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“He shook with another sob, sinking to one knee and realizing that the survival of that one ship – one girl, really – had been for a moment more important than the war itself, or a city’s millions. Then the wind shifted, and Alek breathed in the burnt-meat smells that filled the room behind him.
Important enough for him to kill a man, it seemed.”
― Goliath
Important enough for him to kill a man, it seemed.”
― Goliath
“If they were meant to really be together, why had they been born a prince and a commoner? And if they weren’t, why did she feel this way inside?”
― Goliath
― Goliath
“Would the hydrogen catch fire? Alek grasped the edge of the window, hardly feeling the broken glass against his palms.
“Deryn” he sobbed. Anything but this.”
― Goliath
“Deryn” he sobbed. Anything but this.”
― Goliath
“I would have killed him to save the Leviathan. To save you.” He put his hands on her shoulders. “It was the only thing in my mind, when it came time to choose – that I couldn’t lose you. That’s when I knew.”
― Goliath
― Goliath
“Anything more than friendship with her would destroy his chances of taking the throne.
But every time one of them had fallen – in the snows of the Alps, in Istanbul, on the stormy topside, in that dusty canyon – the other had been there to pick them up. She couldn’t imagine Alek leaving her for some daft crown and scepter.”
― Goliath
But every time one of them had fallen – in the snows of the Alps, in Istanbul, on the stormy topside, in that dusty canyon – the other had been there to pick them up. She couldn’t imagine Alek leaving her for some daft crown and scepter.”
― Goliath
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