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""On the occasions I asked her why she did not speak directly to you herself. On both occasions she gave me the same answer: 'I am afraid to: he gets so angry when he is spoken to.' The first time, I knew you slightly that I did not understand what she meant. The second time, I knew you so well that I understood perfectly."
Oh Oscar...." — Dec 23, 2025 07:22AM
""On the occasions I asked her why she did not speak directly to you herself. On both occasions she gave me the same answer: 'I am afraid to: he gets so angry when he is spoken to.' The first time, I knew you slightly that I did not understand what she meant. The second time, I knew you so well that I understood perfectly."
Oh Oscar...." — Dec 23, 2025 07:22AM
“He’s standing at the front door, hands shoved casually in his pockets, no fewer than six different guns pointed at his face.”
― Ignite Me
― Ignite Me
“Her heart—it had been meant for her heart.
And he had taken that arrow for her.
The killing calm spread through her like hoarfrost. She’d kill them all. Slowly.
They reached the second bridge just as Aedion’s barrage of arrows halted, his quiver no doubt emptied. She shoved Rowan onto the planks. “Run,” she said.
“No—”.
“Run.”
It was a voice that she’d never heard herself use—a queen’s voice— that came out, along with the blind yank she made on the blood oath that bound them together.
His eyes flashed with fury, but his body moved as though she’d compelled him. He staggered across the bridge, just as—
Aelin whirled, drawing Goldryn and ducking just as the Wing Leader’s sword swiped for her head.”
― Queen of Shadows
And he had taken that arrow for her.
The killing calm spread through her like hoarfrost. She’d kill them all. Slowly.
They reached the second bridge just as Aedion’s barrage of arrows halted, his quiver no doubt emptied. She shoved Rowan onto the planks. “Run,” she said.
“No—”.
“Run.”
It was a voice that she’d never heard herself use—a queen’s voice— that came out, along with the blind yank she made on the blood oath that bound them together.
His eyes flashed with fury, but his body moved as though she’d compelled him. He staggered across the bridge, just as—
Aelin whirled, drawing Goldryn and ducking just as the Wing Leader’s sword swiped for her head.”
― Queen of Shadows
“If you’re a monster, I’m a monster,” he said with a grin broad enough to show off his elongated canines.”
― Queen of Shadows
― Queen of Shadows
“Damn,” Kenji says after a moment. “Damn damn damn. This shit is bananas.”
― Ignite Me
― Ignite Me
“It was an effort not to peek over her shoulder. Don’t you even dare, a voice hissed in her head.”
― Queen of Shadows
― Queen of Shadows
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