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“The curse was broken. Manon just stared at them, her breathing turning jagged. Then she roused Abraxos, and was in the saddle within heartbeats. She did not offer them any explanation, any farewell, as they leaped into the thinning night. As she guided her wyvern to the bit of blasted earth on the battlefield. Right to its heart. And smiling through her tears, laughing in joy and sorrow, Manon laid that precious flower from the Wastes upon the ground. In thanks and in love. So they would know, so Asterin would know, in the realm where she and her hunter and child walked hand in hand, that they had made it. That they were going home.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
“For across every mountain, spread beneath the green canopy of Oakwald, carpeting the entire Plain of Theralis, the kingsflame was blooming.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
“Live, Manon. Live.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
“You do not yield.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
“Her Second, her cousin, her friend, smiled, eyes bright as stars. "Live, Manon."
Manon blinked.
Asterin smiled wider, kissed Manon's brow, and whispered again, "Live."”
― Kingdom of Ash
Manon blinked.
Asterin smiled wider, kissed Manon's brow, and whispered again, "Live."”
― Kingdom of Ash
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