Cassie Bendix’s Reviews > The Poet Empress > Status Update

Terren really is such a bastard in this current timeline…wtf happened to that sweet, scared little boy??

“Having decided long ago he was not really a person but something that doled out pain, the way a fire was made of nothing real but still seared whatever it touched.”

~ that’s a good line

“Family is for keeping each other safe.”

Choking up over here 😖

“You are a burning star, Maro. Brilliant, but fleeting.”

~ Worthless ~

💔💔💔

The love these two brothers share as children is so wholesome & sweet ~ Maro & Terren ~ 🥹🥰💔

Terren’s 3 toys…stuffed tiger, stone snail, bird-shaped wooden whistle 🥺 they represent so much to this little boy who’s scared and wants love…

“Power is such a wicked thing. Razing everything in its path, consuming all, leaving none untouched. Not even the kindest of souls among us are spared, once they have had so much as a taste.”

Terren & Maro as little boys 🥺💔

“Why was it not enough…that I had lost Larkspur and all the others, that I had been born a girl worth nothing? Why must someone also have to hurt me?”

God I want this girl to find her power. Keep her kindness, but find her power 🥺

“If you refuse to be cruel, someone will be cruel to you first. If you refuse to make others suffer, then you will be mad to suffer first.”

😔😢☹️