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I know what I want. I could spend the rest of my life chasing the ghosts of my past. The mysteries of what has happened to me. But I have a real life, here. Now. With these people.
I am not going to let go of that.
“No.”
And something changes.

Vis' Res and obiteum are soo gonna fuck up this perfect life he's having in Luceum

“So this is … one of the other worlds.” It seems obvious that’s what he’s saying, but I need to hear it.

Yeah being in Luceum is easier to navigate than getting him to obiteum but srsly who the fuck is this guy? And is he synchronis too?? Why can't HE defeat Ka then??

A small strip of white cloth, and a robe of linen so sheer and light it is almost invisible. “What’s this?” “What the dancers wear. Netiqret got it. Better to become accustomed to it now than later.” I examine the attire in silence. Hold up the strip of white. “This is for?” “Your hips.” I let it dangle, indicating its length. “It is not meant to be modest.”

Can't believe he's actually doing this 😂

“Perhaps there’s an easier dance I can try?”
“You know, there is,” Ahmose says. “It is normally performed by women, but occasionally men do it as well. It would make you very popular.” He starts to demonstrate, moving his body suggestively and then abruptly shaking his belly at me.

The way I'm picturing Vis it will be soo laughable to see him dance like that

When I finish, Conor shifts. Comes to sit beside me and puts an arm around my shoulder. “You are here now,” he says softly. “We are all with you, brother.” Seanna smiles. Tara and Fearghus nod. And I know I am home.


Damnnnn well it took him getting to a whole new world to finally find home

And yet impossible to mistake. Even as I stand there, breath short and disbelieving, I cannot help but know it.
He reminded me exactly of my father.

Oh my god!!! Did his father try Synchronism??? 😱

Callidus, Eidhin, Aequa. Emissa. They were my friends, despite everything. A strange feeling, to know they must consider me dead. To know they will have searched and grieved and are probably now moving on with their lives in Caten. I imagine what they’re doing right now. I wish I could have been honest with them.

Am I the only one who was so convinced he was gonna meet Eidhin in Luceum??

“You know, it’s not the Cataclysm, so much,” she observes. “It’s more that you might be our only hope of stopping it.”
I gesture rudely as Eidhin shakes his head. “That is barely a concern—”
“Thank you, Eidhin.”
“Barely a concern next to the fact there are apparently three of him now.”
“Gods. I’d almost forgotten that part,” says Aequa.
“Proof that evil powers are at play,” adds Eidhin gloomily.

Lmaooo i love

In my head, he turns to me and grins.

This hurts my soul.

We all tend to imagine that everyone who looks at us will remember us, but to most people we’re just bricks in a wall. Anonymity isn’t about being invisible. It’s about being forgotten.

“The way you talked to him, I figured you might be a little upset with me if I took a … less friendly approach. And I thought I could probably carry you anyway, but then Diago … he just kind of inserted himself under you. Helped me take you back. I think we’re friends, now,” she adds brightly.

Diago is the mvp of this book and you can not convince me otherwise!

“Their processing capability is limited due to the restrictions of the sanguis imperium, but the addition of a single active mind should be capable of temporarily interceding and allowing for Synchronism to occur. Do you wish to proceed?”

I really do like the 3 worlds narrative BUT when it's something this crazy I DONT WANNA JUST BEING READING ABOUT HIM IN LUCEUM 😫

“You know that’s not how wild animals work, right? You can’t just help them when they’re young and then they’re your friend forever.”

Noo she's wrong!! They would remember.

“So would you describe yourself as … forbidden?” She says the last in a seductive whisper. Eyes wide.
Neither of us can hold back snickers as Eidhin glowers. “You are wrong.”
“You are oblivious,” Aequa corrects him.
Eidhin’s scowl deepens, but as he sees me nodding firmly, he makes a small, rude gesture in our direction. “Very well. I will … tour her.”


Eidhin!! Absolutely the wrong words 😂😂

“You do not have to be less, Leathfhear,” he says softly. “Not unless you wish to be.”

“I forgive you. I do. But … some mistakes can’t be undone.” I don’t say it with blame. It’s an explanation. An apology. A regret. I understand everything she’s done, wouldn’t have done it differently myself. But it doesn’t change what happened. Nothing can. My voice cracks. “I could have saved him, Emissa.”

This hurts anyways.

“The boy you …” Breath short. “The boy you tortured. Didn’t he tell you that he wasn’t Catenicus?”
“No. Admitted he … was.”
Oh, gods. Callidus. Gods-damned, courageous idiot.

Even in death Callidus is still best boy 😭😭❤️

Is the version of me in Res relaxing somewhere with Emissa, right now? Laughing with Callidus and Eidhin? Or did he somehow manage to win the Iudicium and find a peaceful escape to the embassy in Jatiere?


Ohhh Vis baby 😭

She finally looks across at me with such dismay, such helplessness, that in that instant I truly, deeply know—if I didn’t before—that I can trust her.
“And she is an excellent choice.” I manage to say it without wavering, without betraying shock or anger or protest.

Vis is a better person than me i swear.

Yeah i just remembered what Marcellus did. Fuck that guy!

We all fumble in the dark for ways to say that one man is better than another, and the Hierarchy fumble more than most. Their formulas and measurements make sense in the broad strokes; in the building of infrastructure, in the arrangement of an empire, averages are an acceptable metric. But men are still men. Strong and flawed and unpredictable, day to day...

Truth

“Alright. I’m holding the strength of about eighteen and a half people.” Each Octavii cedes half their Will to their Septimus, giving them the equivalent of four extra people’s Will—as well as their own, to make five. Then they each cede half of that Will to me.

After a whole book and than some we finally get a hint of this works ughhh I miss Brandon 🙊

I do not know how I survive.

The million dollars question.

There’s a massive hand on my shoulder. I look up to see Eidhin crouching in front of me. Eyes locked to mine. “Whatever you need,” he says quietly. I grin at him. A couple of tears leaking down my cheeks but I’m not ashamed.

This is my villain origin story if anything happens to this friendship.

“I’m not going to pass, am I.”
“No. And they’re going to kill you because of it.”


Wtf???! I really wanna trust Emissa....

These people have taken me in, cared for me, when they already have so little for themselves. I love being here, but I cannot abide the thought that I am taking advantage of them. “If there is still danger …” To my surprise, Onchú stirs. “Stay.” He says it gruffly, as always, but there’s honesty to it. “You are welcome here.”

Vis is finally getting the nice life he deserves on Luceum

“Complete the journey, warrior.” The knife slices the air in front of my eyes once. Twice. I back away. “Complete the journey, warrior.” She says it desperately. Like it’s being ripped from her lips.

I swear!!! LANI BETTER NOT BE DEAD TOO OR WHATEVER THE HELL IS HAPPENING HERE.

“Never let them change you, Eidhin. Never. You are more honourable, more of a friend, than any man could hope for,” I whisper fiercely in his ear. “And Callidus would tell you the same.”


😭😭😭

I DON’T KNOW WHAT TIME Callidus dies.

I hate it here 😭😭😭💔

Must have had me for an hour, at least, before that alupi came and ripped out his throat.” He wheezes. “Good times.”

I loveeee the Alupi and Callidus better not fucking die.