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He hadn’t been what she wanted. He never had been. It was her choice, her heart—he knew that, and he accepted it. But he had spent so long waiting for the day when she would confirm that all those centuries together, all the things they’d been through, hadn’t been for nothing. He’d tended that secret fire for five hundred years.
Now it was ash in his scarred hands.

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” She offered Az a grim smile. “Trust me—I’ll get what we need.”
He did trust her. She’d learned the hard way how to navigate an adder’s nest. Had spent years in that hellhole called the Court of Nightmares. She bore the scars to prove it. He’d loved her for it—for surviving, thriving, despite what she’d been born into.

Just take last shreds of my heart then. Go on. Take them! I didn't need them anyway.

Once he would have crawled to hear her speak to him with such tenderness. Such concern.

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He sometimes forgot his name until he heard his mother say it. Why? he’d ask her, over and over. Why do they fear me? Why do they hate me?

Because you are different. They could all feel it, from the moment you were born. And one day, you will show them why that is a wondrous thing.


Fair well to my heart cause it's buried somewhere in page 3

He sometimes forgot his name until he heard his mother say it. Why? he’d ask her, over and over. Why do they fear me? Why do they hate me?

Take my heart, my soul, my EVERYTHING!

You are an Illyrian, Azriel—the wind sings through your very blood. You cannot be caged. You cannot be broken. They lock you away because they fear you.

Barely 3 pages in and SJM has already eviscerated my heart...I'm fine. I'm fine. IM. FINE!