Melissa
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“The Nymphs would know you are a queen without this dress. It’s right there in your eyes. You’re royal, your blood runs blue.” He lowered his head to kiss my ear, causing my pulse to riot. “Make them bow, beautiful.”
“We are the Thirteen,” she said. “From now until the Darkness claims us.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
“Gavriel smiled at him. "Close the gate, Aedion," was all his father said. And then Gavriel stepped beyond the gates. That golden shield spreading thin.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
“Yet the songs would mention this—that the Lion fell before the western gate of Orynth, defending the city and his son.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
“I am here, I am with you.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
“Fireheart. The whispered word floated through the eternal night, a glimmer of sound, of light. Fireheart. The woman’s voice was soft, loving. Her mother’s voice. Aelin turned her face away. Even that movement was more than she could bear. Fireheart, why do you cry? Aelin could not answer. Fireheart. The words were a gentle brush down her cheek. Fireheart, why do you cry? And from far away, deep within her, Aelin whispered toward that ray of memory, Because I am lost. And I do not know the way.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
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