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Aelin had kept their letter on her desk for months. Not a scar on her palm, but a promise of tomorrow. A vow to make the future as brilliant as Nehemia had dreamed it could be.

shut up i’m crying so hard rn

“To whatever end?” she breathed. Rowan followed her, as he had his entire life, long before they had ever met, before their souls had sparked into existence. “To whatever end, Fireheart.”

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Aelin looked at Chaol and Dorian and sobbed. Opened her arms to them, and wept as they held each other. “I love you both,” she whispered. “And no matter what may happen, no matter how far we may be, that will never change.” “We will see you again,” Chaol said, but even his voice was thick with tears. “Together,” Dorian breathed, shaking. “We’ll rebuild this world together.”

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For a moment, Aelin and Yrene just stared at each other.
"We're a long way from Innish," Yrene whispered.
"But lost no longer," Aelin whispered back, voice breaking as they embraced. The two women who had held the fate of their world between them. Who had saved it.

stop flashbacks to the assassins blade 🥹

And smiling through her tears, laughing in joy and sorrow, Manon
laid that precious flower from the Wastes upon the ground.
In thanks and in love.
So they would know, so Asterin would know, in the realm where she and her hunter and child walked hand in hand, that they had made it.
That they were going home.

OH SHUT UP IM BAWLINGGG

"I will marry you, Elide Lochan. And proudly call myself Lord Lorcan Lochan, even when the whole kingdom laughs to hear it." He kissed her, gently and lovingly. "And when we are wed, I will bind my life to yours. So we will never know a day apart. Never be alone, ever again." Elide covered her face with her hands and sobbed, at the heart he offered, at the immortality he was willing to part with for her. For them.

"Ask me to stay," was all he said.
Her heart began racing. "Stay," she whispered.
Light, such beautiful light filled his dark eyes. "Ask me to come to Perranth with you."
"Come to Perranth with me."
"Ask me to marry you."
Elide began crying, even as she laughed. "Will you marry me, Lorcan He swept her up into his arms, raining kisses over her face. "I'll think about it."

STOP IT RN

Abraxos staring toward that blasted bit of earth on the plain, toward the mate who would never return, while the city below celebrated.

this is truely heartbreaking

"Hello, witchling." He scanned the skies beyond her for the Thirteen, for Asterin Blackbeak, undoubtedly roaring her victory to the stars.
Manon said quietly, "You will not find them. In this sky, or any other."

get out rn.

"My name is Falkan Ennar," he said, putting a hand on his chest.
Lysandra's face remained the portrait of wary confusion Falkan's smile didn't waver. "I have been looking for you for a very, very long time."

stop they are finally reunited i’m gonna cry again 😭😭