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“I think I might love you, Artemis Ialan.”
And Temmi, who didn’t believe in love, believed her.”

i am crying actual tears

“I’m never going to see you again, am I?” Tears pricked at Temmi’s eyes, blurred her vision, distorted Spie’s perfect features.“

i was not ready for this

i hate everything and especially people who have power of any kind, why is no one with power ever kind

“The robotic voice grew in intensity and volume. “STAND BY FOR TRANSPORT, INMATE 844591. PLACE HANDS AND FEET IN WALL RESTRAINTS.”

Temmi inhaled deeply and relaxed her hands from her ears; they felt red and hot and primed for war.
She sat up and stared at the blinking camera light above her. “Fucking make me.”


i love her so much

“This was her own fault for not taking her CB off before engaging in heart-rate-accelerating activities. But damn, the read must have been high to trip the alarm.”

genuinely the single most sexiest thing to exist

“Gods and nebulas. How many times had Spie slept with someone without setting her biometrics off? More times than she could count. Hell, she’d dived into the ocean and swum in blisteringly cold coastal water without setting it off. But two minutes of making out with Artemis Ialan, and her heart was apparently two seconds away from a myocardial infarction.”


beautiful

i shouldn’t indulge in their pain but this meal (the tension) is delicious

“Maybe ’cause you’re too busy calling me Trash Girl.” Temmi exhaled a breathy laugh. “You can call me Temmi if you want. But I guess—I guess I kind of like it when you use my full name.”

“Artemis, then.” A shiver ran through Temmi’s core.


bro shivers are running through me at this point

“How come you’ve never asked me to call you Temmi? You told Nicky to call you Temmi. I remember because I was watching the feed on our ship. But you’ve never asked me to.”

😌😌😌

“Are you going to tell me why you’re wearing a little piece of death rock on your person?” Spie’s thumb brushed the back of Temmi’s hand; Temmi’s breath got trapped in her throat.

“Because it reminds me of X72.”

“The claustrophobia of being sandwiched between both Expani heirs was not something Temmi knew how to cope with.”

peak triangle, i must say

“What was the point of Love Galaxy without Artemis?”

i am emotional

She wondered if Artemis tasted as heady as she imagined. If she tasted of sadness and defiance and purpose.


wow

“Spie couldn’t explain why, but hearing Trash Girl talk all scientific was a bit of a turn-on.”

both of them losing it over each other being passionate about something hahhaha

“Trash Girl: Violin? I don’t know that word.

Spie: It’s an Old Terran string instrument. Creates a piercing tone, like the sound a heart might make when it breaks, or the shriek of a haunted soul. It can be deep or high-pitched, full, or floaty, but in every case, transformative.”

what a beautiful explanation

“How could Spie so fully see Temmi’s pain in a way no one else ever had? A way that made Temmi feel vulnerable, fragile, empowered? “Who the fuck are you, Spie Expani?”

“Do you think you could do something else for me?” Artemis asked.

“Name it,” Spie said, too quickly, too tenderly. She cleared her throat.

they’re too soft 😭😭😭😭

“Temmi returned to the lab room. She let Justine fuss over her and reattach her mic. Then she apologized to Nix, kissing him full on the mouth for the cameras, thinking, Love might not be real, but power is. Let the empire make fun of her.”

HECK YEAH

“Does it bother you?” Temmi asked. “Watching her with the other women?”

“Not at all. I want her to be certain when she chooses me.” Her dark gaze slipped from Spie to Temmi. Being the object of Arbora VinVanxin’s attention was like being sliced open by a surgeon’s laser. “Why? Does it bother you? By the goddess, it does, doesn’t it?”


🫪🫪🫪🫪

“In Spie’s royal mouth, Temmi’s name became a spider crawling down her spine.”

daaaaaamn artemis

“Her hand, dainty and pure in its snow-white casing, tucked a strand of Temmi’s hair behind her ear. “Save a dance for me, Artemis.”

daaaaaamn spie

“She’d never worn cosmetics before. They were an expensive luxury on X72. Hell, breathing was an expensive luxury on X72.”

X72 is scary, the difference in class and wealth is drastic, insane commentary 👏👏

“Tell me, Miss Ialan, would you bow if I asked it of you? A proper bow?”

Temmi quickly found herself pinned against the kitchen counter; she had nowhere to back up. Still, she forced herself to meet those imperial eyes for the second time that day.

“No,” she said.

The princess cracked a smile—it felt genuine this time.”


THE TENSION

“I need you to back off this one. Officially, she’s one of mine. Stay away from her. I got you Arbora; let me have Artemis.”

oooooooh

i love all of them so much

so many emotions 😭😭😭

INSANE

“A fun fact about me,” Sloane starts, looking around the table slowly, “is that I’m basically bi-cubed.” Before any of us form the words to ask what that even means, she exclaims proudly, “I’m bisexual, bipolar, and a bitch!”

i would’ve loved this when i was a teenager

why is noah literally the best sibling ever

“She’s just another cute but boring girl who barely has a personality, and that is why we broke up.”

boooo daniel