Status Updates From Ein Feind aus alter Zeit (S...

“I like this one. Plenty of room for the grandchildren and a sizable guest suite.
PS. The wards on the north side need to be reinforced.
~R”


🤣 he’s like an old lady with a kitten, both so busybody

Roland rose. “The two of you have some choices to make. I shall leave you to it. Oh, and I would like to be invited to the wedding.”
“No,” Curran and I said at the same time.

🤣 oh naur bet he’ll just come unannounced while being giddy seeing his daughter get married

“You wish to protect your people. I’m the biggest threat you face. Eliminate me as a danger. If you refuse, blossom of my heart, I will come to Atlanta and I will bring fire and ruin to it. I will purge the Keep the way I purged Omaha.”

definitely a monster family 😆

“He leaned back and laughed softly. “You truly are my daughter.”
“That’s not a compliment.”
He smiled at me the way one would smile at a talented but naive child. I pictured kicking him in the head. I’d die a second later, but it would be so satisfying.


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“Your aunt was the City Eater, your grandmother was the Scourge of Babylon, and you would destroy nations. If I let you live, if I raised you with your mother, like Kali’s fury, your rage would devour all. I tried to tell your mother. I tried to explain, but she didn’t want to listen. You weren’t even born and she loved you so much. So yes. I planned to kill you in the womb. I planned to do it gently.”

“And now you wish to have a conversation.”
Roland’s eyes turned warm. “I loved your mother. I loved your mother so much that when she wanted a child, I promised her I would give her the kind of child this world hasn’t seen for thousands of years.” He reached over and held out his hand.”

“I poured my magic into you from the day you were conceived.”

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“He took a step back, leaned against the couch’s side, and crossed his arms. “Touch her, and I’ll end you.”
“May I sit down?” Roland asked me.
His magic wrapped around him like a mantle, muted. I still felt it, but he seemed much more human now. This must’ve been his version of traveling incognito. Nobody would ever know. Yeah, right.
I sat on the couch. “Sure.”

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“I claimed the city,” I told Curran.
“Would you like me to build you an office?”
“What? “I stared at him.
“You could have a little plaque with your name on it. Kate Daniels, City Owner.”
“It’s not funny.”

🤣 he’s so supportive, she’s about to fell apart at the seams and he’s just so understanding but also funny

“When I tried to suggest Robert should stay behind, both wererats acted mortally offended. I let it go. I was tired of trying to talk people out of this mass suicide.”

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“For some dumb reason, nervous laughter bubbled up inside me. My father and Curran were glaring at each other. Maybe if I whistled and waited long enough, a tumbleweed would roll by.”


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“Landon slid back into the driver’s seat and pointed at my saber. “Put it away.”
“Say the magic word.”
“Please,” Landon squeezed out.
I slid the blade back into the sheath and petted it. “It’s okay, Sarrat. If he insults you, I’ll cut his head off and you can drink his blood.”


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“Yes. Sarrat Irkalli. It means Great Queen of Irkalla, the Land of the Dead. My grandmother was occasionally confused with her, and now that she’s dead, it’s fitting.”
Curran spread his arms. “I rest my case.”


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“It’s a sword made out of your grandmother’s bones, Kate.”
“Do you know what most people have from their grandmother? A tea set. Or a quilt.” Curran smiled.”

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“I mourn my sword, but that’s alright. Grandmother gave me another one.” I pulled Sarrat out of its sheath.”
“Landon parked and bolted out of the car, slapping the driver’s door closed behind him.”
“Landon paced back and forth, his eyes a little wild.”

“Well, he took it worse than I did,” Curran said.”


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“An uncomplicated man who thinks that everything can be solved with a sword.”
“I think you’ve been insulted,” I said.
Curran smiled. “I’m crushed. I don’t even use swords.”


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“You’re not what I expected,” he said.
“Who did you expect?” I asked.
“Someone with more . . . presence. You seem ordinary.”

🙄 that’s the goal brother

“I laughed under my breath. Walk into my parlor, said the spider to the fly.”


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“Hugh broke my sword. He broke Slayer.
He broke my sword.
I curled into a ball around my saber, ”


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“The injury had left Doolittle’s legs paralyzed, but without Hugh he would’ve died. I never knew why Hugh did it. He asked me if I wanted Doolittle to live, I said yes, and he pulled Doolittle back from the brink of death.”

he was playing nice

“Did you know who she was when you decided to belittle her?” Hugh asked.
“I don’t need you to fight my battles for me,” I said.
“Someone has to do it, since you won’t.”


gaahh he’s such Roland’s fanatic

“Come with me,” Hugh said. “Let me show you the kind of power you’re missing. Nobody else has to die. He’s waiting for you.”
Every nerve in me came to attention. “Don’t see how he has the time for me, preparing for the claiming and all.”
Hugh’s eyebrows rose a quarter-inch.
I laughed quietly. “I see he doesn’t tell you everything. I think I’ll stay right here.”

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“Hey, Kate? Have you thought of walking up to Hugh and telling him that he’s got the biggest dick ever?” She spread her arms to the size of a baseball bat.
“No, you think it would work?” I asked.
“It’s worth a try. Maybe he’ll be so happy you noticed his pork sword, he’ll forget all about trying to kill us.”

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“I’d bury Hugh’s head next to Hibla’s grave. I already had a spot picked out for her. Right next to Aunt B. Maybe my nightmares would stop then.”

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Hugh leaned forward, looked at me, and said in a quiet conversational tone, “Do you ever just get bored at these things and want to punch someone?”
“Punch any of mine, and I’ll break your arm off and beat you to death with it.”
“Kate.” Ghastek’s voice vibrated with a warning. “I don’t think you quite grasp the situation.”
Hugh grinned. “That’s my girl.”
Ghastek blinked.


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