel bad for Stig more than Tamsyn 🫣

I think at this point this is a test of endurance for me & I think I'm failing

I am so sorry, but this is so not it

“He murmurs quietly to me, “You make me proud to be your Bond. Even when you hate us, your backbone, endurance, and integrity is unmatched.”


Are we… thinking about the same person?

“Okay, snap out of this wallowing self-pity, Oleander.”

PLEASE DO

“I forgot how little I know about them all, ”

Oh so she’s aware! Thought it was just a me thing

“Normally I would be thrilled that he’s ignoring me, but there’s something really gut-wrenching about this type of silence.
The type where he’s lost someone and I have no idea how to say something to him without seeming insincere or petty.”

Girl, do you hear yourself?

“No, it’s not. I know it’s not. I know exactly what it is, Oli, and I’m still here. I know exactly what your gift does to people, and I’m not running away scared. You’re still the exact Bond I’ve been dreaming about since I was a kid, the beautiful girl who I’d give my life for… except that I’m indestructible, so I don’t have to worry about that anyway. See? We were made for each other.”

Aww

“Can you make your mind up… I can’t keep up.”
I chose my words carefully. “Wanting power from me and wanting me are two very different things. I already know which one you want...”
He leans forward and whispers “You don’t stick around long enough to know a goddamned thing. The moment anything gets real here, you run off, and that has nothing to do with what I want. You could just ask.”

Slow clap

“It won’t bite, Bond. I won’t either, unless you ask me to.”
I want to say something back, just to knock a little of that smug energy out of him, but I can’t…
He chuckles at me, clearly still high on the adrenaline of the fight because he ducks down until we’re eye to eye. “Are you ready to beg, Bond? I think I’m ready to hear you.”

Yes, more of this please

“If you burn, I burn with you...”

🫦

“Oleander, let him go.”
But I don’t want to, I want more. I want him all over me until he’s seeping into my skin and soaking into the very core of me and there’s no chance of anyone ever getting between us. I need to wear him like a warning, a shield, so they all know. They all need to know.”

Well then

“Uhm, Sage Benson, I’m fairly sure your brother’s number is sixty-nine. Actually, I’m sure it is because I’ve heard just about every dirty joke possible about it, so why are you wearing a big old number four?”


SCREAMING RIGHT NOW

“Indestructible and strong. I can see the appeal,”

Resistance is futile 😌

“Maybe someday I can have a real conversation with Nox about what happened, about which parts of it were wrong and which parts I did actually have some control over, but the very idea of them all questioning it and picking it apart when they weren’t even there just… it pisses me off.”


Girl needs a reality check

Happy with the progress but a sleepover without Gryphon feels wrong

"Thanks for being on my side."
"That's my favorite place to be."

THE WAY I HATE THIS CHAPTER OMG I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START

The way I just fell asleep with this playing for like an hour and had to move the playback to 0:00:00 was humbling

"And I was becoming secretly possessive of her. I could see how men looked at her without her even knowing it, and I was terrified that she was going to give herself to some ****head with no heart."

🚩🚩🚩

“I’m not fishing for anything, Grace. I feel like sometimes this”—I waved my hand between us—“it’s unnatural.” “This what? Us being friends?” I laughed. “Yeah, kind of.”

Someone please help me, I can't be the only one pissed at this

"She plopped down onto my bed and wrapped an arm around my shoulder. “I guess I’d marry you.” “Really? I was hoping it would go more like, kill Bill, marry Spike . . .” “Ha!” She leaned over and kissed me on the cheek. “You’re a good guy.” I wanted an award for the insane amount of restraint I had shown so far."

EXCUSE ME? AN AWARD? FOR RESTRAINT?

"“How many girls have you been with?”
“I’m just curious...”
"Does that mean you’ve been with a lot of people?”
“I’ve been with a few girls, Grace. Not a lot.”
“Have you ever been with a virgin?”
I jerked my head back and noticed that her lip was quivering and her eyes were wide “No. I’ve never been with a virgin,” ... I was very close to asking Grace if she was a virgin but I already knew the answer..."

WHAT IS THIS

"Over pizza, Scott showed me how to play Angry Birds."

I'M SORRY BUT THIS IS SO ODD - No one talks like this, the interactions feel very manufactured, and it's cringy too...