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Her fingers are graceful, and I suddenly wish I could see her dance the way my women dance around the fire on the night of the full moons.
"Did the woman say anything to you?" I push images of Isra- dressed in the clothes of my people, her long legs free to kick and leap- from my mind.
AHAAA
— Dec 27, 2024 10:20AM
"Did the woman say anything to you?" I push images of Isra- dressed in the clothes of my people, her long legs free to kick and leap- from my mind.
AHAAA
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Zuzia
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He won't give me the release of a funeral fire. He hates me that much.
I don't hate him, but I would have fought him if he'd tried to hurt Isra. I would have killed him if I'd had to. My own brother. I'm no better than he is, but I'm-
"Not a coward," I choke out.
"No, you're not." A soft voice. A girl's voice
GEM YESSS
AND ALSO NEEDLE?? GIRL YEEEEES
— Dec 28, 2024 02:35AM
I don't hate him, but I would have fought him if he'd tried to hurt Isra. I would have killed him if I'd had to. My own brother. I'm no better than he is, but I'm-
"Not a coward," I choke out.
"No, you're not." A soft voice. A girl's voice
GEM YESSS
AND ALSO NEEDLE?? GIRL YEEEEES
Zuzia
is on page 345 of 391
Bo didn't mar that memeory. He has been a better unwanted king than I could have imagined - he has never stolen
so much as a kiss. He has refused to take what wasn't freely offered.
Not a kiss, and certainly not my life.
I knew he'd been sent to kill me today - he knew it before he said a word, before he fell to his knees, begging me to save the city and spare at least one woman's life.
— Dec 28, 2024 02:33AM
so much as a kiss. He has refused to take what wasn't freely offered.
Not a kiss, and certainly not my life.
I knew he'd been sent to kill me today - he knew it before he said a word, before he fell to his knees, begging me to save the city and spare at least one woman's life.
Zuzia
is on page 314 of 391
"I'll watch for you on the wall walk. Every night. Set a dife by the gathering of stones. I'll come as soon as I can."
"You're bleeding," he says, throat working. I can see it, even in the moody blue light of my least favourite moon.
"Don't forget me," I whisper. "Please. Don't forget."
"I'll come back," he says. "If I have to drag my body across the desert. I swear it. On my life."
— Dec 27, 2024 01:58PM
"You're bleeding," he says, throat working. I can see it, even in the moody blue light of my least favourite moon.
"Don't forget me," I whisper. "Please. Don't forget."
"I'll come back," he says. "If I have to drag my body across the desert. I swear it. On my life."
Zuzia
is on page 313 of 391
"I'll come back as soon as I can," he says. "If you're not alive, I'll burn this city to the ground. Starting with this garden."
— Dec 27, 2024 01:55PM
Zuzia
is on page 302 of 391
If they've locked her away...
I'll break through these bars with my bare hands. I'll kill every soldier who stands in my way. I'm not sure if this is love or madness, but it doesn't matter. It's real. True. And as inescapable as this wretched cage.
— Dec 27, 2024 01:53PM
I'll break through these bars with my bare hands. I'll kill every soldier who stands in my way. I'm not sure if this is love or madness, but it doesn't matter. It's real. True. And as inescapable as this wretched cage.
Zuzia
is on page 190 of 391
A smile splits my face before I can stop it. I grunt, and she laughs a laugh like stones skittering down a mountainside, wild and reckless.
"That's the one," she says, still laughing. "I like that one. It's my favourite."
"I like your laugh. You don't laugh in there."
Gem bro
— Dec 27, 2024 10:25AM
"That's the one," she says, still laughing. "I like that one. It's my favourite."
"I like your laugh. You don't laugh in there."
Gem bro
Zuzia
is on page 190 of 391
I grunt again. Fantasy creatures will fly through the air before the peace I'm imagining comes to pass.
"What does that one mean?" she asks, tapping my chest with one long finger. "I haven't placed that grunt, it's not the
disgusted-with-me grunt, or the preparing-to-say-somethingmean grunt, or the trying-not-to-smile grunt."
A smile splits my face before I can stop it. I grunt.
— Dec 27, 2024 10:25AM
"What does that one mean?" she asks, tapping my chest with one long finger. "I haven't placed that grunt, it's not the
disgusted-with-me grunt, or the preparing-to-say-somethingmean grunt, or the trying-not-to-smile grunt."
A smile splits my face before I can stop it. I grunt.
Zuzia
is on page 174 of 391
Im halfway there by the time Gem lies down behind me and tucks one heavy
arm around my waist, fitting his front to my back with such gentleness that I don't startle from my near sleep as much as
drift to the surface of myself like a bubble.
"When I thought you were dying..." His arm tightens pulling me closer. "I would have done anything to keep you with me," he whispers into my hair. "Anything."
Had a stroke
— Dec 27, 2024 10:17AM
arm around my waist, fitting his front to my back with such gentleness that I don't startle from my near sleep as much as
drift to the surface of myself like a bubble.
"When I thought you were dying..." His arm tightens pulling me closer. "I would have done anything to keep you with me," he whispers into my hair. "Anything."
Had a stroke
Zuzia
is on page 171 of 391
"If Im hideous inside and out-"
"I never said-" His arms close around me, and my words end in a sharp intake of breath as he hauls me onto his lap.
"Put me down!" I push at his chest, but he ignores me and pulls me close, whispering his next words against my skin.
"If Im so ugly in every way," he continues, the feel of his mouth moving against my cheek making my blood rush, "then why do you want me, Isra?"
OH
— Dec 27, 2024 10:15AM
"I never said-" His arms close around me, and my words end in a sharp intake of breath as he hauls me onto his lap.
"Put me down!" I push at his chest, but he ignores me and pulls me close, whispering his next words against my skin.
"If Im so ugly in every way," he continues, the feel of his mouth moving against my cheek making my blood rush, "then why do you want me, Isra?"
OH
Zuzia
is on page 161 of 391
Even a moment ago when I...
I didn't think... imagine...that she might...
A part of me still refuses to believe it, but another part knows what a girl wants when her fingers linger too long on a boy's mouth, and it knows better than to hesitate. So I don't. I pull her hand away, and risk a kiss.
— Dec 27, 2024 10:14AM
I didn't think... imagine...that she might...
A part of me still refuses to believe it, but another part knows what a girl wants when her fingers linger too long on a boy's mouth, and it knows better than to hesitate. So I don't. I pull her hand away, and risk a kiss.
