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"WE WERE ALL VILLAINS in the beginning. For hundreds of years, prodigies were feared by the rest of the world. We became hunted. Tormented. Feared and oppressed. We were believed to be witches and demons, freaks and abominations. We were stoned and hanged and set afire while crowds gathered to watch with cruel eyes, proud to be ridding the world of one more pariah. They were right to be afraid."

Starting strong

“I wouldn’t have to give up my sunshine. My guiding star. My heart and soul…”

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“..I grew up on Bollywood movies with men spinning around in fields of flowers, singing about how the girl they love is more beautiful than every daisy, rose and tulip in the world. How am I not supposed to tell her that she’s brighter than all the stars in the sky? How can I say you look nice, when I want to scream from a snow-covered mountaintop that just the sound of her voice could raise me from my grave?”

“… I want to make this work, … I want there to be an us.’
‘I want the same. We don’t have to figure it all out right now... We just need to be honest with each other.’
‘I’m being very honest’
‘I know. But this won’t be easy, and I need you to tell me if it starts to feel like too much’
‘I promise I will’
‘We’ll take it one day at a time, yeah?’
‘Yeah’

Cutie

“So, are you done acting like you two aren’t in love with each other?’
My face flames, and I freeze with my hand on a pile of dresses. ‘I – I wouldn’t go that far,’ I stammer. ‘But . . . I don’t think we’re just friends any more.’
‘You haven’t been for a while, babe.’
She’s not wrong. We’ve been dancing around our feelings for ages now. ”

Oh so she’s aware

WE ARE ALL OVER IT

“I have something for you.”
Livia’s eyes brightened when she removed the pale necklace…earrings…
“Erik, they’re beautiful.”
…. “No one will forget what will happen should they touch you now.”
“They are, made from bone?”…
“Anyone touches you, then you wear them around your neck.”

*Insert Jack Sparrow with the thumb necklace*

“Songbird”
“Serpent”
“Don’t do this because you feel a debt from what you heard today.”
“This has always been yours… you pulled me to you in that cell, and you never stopped. Don’t doubt me, ...”
“My warning still stands. Do this and I’ll never give you back.”
“Be sure before you do this, Serpent. Do this, and I claim you.”

The 🧀

Spoiler:

Why is them fighting while he bleeds out hilarious? I think I'm losing it

Didn't he just say he was a bit drunk a few lines before this? Girl get your priorities straight

“I’ve no need to take you,” he whispered. “You’re already mine.”

It’s not even fun and I’m sad

“I always prepare for balls and feasts with my friend. She isn’t here, but I am, and you are, and we breasts must stick together.”

Why would you say it like that? Not into it

“Across Erik’s back, from the top of his shoulders, around his ribs, to the lower curves of his hips, were dozens of scars. Pink and gnarled. Some white and fading. Old wounds left behind from prolonged suffering.
By the hells, he must’ve been in horrid pain even now. Skin was left irritated, untreated. Movements would be uncomfortable;...”

🥱

“Erik Bloodsinger had a heart, one buried deep inside. One that felt a great deal, but one he despised. A beautiful, black heart.
Last night created a crack in the rough surface of the king. He’d taunted me, but taught me about his weapons. He’d looked around his ship with a bit of pride, as though the vessel were deeply ingrained in his soul. A part of him.”

It is a bad sign when I read with sarcasm glasses

“This isn’t a shrine to your win or anything. I just wanted you to see how loved you are by so many people. I wanted to remind you of why you should keep fighting for what you want.”

Ok that was cute #4

Every julia cudney video gives me new life in this reality game

“… trying to make him understand the lightness she brings into my life. The way she chases away the storm clouds hanging over my head with her pure sunshine. ‘She fixed me’
‘That’s a lot of credit to give one person.’
Or maybe it’s not enough. Because she dragged me out of the dark place I could have gone last night, and her presence now is what’s keeping me from dwelling on how stuck I feel.”

“I’m going to kill you.’
‘Take a number, cabrón.”

Ok that was funny #3
(I had to look it up but still)

“It’s not like I plan to break Willow’s heart if we got involved, but I’m not a fortune teller… But if I had to choose between hurting her and never racing again, I’d walk away from F1 in a heartbeat.
… all I can see is Willow’s coy smile from this morning. My not-so-innocent girl.
I’ve known I was in trouble … – but now? I’m deeper in it than I ever thought I’d be.”

I don’t buy it

“You don’t have to pacify me. I’m fine. I’m over it.’
‘Pacify you?’ I repeat, nearly scoffing in disbelief. ‘Is that what you think I’m doing?’
‘Obviously.’ ‘You make people feel better when they mess up. It’s just what you do. Who you are.”

I would not use ‘pacify’
That last line was cute but it’s ruined

“I’m okay,’ she says, almost a whisper. ‘You can let go now.’
‘I don’t think I want to.”

🤭

“Hey,’ I greet Willow, blinking in surprise. S***, did I conjure her? Could she feel me thinking from floors above? Am I about to find out I’m actually a wizard? ‘What are you doing up here?”

Ok, that was funny #2

“I’m not cocky enough to think I can have any woman in the world, but I race fast cars and make millions and have the looks and smile that drop panties. I’m loved by moms and daughters alike, a cheeky bastard with a penchant for flirty quips and dirty one-liners in interviews. I’m a goddamn delight, and women like to tell me as much. Usually without the use of words.”

Him? Arrogant? NEVER

“But Willow is not family. She’s not my little sister. She’s never been annoying or underfoot. Not to me. Never to me.
Yet I’ve always kept my distance. Arm’s length. Eyes averted. Convincing myself that she’s an extension of Oakley when she’s been her own person all along. And it’s taken me until this very week to realize that.”

Congratulations

“Willow draws in a breath. ‘Okay, I . . . I think we need to address the elephant in the room.’
‘I told you to never bring up the size of my nose,’ I whine”

Ok that was funny

“It looks like the American flag threw up all over him and ninety-nine per cent of the people here.
This is Argonaut Racing’s all-American, all the time tagline come to life. Every person we’ve spoken to in the team’s hospitality suite since we arrived five minutes ago has an American accent,… Argonaut prides itself on hiring only US-based employees,…”

Must say, don’t love that

"She's wearing the world's tiniest dress, a curve-hugging thing that leaves just enough to the imagination to be legal."
*insert Kendel Jenner in the short polka-dot dress on Ellen if I didn't*

“She can say that all she wants, but I know the truth. She’d never admit it, but she actually cares about her brother. It’s crazy. Absolutely unhinged behaviour. I’d never confess to the same about my sister (even though it’s also the truth).”

The horror 😑

“Dev, what did you do?’
I have a laundry list of minor misdeeds, but I’ll go with the worst of them all. ‘I . . . cancelled her flight from Australia after the Grand Prix and left her stranded.’
‘No.’
I put my hands up, palms out. ‘In my defence. . . yeah. Cancelled it then and there. And didn’t tell her.’
‘You’re such a d***!’
‘Never said I wasn’t.”

And I’m supposed to like him?

“I know I can be a d***, and it’s usually on purpose, but not this time. ‘I’m sure you’ll find something,’ I reassure her, wanting to kick myself.”

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“What’s on fire?’ Chantal asks from the doorway to the kitchen, grimacing at the smell.
I sigh and move to open the window, sparing a glance back at my roommate as I do. ‘My hopes and dreams.’
‘Figured. Smells awful.’
Can’t argue with that.”

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