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“I would wait a thousand years for you. If you asked me, I would wait for you until only my bones remained upon an altar. But if you must leave again, then let me follow you, Red.”

I have lived thirteen years without her once. I can make it through seven. I can endure ten. If she will only return to me.

“Do you hear me, Bade?”
“I hear you, daughter.” 😭

“Father!”
He turned and looked at me, still clinging to his hand, my eyes wide and desperate.
I had never called him that, but it was what he was to me. No blood tethered, but without him, I would not have been who I was.

She is the matriarch of the mortal realm and can weave constellations into crowns, bestowing them upon any divine of her choosing. Such a crown cannot be stolen either. Warin might’ve slayed me, but my magic was protected by the crown Adria gave to me. It is mine and will always be mine.”

Her crown of stars remained, gleaming in the darkness.
She died in my arms.

THIS BOOK IS CRUEL 😭😭

*spoiler alert*


My own heart, half of it cut away from my chest, to know the only god I had loved as my father was gone.

I knew this would happen and it doesn’t make it any easier ❤️‍🩹

“Warin? Come forward.”
“Oh, but that would spoil this little game of ours, Red.”
I would rip out his tongue for calling me that.

“Why are you helping me?”
“Because she is yours, as you are hers. And she is precious to me.”