I had a renewed motivation, a hope that I didn’t expect alive in my chest. With every new inch of earth dug I moved closer to the possibility.
“Let’s make this a fight worthy of a song.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
“Live, Manon. Live.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
“We are the Thirteen,” she said. “From now until the Darkness claims us.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
“And it was not darkness, but light—light, bright and pure as the sun on snow, that erupted from Asterin.
Light, as Asterin made the Yielding.
As the Thirteen, their broken bodies scattered around the tower in a near-circle, made the Yielding as well.
Light. They all burned with it. Radiated it.
Light that flowed from their souls, their fierce hearts as they gave themselves over to that power. Became incandescent with it.”
― Kingdom of Ash
Light, as Asterin made the Yielding.
As the Thirteen, their broken bodies scattered around the tower in a near-circle, made the Yielding as well.
Light. They all burned with it. Radiated it.
Light that flowed from their souls, their fierce hearts as they gave themselves over to that power. Became incandescent with it.”
― Kingdom of Ash
“Death had been her curse and her gift and her friend for these long, long years. She was happy to greet it again under the golden morning sun.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
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