“She was fighting with a sword, a shitty one, which she was clearly uncomfortable with—and I knew that right away, because I knew her and how she moved and how she fought, knew her so well that all it took was one split second to know when she was off-balance.”
― The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King
― The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King
“I should have hated that Oraya had gotten a burst of power of her own from her ascension to Heir. But damn if I didn’t love to see it. Just like I loved to see the strength in her stare as she gritted her teeth and stepped closer.”
― The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King
― The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King
“I’m married,” he said. “In case you forgot.”
― The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King
― The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King
“The first time in weeks I’d seen something that looked like fight in her eyes. Goddess, I could’ve fucking wept for it. There she is, I thought.”
― The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King
― The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King
“Maybe I just imagined that the entire world stopped when my wife walked into the ballroom.”
― The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King
― The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King
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