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"She was silk and cigar smoke and a short temper and a million contradictions; a full life of a thousand other thoughts and dreams and desires for the future - and someone whom I loved, deeply."

Oh babe 🥹

"l can't take credit for everything that you've become, Oraya. Even if sometimes I wish I could. But if I'm responsible for just one small piece of that, it will have been the greatest accomplishment of my life."

Fine, I admit that was not horrible to read coming from Vincent (don't tell Bella, I'll never hear the end of it)

"... And I'd still find somewhere to put my daggers."

Love these priorities

"Too late for that. You're stuck with me."


AWWW

"Then let her die in the ring. Abandon her when the trial begins."

The way I hate Vincent more and more and my dear @Bella tries to make me trust him makes me wonder...

"We always knew..."

who is this 'we' you speak of?

"That wasn't him today"
"oh?,"... "Then who was it?"

"The past." She gave me a sad smile. "Maybe our skin doesn't scar the same as yours, but our hearts do. Sometimes they never heal."

💔

"I didn't blink. Couldn't. Couldn't take my gaze off a predator this near to me. Less than one stride. So close I could count the beads of sweat on his collarbone. So close I could see the flutter of his pulse beneath the angle of his jaw."

She is scared here but all I could think about was - yes, come closer 🫠

"Why is it always me?" Why is it never your name they're screaming through the sun-cursed door?"
She smiled sweetly. "Because I'm nice and pretty"
"I'm nice and pretty," he grumbled.

You are Raihn, it's ok

Not sure about this yet

"A little higher, or a lot higher?"

"How much higher?"

He has jokes does he

"I felt as if I was tainting these simply by touching them"

Girl, get over yourself. You deserve nice things

How am I just 10% in and already got so many questions?

ummm

OMG Penny is a walking red flag

I've got a good feeling

"I won't hurt you"
"Or him either?"
"I won't hurt him either"
"They tried to take him away from me"

🥺

I want to finish this today, not sure I can though as I'm burning out

"I love you, Ruben."
"More than that, I trust you."

This is a no from me - so she tried to move on, it was years ago, get over it.

"Have you missed me, Juliana?"

Well, I am happy they are finally getting it on but I can tell you I have not missed Juliette's smut writing ...

"What do you want?"
“I’ll take anything you’ll give me.” Maddening desire radiated from every part of him. Then he dropped to his knees, his hands gripping my hips. “I’ll beg at your feet for a pathetic glance, a simple touch.” He coasted his open mouth across my belly, searing me through the thin fabric of my gown. “I’ll be your slave. Anything you want, Juliana. Just put me out of my goddamn misery.”

"You're going to regret this," he repeated.
"But I hope you never feel even half the pain I feel right now."
His voice broke, his silver-blue eyes glassy with agonizing heartbreak.
"But I'll let you go, Juliana. As you wish."

IS THIS A RED FLAG I SEE?

"Stop that"
"What? Flirting with you? Never."

Spoiler -


"There is one thing you cannot ever do again," I growled, trying to rein in my temper, "and that is question my loyalty. There has been no one since you. And never will be again. No one."

"You've always been my queen, Juliana. You always will be."

"You were wonderful"
"I'm not sure I'd go that far. I merely stated the truth"
I shook my head, absorbing the astounding beauty of her brilliance, her grace, her poise, her cool conviction as she told every one of us that we were essentially lazy and ignorant...
"You," I repeated, lifting a hand to sweep her straight dark hair behind an ear, letting my fingers absorb the silk of her skin, "were wonderful."
🫠

"It was time to erase the space between us and hunt her, woo her, worship her the way she was meant to be as my one and only."

Well then

I didn't like that Clara tells every couple that they are meant to be. I get that she can see the future and whatever but like, you could hint, or push things along and not just straight up tell them!