Status Updates From Clash of Storms (Legends of...

This book owns my body and soul already 🥹

Only you would think himself invincible because he finally got the girl."
Sirius's laughter deepened into a growl, as he nuzzled her throat. "Am I not allowed to feel somewhat smug? She led me a merry chase. For a long time, I thought I would never have her."
Malin's fingers stroked his bare arms as a satisfied smile graced her face. "You should never have doubted. My wicked prince. This is how our story ends."

"Oh, sweet Malin, you are the storm within my veins; the pulse of thunder that makes my heart beat. You're the other half of my soul. My kataru libbu. My true flame. My destiny. You are everything wondrous. And beautiful. So beautiful. I could spend forever drowning in your eyes."
"Who said you weren't a poet?" she purred.

my babies are happy and together... finally! 🥺💕

"You're struggling with all your masculine pride right now. Aren't I allowed to worry about you?"
He seemed to swallow said pride. Indeed, he looked like he was choking upon it. "Damn it, Malin. You can worry. I'm just not... used to it."
The rigid slant of her shoulders softened.
Oh.
Malin's heart melted.
"You had best get used to it. I'm not going anywhere. You are mine, my lord Blackfrost. Scowls and all."
He s

I'm not going to fall on my bloody face. Stop hovering over me like—"
"A newly mated male dreki?" she challenged.
The look on his face held aeons of masculine pride.
Circles of nervous virgins would have withered beneath it.
Warriors would have dropped their eyes and looked away, yielding to his supremacy.
Luckily, she'd spent ten years toying with this brutish, arrogant dreki prince.
"Malin."

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I never told you but the first time I ever saw you took me like an arrow to the heart. Do you truly want to know why my bed was so cold for all those years?"
The brush of their hands as he reached for the wine goblet all those years ago.... The instant sear of connection.The shock of knowing.
"I knew the second I touched you that you were meant for me."
Malin gasped. "But you said...."
"I never said no."

i wanna cry

A single choice could twist the outcome of a battle, condemning honor to a ragged death and bringing utter ruin in its wake.
There was only one thing left to try.
"Please be a hero."
"I'm not a hero," he snapped.
"Then be my hero," Malin whispered.

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"Thank you," Malin whispered, turning to him. "I will tell the prince everything you've done for me."
"Don't make me out to be a hero. Rurik knows who I am."
"Maybe. I thought I knew too. But now I'm not so sure."
Pressing her hand to his chest, she lifted up onto her toes, and pressed her lips to his cheek. He turned at the last moment, and their lips brushed against each other.

*heartbreak and angst*

"Or perhaps I should stop dreaming of impossible things and prepare myself for reality."
"Malin—"
"Don't."
He captured her wrist. "Dreams are for those who believe in them.I don't believe there's any other path left to me.But there's one in front of you.Don't give up just because a snarling,arrogant dreki prince told you to stop believing. He's a fool who knows not what he speaks."

he is so soft for her.. gosh

"Damn you, go." She slammed her fists against his chest. "Stop looking at me like that."
"Like what?"
"As though I mean something to you—"
"You do. I don't want her. I've never wanted her. All I've ever wanted is you."

the heartache... the angst... gods help me 😭

I'll let you in on another secret: I am a vicious, snarling dreki warlord who shows his enemies no mercy. But I have just one weakness. You might have guessed what it is."
Her breath caught. "If you say it's me, then I shall accuse you of being a romantic."
The smile he gave her was pure evil. "You're wrong. It's not you, at all. I find I'm quite partial to... freckles, it seems."

such a tease 😊

You've never looked at me the way you do now."
"I never knew you," she whispered. All those books. All those years.
"And now?"
"I cannot help wonder.... Why me?" she stammered.
"Did you think I kissed you yesterday because you fled from me?" Sirius took a slow step toward her, his eyes locked on her face. "I've wanted to kiss you for years, sweet Malin. I want to ruin you the way you ruined me."

*dead*

"Malin?" He sounded like he was trying not to laugh.
"A moment. I'm still—" She made a gesture that could have meant anything and everything.
"A moment then." Sirius captured her hand, and pressed her fingers to his bruised lips. He looked like he'd been attacked. "You've more than earned it."
Only he could make such an innocent statement sound so wicked.

their first kiss!! aaaaaaa 👏👏👏

"How do you do it?"
"How do I do what?" She barely dared breathe.
"Turn me upside down. Destroy my best intentions. Make me consider courses of action that will lead to my downfall." He paused, and then said, a little softer, "Give me hope."
"Because you're not a monster," she said, meeting his eyes. "Even you feel it too. Admit it. You secretly want Árdís to escape."
"I swear, youre going to be the drath of me."

Malin caught his hand, her pale arm sliding through the sudden gape of the cloak. "You're not a monster. You're incredible."
Sirius looked down at her bare skin, and when he slowly looked up, her mouth went dry. "I wish I could believe you."
"Shall we make a pact? I shall believe I am enough, if you accept you're not a monster."

i love them so much i wanna cry!