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This sounds a tad ominous considering the title of the book...

‘Locke will not fall again, Grey. I swear it to you: there will be no second death.’

‘What is love, without freedom?’ she murmured against his skin.
He leaned close to kiss her shoulder, then to whisper in her ear. ‘What is life, without you?’

They always chose the cliff, the poison, the blade, to be the sacrifice – they always chose one another.

Bless Leonie, and Kier's timing! She would have never done it! 😮‍💨 Soo much for freedom

DON'T. YOU. DARE!

AHAHAHA I love her

She looked up from her bucket, wet hair dripping day-old blood down her face. ‘I’m a lady,’ she said primly, ‘in every definition of the word.’

Kier hadn’t been lying earlier when he accused her of having blood in her hair. She was surprised he’d wanted to kiss her, but perhaps that was the thing about love. She didn’t mind him filthy post-battle. The sweat, the dirt , the blood – it all meant he was still alive.

🫠🫠🫠🫠

‘I adore you,’ he said, all in a rush. ‘No – no. Listen. I … I’m in love with you. I’ve been in love with you for years, maybe forever. Sometimes it’s all I can think about, and I can’t breathe because it’s so heavy on my chest that I … I might be holding it alone, the only thing about you I can’t be certain of. It’s agony, Grey, the not knowing.’

‘Grey, beloved, you absolute fool – if that was the worst of you, then you remain a saint among us.’ He shook his head wonderingly. ‘And I have been trying to make you see me as more than your mage for six years now.’