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“I stared up at the sky, naming the constellations, until I found hers—a bright six points. Herald of the gods. A kestrel in flight.
I willed those stars to burn always, because I could not bear to imagine them ever going dark.”

“I did not know what to say. He had stolen my words with his own, with this promise he had given me.”

“You’re a lot of things, Roe, he says. But sad? No. No way. Even after everything, you’re a light, Roe. A goddamn beam of light.”

i spoke too soon…

is this going to break me??

normal people vibes(?

“I’ve heard the claim that you don’t know what you’ve got until you’ve lost it, but I knew what I had. It made losing us that much more unbearable.”

🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

Hal!!!! 🪭🪭🪭🪭🪭

Finally back in my happy place!!!!

Seeing her face, unmasked, startled him more than anything. Because—holy saints—she was the most stunning person he’d ever seen.

"Godsdamnit, Bones, I'm here ’cause I love you," he interrupted in a burst of emotion that shocked me into silence. "Have loved you practically since you saved my life on that rooftop. And I'm not expecting anything of you, but I'm here 'cause I want to be here with you.”

“You’re a river, Bones,” he said, squeezing my hands hard to get my attention. “You don’t break, you bend. If someone tries to control you, you find a new way around. People might think you’re just water, might think they have you contained, but you’re strong enough to cut a path through mountain rock and wild enough to wash everythin’ away when you rage.”

“You might act like you don’t care, but I see you.” He brought his other hand up to join the first in cradling my face. “You’re brave and you’re kind and you care so damn much.” His eyes were so earnest as they held mine captive. “An’ I think you believe that makes you weak, but darlin’, it makes you strong”

!!!!!!! 🫀🫀🫀🫀

“You know it’s ok to not be fine sometimes,” he called as I descended.”

This and Phoebe Bridgers….

Garrett Lin: I think they felt like, why not take the risk? Because we were all well aware, no matter what happened at the Games…this was the last time.”

SCREAMING!!!

SCREAMING!!!

“Because the truth of it could no longer be ignored. For the second time in his life, Aris Dryden was falling in love. Only this time, he prayed that fate would be on his side”


SCREAMING!!!

He was quiet for a moment before he laughed, caught. “You’re right. I asked in the hope that it would get me to what I really wanted to know, which is why you don’t have someone. I may see a person’s fate, but that doesn’t mean I personally understand each of their decisions. I want to know why you were so content to be alone.”


I’m gonna cry at the end…

Fate’s smile thinned. “They say that all is fair in love and war. I have built my trench and brought my rifles, and I have no intention of retreating. I will pursue you until you remember who you are. If that means I need to court you, Signa Farrow, I will. Flowers, promenades, even poetry if that’s what you want. Whatever it is you enjoy, I will learn, and eventually you’ll remember the life we once has.”

You must understand, by now, that you are different. Why are you so beautiful, do you think? So hungry? So able to bend the wills of those around you? You are like the death flowers that grow rampant in your wake: lovely to look at, intoxicating even, but get too close and you will soon learn that there is something rank beneath. That’s what beauty often is, in nature. A warning. A disguise. Do you understand?

“There have always been people like us, Iris. Look in any history book, any folklore: witches, mediums, Wiccans. Whatever you want to call it. We’re connected to the world and to each other in a different way. We might be peculiar, but we’re not new.”

Five chapters in and I’m already obsessed!!!