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I raise a plastic glass. “To family.”

"And Faerieland," says Taryn, raising hers.

"And pizza," says Oak.

"And stories," says Heather.

"And new beginnings," says Vivi.

Cardan smiles, his gaze on me. “And scheming great schemes."

To family and Faerieland and pizza and stories and new beginnings and scheming great schemes. I can toast to that.

Vivi blows a noisemaker. “Here,” she says, passing out paper crowns for us to wear.

"This is ridiculous," I complain, but put mine on.

Cardan looks at his reflection in the door of the microwave and adjusts his crown so it's at an angle.

"You don't know how long I've waited to hear those words," he says. "You don't want me dead."

"If you joke about this, I am going to-"

"Kill me?" he asks, raising both black brows.

I think I might hate him after all.

NIET WITHOUT ME VAN EMINEM DAT SPEELT ZODRA CARDAN TERUG IS AHAHAH

He's every bit as terrifying as any serpent.

I don't care. I run into his arms.

“Well, even if the serpent bites off your head," says Tatterfell, "the rest of you will still look good."

"That's the spirit," I tell her.

wrm krijg ik het gevoel dat ik 25 diamonds moet betalen voor die armour..

I can't believe he said that and then just walked out, leaving me reeling. I am going to strangle him.

It's you I love," he says. "I spent much of my life guarding my heart.

I guarded it so well that I could behave as though I didn't have one at all. Even now, it is a shabby, worm-eaten, and scabrous thing. But it is yours."

He walks to the door to the royal chambers, as though to end the conversation. "You probably guessed as much," he says. "But just in case you didn't."

“Mock me all you like. Whatever I imagined then, now it is I who would beg and grovel for a kind word from your lips." His eyes are black with desire. "By you, I am forever undone."


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