imtheproblemitsjen’s Reviews > The Endless War > Status Update

So weldrum or whatever his name is, sucks.

You are in Arakis to join forces with an army capable of overthrowing your aunt, who unlawfully usurped the throne and murdered your mother. And once you have succeeded in liberating Valcotta from her tyranny, you will end the Endless War and bring peace to the Empire."
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"You are Zarrah Anaphora," he said. "The daughter of Aryana Anaphora, who was the named heir of Ephraim Anaphora. You are a warrior. A general. And by Valcottan law, the rightful empress of this empire.
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"You know him?"
"All my life," she whispered. "He's my aunt's bodyguard, and for as long as memory, the rumor has been that it was Welran who sired Bermin."
"Fuck."
"An apt assessment."

Double oops.

Oops. 😬

Ok alliance good. Not together bad. If they are both monarchs they can join kingdoms.

"I love you, Zarrah. You say that I don't know what love is, and maybe that's true. Maybe there is some part of me missing or broken that ensures I don't feel things like a better man would, but I know the way I feel about you consumes me. That it gives me breath even as it steals the air from my lungs. Makes my heart beat even as it cuts it from my chest.
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Eh don’t fight it.

Whoopsies Lara

You"-he laughed—"were not even a factor, because my mother never once considered that you'd come for Zarrah."
Keris went still, Bermin's words twisting in his mind. It didn't make sense. Serin's revelation of his relationship with Zarrah was what had caused Petra to incarcerate her niece here, so why wouldn't she have thought he would come?