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“Her mate. The father of the child she had lost. The one man she had sworn to kill.”


ahah! this would’ve started my villain era

“The Office of the Warden greets Your Highness. You are trespassing. Please leave this house.”
“We have things to discuss.”
“This isn’t a good time.”
“I’m afraid the matter is urgent,” Konstantin said. “I’ve been watching this house for the past three hours just to talk to you.”

why not just ask him??

“Hey, honey,” she said. Her voice sounded clipped.

“Hey,” Connor said, moving toward her.

“I need you to cancel your plans for today and find someone else to handle whatever this is,” she said. “My water just broke.”



🤣🤣 ughh i miss her so bad

“How does that work anyway?” Arabella asked. “Are you borrowing the baby’s powers? Like, is this normal?”

“Yes. I think. It happens if I am really upset.” Nevada spread her arms. “I don’t know if it’s normal. It’s my first time being pregnant with a telekinetic.”

🤣 she’s so funny i miss her antics

“I remembered your face and thought, I would really like to see her again. So, I turned over, passed out for a bit, and when I came to, I started crawling. Sometimes I’d black out, then I would come to, remember you, and crawl a little more.”



GAAAHHH

When I asked him if he would ever come back, he told me he didn’t
want to lie. It felt like someone pushed me off the top of a tall building and I hit the ground hard.
The rough landing woke me up. He had chosen the life he had for a reason and he wasn’t planning on giving it up.



😒 all these blabbering but the first sign he’s there she’s going to fold completely 🫩

Okay, that’s about enough. I didn’t even have to reach for Victoria’s granddaughter. I was already there. I looked at her,
and Mira wilted.

“Go back to your table.” My voice was icy. “You’ve embarrassed yourself enough”


😖 what was that comeback? that was embarrassing

“I hate you.” The emotional dam broke and words tumbled out. “You walked into my life and screwed it all up. I’ve wanted you
for so long, and now you show up, and you flirt with me,”


🫩🤦🏻‍♀️ oh naurr

He seemed lost in thought, and I felt like I had signed my soul away and
sealed the contract with my blood. What had I gained? Was it anything at all?



😔 this is why Rogan refused, he’s in power to do so and he knows what it’s going to cost

“Each sample of the Osiris serum is synthesized using DNA from an actual human being,” Linus said.


🧐 huh seems familiar to home, also probably this is why there were people who had ancient magic, outside of this serum

“Where did you find this charmer?” Linus asked me.

“In an abandoned mall. He followed me home.”


🤔 both of them were there during your test, you also met both for the first time at that test

“I took the dagger and pricked my thumb. A drop of blood swelled.

“Place it on the gem.”

I put my bloody thumb onto the jewel crowning the staff. Magic swirled from the seal. The wood cracked and a glowing gold
tendril slipped out of the gap, curling and growing like a grapevine.


🧐 not that this seems suspiciously like what’s been happening irl

“Linus Duncan.”

The name landed like a brick. Linus Duncan, former Speaker of the House Assembly, which had made him the most powerful man
in Texas.


😪 isn’t he the bad man? Caesar? salad?

“You looked like death warmed over,” Grandma said. “You may be the Head of House Baylor, but you’re still my granddaughter
and I won’t be taking any of your bullshit.”
“How is my sweater coming along, Grandma? Have you knitted more than two inches yet?”

🤣😭

He had killed Conway. It didn’t bother him. It didn’t disturb him any more than swatting a fly. Alessandro had stabbed a human
being in the heart before. Many, many, many times before.
I’d made a serious error in judgment.


🫩 you’re just there sputtering letting him get away UGGHH Nevada wouldn’t

“I assume they keep you around because you’re good at your job, since your manner and conduct are appalling. That you would
meet a survivor with aggression and arrogance is beyond any guidelines of the ME’s office or common human decency.”


🧐 sus i tell you

“Also, I need you to convince Nevada that blue lilacs don’t belong in her bouquet.”
His eyes flashed. “Nice try. You’re on your own.”
“It was worth a shot.”


🤣 yeah he doesn’t care, he’ll let her whatever she wants to do

“You’re terrible.”

“You already said yes,” he reminded me again.

“I remember.”


🤣🤣🤣🤣

“You want to assign all these altruistic intentions to me, but I want to be with you more than anything else. I’m ruthless
when it comes to your safety, your happiness, and being with you.” He grinned again. “It’s too late to change your mind. You
said yes.”

🤣🥹

“we count our lucky stars if the child survives. I was my mother’s ninth and final pregnancy. She died when I was twelve”

“I tried with three different Primes, each carefully chosen, cajoled, seduced, bribed. Whatever it took.”

“Why not marry?”

“Because the man I loved died three weeks into our engagement.”


😭 yeah cut the camera we’re done

“I had twelve miscarriages.”

😦😞 i would’ve been in my villain era too

“I’ll do it quiet and clean, and nobody will ever know.” Leon smiled. “I’m going to be a dark horse, House Baylor’s secret.
I’ll be the best assassin. A legend. They’ll never see me coming.”
I would kill Kurt. I would strangle him with my bare hands


🤪🤣

“Leon,” Mom said. “A man is a man because he has a set of principles. He has lines he doesn’t cross. It shows discipline, commitment, and willpower to do the job. A man is someone who can be relied upon because he holds himself to a higher standard. That’s how you get respect.”


🙂‍↕️

He wanted me badly enough to kill his friend to save me, but he’d told me I was a Prime. He was telling me to become a House now, fully convinced that he was severing any hope for a relationship at the root, because he believed it to be in my best interests. Being a Prime had ruled his life and he thought that becoming one would trump everything else for me.

🥺

“You seemed to like Rynda. Why didn’t you marry her?”
“Because I like her too much.”
That stung. I pulled my hand back slowly. I shouldn’t have started this conversation.


☹️

I finally understood why he was called Mad Rogan. It wasn’t because he was insane. It was because he drove you nuts with sheer frustration.


😆 nuts!

A couple of them gripped their weapons in alarm. I had horrified the professional soldiers. I looked at my mother. Sadness softened her face, her mouth slack.
It hit me. I was the monster on the street.

☹️🫂🥺

“Do you think your mother might try to shoot me?”
“Possibly.”
“Then absolutely. I wouldn’t miss it.”
And he would be the politest dragon ever. Tail tucked in, fangs hidden, and talons carefully folded on his lap. I had just invited Mad Rogan to have dinner. Again. My poor mom.


🤣🤣😆

“I’m not sure I fully understand the concept of bullshit,” Rogan said, his voice quiet. “Would you care to discuss it, over dinner perhaps? I’d be happy to listen to an explanation of how I erred. A place of your choice.”
“I would like to go home.”
“Would spending an evening with me be such a terrible thing?” he asked.”

🤣

Thanks, Bug. I’m glad to see you too.” Apparently my function was to keep a human expression on Rogan’s face. Good to know. And here I thought I was spearheading an investigation. How silly of me.

🤣🤪