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Often, I feel overwhelmed by this sinking feeling in my heart that I will never be enough. That I am damaged and any man in his right mind would leave me.
“My failure? You’re the one who has been plotting and planning for fifteen hundred years with nothing to show for it.”
― Oathbound
― Oathbound
“Men, conceptually, are canceled,”
― The Atlas Six
― The Atlas Six
“And then I unwind her.
One strand for my mother.
One for my father.
One for me.
I unravel the rage until it courses through my veins like fuel in an engine. I let it become a part of me, but not all of me. Hot, scorching pain under my skin, under my tongue, under my nails. I let it spread through me—until there is no more “Before” and no more “After.”
I am her and she is me.”
― Legendborn
One strand for my mother.
One for my father.
One for me.
I unravel the rage until it courses through my veins like fuel in an engine. I let it become a part of me, but not all of me. Hot, scorching pain under my skin, under my tongue, under my nails. I let it spread through me—until there is no more “Before” and no more “After.”
I am her and she is me.”
― Legendborn
“You are my king now, cariad”
― Legendborn
― Legendborn
“Two faults. My race and my gender. But they are not faults. They are strength. And I am more than this man can comprehend.”
― Legendborn
― Legendborn
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