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Omg I think I held my breath through that entire chapter! Chapter 33 - had me on the edge of my seat and trembling. What now?!

~Juliette~

Oh this is an outstanding turn of events. MORE PLEASE

Evie ~ “I fucking loved that man.”

FUCKING PREACH, EVIE, WE’RE ALL FUCKING OBSESSED WITH KYLO.

“The tower demolishes, but it also liberates. Everything must fall, including limitations. The star displays renewed hope, tranquility, and beauty. It’s a shimmering beginning that can only be accessed after the destruction of all that we once knew.”

Chapter 15 - tattooing ritual

**inhale ~ exhale** So. Damn. Good.

“All my life, I’d apologized to everyone for everything. I strived endlessly to atone for sins that had never belonged to me.

It felt like a radical, revolutionary act to take up this much space, to tell the world I was done carrying excess weight.”

💪💔😮‍💨

“I wrestled with this inescapable dichotomy between light and dark, sex and violence, retribution and sublimity.”

“…A man’s unchecked ego breeds alienation, profound spiritual loneliness, and insecurity. Instead of self-betterment, those souls will falsely believe that conquering, dominating, and stealing others’ light is the only way to fill the bottomless voids they themselves carry.”

**sigh**

“Men need a higher power, or they will become their own. Whether that higher power is group consciousness, the spirit of the revolution, or devotion to one or more god — there has to be a system of mending that exists beyond their egos. Greatness is derived from connection...”

“I am so stupidly in love with you.”

“I’m still mad. But I stupidly love you too. Emphasis on stupid.”

Everything became bigger in vampirism. Our feelings, our sense, our urges…It was the reason so many vampires shut it all off completely, giving up on their humanity. I’d built intricate structures within the clan to guard against it - emphasizing philosophy, art, depth, and camaraderie to guard against the apathetic call of immortality.
We would never be like them.