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“I am not worth your tears, saeraery,” I said, trying in vain to stem the hot flood wetting my fingers.
A bright and unrelenting light blazed through the anguish in Rada’s gaze. Her hands captured mine. “You were worth my joy and my pleasure. How can you not be worth my sorrow and my pain?” She shook her head. “We cannot have one without the other.”

“I know that I am fucking this up again,because I always do,and it kills me.Lyr,Baradaz…Do you have any idea how much I want you?How much I have always wanted you?I am burning alive, and you chastise me for begging for more.You wanted me to be truthful.So here is the truth.I don’t care if it is madness.I don’t care if you’re a goddess or a mortal.I want you to be mine.Mine alone.And that will never change”

So much for thinking I could find a place here among them. The moment something I did was wrong in their eyes, they turned against me. I would never be welcome here.
Even if I tried, I always failed. Too easily tempted. Too weak.

My heart breaks for Belekoroz. We know he'll end up causing a war but you can see everyone always thought bad of him on prejudices and so pushed him to isolate himself even more.

She was still afraid this was a terrible mistake.
A part of her wanted me, yes, but all the doubt, all the pain that lingered between us eclipsed that desire.
I would never be satisfied with only a part of her.
I craved it all. Her body, her heart, her soul. Now and forever. It had to be her decision. Even if I had to wait a thousand mortal lifetimes for her.

Letting all my shields fall away was temptingly easy with him. An offer. To become one completely once more.
“What are you doing to me, Baradaz?” The emotion flickering in those dark eyes above me felt astonishingly close to fear. Fear and longing.
“Condemning us both”
“Some things are worth burning for”

It'll take me forever to finish it if I keep going back to reread every paragraph but I can't help it

Quotes of the evening
“You know it will never happen again, don’t you? You and me.” My eyes flicked down to his lips.
“Never,” he answered, not daunted by my words in the slightest, “is a very long time for the immortal.”
“We are gods no longer.”
“And yet I find myself so eager to worship at your feet once more.”
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"men overestimate their power and importance, while we underrate ours.”

He hasn't been with anyone since her,even after a 50 years breakup🫠​
“Was I that unforgettable?”
“Yes.” I watched her closely, noting the slight tremor in her hands at my admission.“In all the ages since we came to Aron-Lyr, I never called anyone my lover but you.”
I was hers—body, soul, and all the shattered pieces of my blackened heart. Irrevocably. Even if she rightfully hated me for all eternity

I never knew who moved first—if she tilted her face up to find my lips or if I bent my head to claim hers. (It was always me who bent, but I needed at least some illusions to preserve my pride.)
I was drawn to her like some pitiful, lonely creature seeking the fire’s glow on a dark night, uncaring that it would devour me.

This chapter was HOT af! Like, wow, scorching hot 🥵​

He had an innate ability to sense people’s dissatisfaction and offer them exactly what they craved. Zamani had always said it was because he had never been content, always desiring most what he could not have.
The power to create without limits. Dominion over Aron-Lyr. Me. Two out of three were forever out of his reach. Was he delusional enough to think he could win me back?
Make him work for it but he can

That is the thing about a rebellious mind: it can never be truly quieted. It always finds a way. Eventually.
Alright, I'm with Noctis 100%, the Allfather is just a cruel egocentric god that made his son kill all of his dragons, f***k him