Status Updates From The Last War We Ever Fought...

“I am,” the Queen of Gods said, feeling tears streak her face. “I am,” she repeated, smiling at him, knowing he wouldn’t smile back at her.

STOP. NO 😭😭 WHYYYYY

shut the f*ck up...

“Finders keepers, Rowan of Ingburn.” His lips found her ear, and he whispered, “So be mine. At least for tonight. Then I will beg yet again tomorrow. And the day after. And the day after.”

So many nuggets of wisdom in this

I fear this book is going to break me...

'Leaning in, he pressed his lips to her cheek, sighing a trembling exhale as he did so. Then he repeated it again. He kissed her face, his heart beating almost out of his chest from fear that she would ask him to stop.'

I'm crying

“I apply my philosophies on much finer things, too, Rowan.” He flashed her a slow smile. “If the finer things would let me, of course.”

ENOUGH WITH THE SLOWBURN

wow, I was right

“Turned into a curse. He’d look for her in every lifetime and he’d find her. Turmoil would find her only after she’d died. They say peace dies last. But she never died last for him. She always died first when he was near her. So, he only looked from afar, and she never even knew.”

oh yeah, I think I'm right

ohhh, they are turmoil and tranquil, are they not?

“Yes?” he asked, remaining kneeling right before her.
“I don’t know what is this sick and twisted fascination you have with me.”
“I might be sick and twisted, but believe me, my fascination with you isn’t.”
“Hard to believe.”
“Then I will have to be more convincing.”

GAHHHHHH YESSS

"Strange how a simple mirror hasn’t done that already.”
He closed his eyes and smiled. “Whew, that stung.”
“Why won’t you answer me?”
“I want you to keep talking to me. Everyone else will either bow to lick my boots or stare at me until I get a headache. Not you. I like how you talk to me.”

“When you bury me like you buried the rest of your enemies, speak it. I want you to speak my name.” His eyes dropped to her lips. “I want you to be the very last one to do so.”

that note is already troubling...