Rai (is hard to please) > Recent Status Updates

“For a moment there when he was on his knees, after all the insects were gone, I had actually considered killing him out of sheer spite. Just to prove him right that he couldn’t trust me.”

Idk where the story would’ve gone but I would like you more rn if you had

“Watch that tone.”

New catchphrase alert

“I was once again reminded of how it felt to have her body pressed against mine. To share her breath. Her heartbeats. To listen to that sharp tongue of hers spit wickedly clever insults. . .”

Agree to disagree about that last one

VIBRATING ROD??????? LMAO WHO GREENLIT THAT

“center of my tit”

still hate that word

“The clingy octopus is back again.”
“Says the wiggling seal.”
“I will poison you.”

omg did I just laugh?? Like- not sardonically??

“I knew how much she hated anything that made her look weak or vulnerable. I didn’t think reacting like this made her weak, but she didn’t know that.”

Who are you and what did you do with the asswipe from the last two books?

“If you’ve got kids with you, they still count towards the total number.”

🙅‍♀️🙅‍♀️ No babies no babies no babies nO BABIES

“When Callan had told me back in his kitchen that I wasn’t going to like the plan he had come up with, he really hadn’t been kidding.”

I’m actually a little impressed that Blackwood was leaving breadcrumbs that early. This paired with the Tristan & Lance bait-and-switch… there might be hope for these books yet

“Five black rings that looked to have been tattooed onto her skin once more encircled her right forearm.”

“Looked to have been tattooed”
Hmmm 🧐

This collar business better be a red herring. Not even Blackwood would end on another betrayal cliffhanger… right??

“You will deliver both the Binder and Audrey tomorrow morning.”

So, wait… is this not why they had Audrey provoke Malcom? What else did they expect to happen??

“We might have been able to figure something out if we’d had more time.”

Just hold it open with force magic until Audrey finds sumn else to replace it?? Tf?

So we’re still doing this “dark desire” nonsense ic

“At least I had learned that Callan couldn’t perform while he had an audience.”

He literally screwed someone in front of you last book…

“The only thing that was holy to us was a blood oath, and those were not made lightly.”

How convenient that this is only being mentioned now

“I had already rubbed my hands together and summoned my magic before they stormed into the room.”
⬇️
“I had already summoned my magic before they stormed into the room.”

There. I fixed it. Yw.

If I have to read “hell damn it” one more time istg

“I held out my arms and then braced for the impact.”

Just lower them down with a force platform?? Ffs.

“Men. They never quite knew what to do when a woman was unwell, so they almost always beat a hasty retreat.”

Hacking the patriarchy

“Threatening to kill someone is not laying low.”
“Neither is flirting with some random guy,” I threw back at her.
“It’s called blending in!”

Imagine if she was flirting with Binder dude 💀

“Remember me?”

And now he knows what you’re wearing and could report you the second he leaves your sight.
Smart move, genius.

“Once I have destroyed your reputation and everything you have ever touched, then, and only then, am I going to allow you to die at my feet.”

Yawn.

“Oh the things I could do to you. I could make you beg for mercy.”

Either stfu or fucking prove it. This shit is getting old.

“Another dark moan escaped her.”

Enough already 🙄🙄

“I supposed that was the thing about growing up. It wasn’t about getting older. It was about shedding the false masks you had worn and becoming the person you wanted to be.”

“That whole selflessness is the true path to happiness notion is such horseshit. It’s just a weapon people use so that they can take advantage of others.”

Cheers to that

“Giving everything you have and everything you are to other people doesn’t make you happy. It makes you an idiot, because all that does is leave you empty and drained.”

Well. This I agree with.

“That same stunned surprise clanged through me again.”

Y’all should probably do sumn about all that clanging if you’re tryna be sneaky

“Now stand there like a good boy and let me show you who really holds the power here.”

So she hasn’t figured out how to get HERSELF off, but she can bring a man to his knees with her mouth?
Right. Okay. Checks out.