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The smile faded. “Don’t lose yourself in anger, Mac. It’s gasoline. You can burn it as fuel, or you can use it to torch everything you care about and end up standing on a scorched battlefield, with everybody dead, even you—only your body doesn’t have the good grace to quit breathing.”

I can't help but to feel sad for Daniel :'(

Abraxos - where are you?

"But you know what I told them? I said that they didn’t stand a chance in hell.” Aedion lowered his voice, holding her pained, exhausted stare. “Because I am going to marry you,” he promised her. “One day. I am going to marry you. I’ll be generous and let you pick when, even if it’s ten years from now. Or twenty. But one day, you are going to be my wife.”

"This was what drove her out of her mind—this fire between them. They could burn the entire world to ashes with it. He was hers and she was his, and they had found each other across centuries of bloodshed and loss, across oceans and kingdoms and war." ❤️

And Manon understood in that moment that there were forces greater than obedience, and discipline, and brutality. Understood that she had not been born soulless; she had not been born without a heart.

"This was what drove her out of her mind—this fire between them. They could burn the entire world to ashes with it. He was hers and she was his, and they had found each other across centuries of bloodshed and loss, across oceans and kingdoms and war." ❤️

Manon Blackbeak is one of my favourite characters - but I hate Manon's grandmother immensely!

He met my horrified stare, and I knew my time was up. He would kill me now. “You think I don’t know about the Institute?” he hissed through bared teeth. “That I didn’t know what you came here to do?” He leaned in closer, pressing his entire body up against me. The intense heat rippled an aura of power around him.

"How dare you judge me? You don’t even know me.” He shrugged a dismissive shoulder, further infuriating me. “You have no idea what I’ve been through. You were looked after. Someone cared enough about you to keep you safe, to train you. I had none of that. I was sold, virtually given away to the demons as a plaything. I was raised beyond the veil. Do you even know what means?"

“Well, don’t let him fool you. Whatever it was, it bothered him.” Nica grinned and dipped her head low. “Whatever you did, good on you. It can’t hurt to remind them who holds the true power, right?” “Who?” I laughed. “You, us, women. He loves you, Muse, and that’s more powerful than anything else in this mockery of reality.”

Not so long ago, I’d have let Akil lure me back in. It seemed like an easy decision to make. He’d protect me, give me everything he thought I needed, but it wasn’t as simple as that. For much of my life, I’d been someone’s property, pushed from pillar to post, toyed with and exploited. Akil could disguise it behind an offer of kindness, but he was no different.

Fayre's dedication to her family, both born and chosen is truly admirable