Because I wouldn't want to die alone, I said, and my voice wobbled as I looked at Tamlin again, forcing myself to meet his stare. Because I'd want someone to hold my hand until the end, and awhile aft...
And though his face was calm, his shoulders thrown back, I said, I see all of you, Rhys. And there is not one part that I do not love with everything that I am. His hand squeezed mine in answer before...
Afraid she and I had a summer romance? That insufferable grin was still there.I hope you did. I certainly enjoyed myself this summer.The smile faded at that. What do you mean?She brushed an invisible...
Aelin had felt it before: a thread in the world, a current running between her and someone else. She’d felt it one night, years ago, and had given a young healer the money to get the hell out of this...
A lovely girl gazing at the stars, and the stars who gazed back.
There was a thing waiting in the darkness, and he could not bring himself to fight it for much longer.
Petrah had said. Had smiled as she said it.Manon told herself it was for an alliance. Told herself it was for show.But all she could see was the unconditional love in that dying wyvern's eyes as she u...
What's the point in having a mind if you don't use it to make judgements?""What's the point of having a heart if you don't use it to spare others from the harsh judgements of your mind?
You're not going to believe me, Aelin went on. What I've just said, you're not going to believe me. I know it--and that's fine. I don't expect you to. When you're ready, I'll be here.You're the Queen...
Why, he asked. Why did you save her?She dragged a hand through her hair. A white bandage around her upper arm peeked through her shirt with the movement. He hadn't even been conscious for that wound....
When you give your master his letter, also give him this. And tell him that in the Red Desert, we do not abuse our disciples.
To escape death, she'd become death.-- page 294 Crown of Midnight
There was a thing waiting in the darkness.It was ancient, and cruel, and paced in the shadows...
The music broke her apart and put her back together, only to rend her asunder again and again.
Tell me that we’ll get through tomorrow. Tell me that we’ll survive the war. Tell me— She swallowed hard. Tell me that even if I lead us all to ruin, we’ll burn in hell together.
She yawned, and Rowan rubbed his eyes, his other hand still in hers. But he didn't let go. And when she awoke before dawn, warm and safe and rested, Rowan was still holding her hand, clasped to his ch...
She smiled at last. And damn if it didn't kill him, the quiet joy in her face. They had walked out of darkness and pain and despair together. They were still walking out of it. So that smile... It str...
She had awoken this morning and slipped the amethyst ring off her finger. It had felt liked a blessed release, a final shadow lifted from her heart.
Only a coward captures men the way you did.A coward? Or a pragmatist?
Lorcan had been born from and gifted with darkness. Returning to it was not a difficult task.But letting that glimmering, lovely light before him die out . . . In his ancient, bitter bones, he could n...