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wait…I love lin’s friendship with ana-

“I choose freedom”

IM SUFFOCATING WITH TEARS AT THIS POINT

“Thank you, Aunt, he said as the crowd roared. Somewhere, he hoped she would hear him”

I don’t even know how im still alive by this point

quin veturius mogging even in his nineties

OH MY GOD HELENE!

“Then the dam broke, and he fell to kid knees as Ruh flew at him. Elias wrapped his son in his arms, his body shaking as he wept”

sabaa tahir you’re officially forgiven for all your sins

okay sabaa tahir isn’t that heartless, I forgive her for all her sins

“I will henceforth be known as Emperor Aquillus, in honor of the woman who saved us all more times than we can count”

idk how will I survive the rest of this book

from hating each other to Laia falling to her knees when she learned the news-

“She was always the Empress, Imperator Invictus. High Commander. But in that moment, she was mother and father, sister and brother, friend and companion.
I’m here, little one, she had whispered to him. I am here”

THERE WILL NEVER BE ANOTHER CHARACTER LIKE HER

I’m sorry but Sirsha is so stupid and useless this whole book

“And then he saw her last memory—swift, too swift—
Staring down at him in a crib, her warm hand on his curls. Her heart breaking, and her gaze flinty with a promise she had iced for the last twenty years with every fiber of her being.
“I promise I will keep you safe,” she said. “Whatever the price u will protect you as I didn’t protect them. This I vow, by blood and by bone”

JUST SHOOT ME

not helene saying she’d be a baker if she weren’t the empress 😭😭😭

“His magic flared and touched Aunt Hel’s mind, but it was consumed by fear as she burned—fear of the flames and fear for him, her blood, the boy for whom she had given up everything, the reason around which she had built her entire existence”

WHAT IF I KMS

“I have you attention now, i think. You watched your father’s throat slit. Your mother’s. Both of your sisters’. What about your heir, Empress?”

BITCH STAY AWAY FROM HER BABY

if Aiz isn’t dead by the next page, im teleporting to the book to finish the job myself-

I predicted this character’s death but still wtf…

“He considered his aunt, waiting to see if she would speak. Her gaze was fixed on the distant fire, and she remained silent”

not the foreshadowing once again😭😭😭

“As he rode, Quil kept an eye on the sky as he always did these days, looking for Sails. A quirk that many of his peopel now had. One they would carry with them for years, no doubt, no matter what became of them”

relatable 😻😻😻

“And for a long time, as Cero sat awake, he felt warm, as if an ember burned in his chest, steady and strong against the dark”

he was always supposed to be Kari’s man I see

the foreshadowing is killing me

“Mere auxes?” Rufius protested. “How will they protect so many against the Kegari? What if the Tel Illesi has soldiers stationed to the east?”
“Then I suppose we’ll learn if you can use that scim you have strapped across your back,” Quil said, “or if it’s just for show.”

the sass runs in the family 🤣

“You—you can call me Karinna, if you like. Figure you’ve earned that.”
He smiled and nudged her with his shoulder. “And you can call me Cero. Though, do please call me sky-dog sometimes. Just so i know it’s really you”

new favorite ship added to the list ✅

“She’d cleaned up and changed, her long hair wrapped in a crown around her head”

not kari having the same hairstyle as helene lmao

“There were many days i could have chosen a life with him. But i chose the Empire instead. When i think of that, i am ashamed. I do not know what to say to him. So, i say nothing”

still haunted by helvitas in the great year of 2026…

“When I was your age, someone told me i was a torch against the night if I let myself burn. I dream that i burn, Quil. And that i-i am afraid”

SHOOT EVERYONE, MY GIRL HASNT KNOWN A MOMENT OF PEACE, FREE ME FROM THIS PRISON IM SICK

“What has happened to you, my boy?”
He has no words for what it meant to have a soul bond broken. But then, if anyone understood, it was Aunt Hel.
“Nothing you haven’t already survived, Aunt”

i feel like i’ll end up in psych ward the more i read this book-

“Aunt,” Quil said, and she whirled at the sound of his voice. In two strides she’d reached him.
“Quil—Tas.” She pulled them into a hug.

awwwww her kiddos 🥹🥹🥹

“Deserved I think,” a voice said from behind Elias.
“I second the Shrike,” Arelia muttered.
“I third it,” Tas said.
“I-“ Sufyian began, but Elias held up a hand.
“I get the point,” he said.

lmaoooo Elias catching strays 🤣

okay I didn’t expect that wtf- poor cero

“Elias bleeding Veturius,” she growled.
And then she punched him square in the face.

what happened to hello, how are you 🤣