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“Beside Ruby, the Darkling lay in his black kefta. Who had tended him? I wondered, feeling an ache rise in my throat. Who had combed his dark hair back so neatly from his forehead? Who had folded his graceful hands on his chest?”
― Ruin and Rising
― Ruin and Rising
“I'll tell you a story-
one that I used to tell a little boy with dark hair, a silent boy who rarely laughed, who listened more closely than I realized. A boy who had a name and not a title.”
― Ruin and Rising
one that I used to tell a little boy with dark hair, a silent boy who rarely laughed, who listened more closely than I realized. A boy who had a name and not a title.”
― Ruin and Rising
“Instead he sent them skittering over the field, fragile tendrils of darkness, blindly seeking the power they recognized. Like calls to like.
He released a shout as the shadows met the demon. They clung to its form.
More. Aleksander's body shook as he fought to keep his sanity. that deafening, maddening vibration traveling through his skull. His threads of shadow wrapped around the demon's body, giving strength to its limbs, banding together and binding to its form.
The creature shrieked. Aleksander felt the demon's mind, Nikolai's mind.
The monster is me...
The ghost of a thought.”
― Rule of Wolves
He released a shout as the shadows met the demon. They clung to its form.
More. Aleksander's body shook as he fought to keep his sanity. that deafening, maddening vibration traveling through his skull. His threads of shadow wrapped around the demon's body, giving strength to its limbs, banding together and binding to its form.
The creature shrieked. Aleksander felt the demon's mind, Nikolai's mind.
The monster is me...
The ghost of a thought.”
― Rule of Wolves
“No, there was a better story here. He would become Yuri, let the boy do the talking for him, and when the time came, the monk would be his chosen one--a boy who came from nothing, endowed with great power.
They'd loved Alina's little fairy tale. They'd love this one too.”
― Rule of Wolves
They'd loved Alina's little fairy tale. They'd love this one too.”
― Rule of Wolves
“No one knew his name to curse or extol, so I spoke it softly, beneath my breath.
“Aleksander,” I whispered. A boy’s name, given up. Almost forgotten.”
― Ruin and Rising
“Aleksander,” I whispered. A boy’s name, given up. Almost forgotten.”
― Ruin and Rising
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