I've never seen anyone move like she did, Chaol breathed. I've never seen anyone run that fast. Dorian, it was like... Chaol shook his head. I found a horse within of her taking off, and she outran...
In every way that counted, I failed him.
In that cocoon of darkness, she bided her time, letting him think her gone, letting them do what they wanted to the mortal shell around her. It was in that cocoon where the shadowfire began to flicker...
Thirty minutes later, Rowan was still staring up at the ceiling, teeth gritted as he calmed the roaring inhis veins that was steadily shredding through his self-control.That gods-damned nightgown.Shit...
You're going to keep a low profile throughout the entire competition... You're going to stay solidly in the middle, where no one will look your way, because you're not a threat, because they'll think...
I was merely observing; I have no agenda. He looked at his hand, still touching hers. Where did you get that ring?She contracted her hand into a fist as she pulled it away from him. The amethyst in he...
With each day he felt the barriers melting. He them melt. Because of her genuine laugh, because he caught her one afternoon sleeping with her face in the middle of a book, because he knew that she wo...
Kaltain Rompier unleashed her shadowfire upon them all.This was not the ghost of shadowfire they had made her kill with—the reason why they had first approached her, lied to her when they invited her...
Well, good-bye for now, he said, rolling his neck as if we hadn't been talking about anything important at all. He bowed at the waist, those wings vanishing entirely, and had begun to fade into the ne...
What's your name? he asked above the roar of the music.She leaned close. My name is Wind, she whispered. And Rain. And Bone and Dust. My name is a snippet of a half-remembered song.He chuckled a low,...
Amren, Rhys drawled, sends her regards. And as for this one … I tried not to flinch away from meeting his stare. She’s mine, he said quietly, but viciously enough that Devlon and his warriors nearby...
If they let you out, Kaltain said, both of them staring into the blackness of their prisons, make sure that they're punished someday. Every last one of them.Celaena listened to her own breathing, felt...
Is this necessary? I said, gesturing to the paint and clothing.Of course, he said coolly. How else would I know if anyone touches you?He approached, and I braced myself as he ran a finger along my sho...
He lifted the lavender soap to his hair, and she squeaked.You don’t use that in your hair, she hissed, jolting from her perch to reach for one of the manyhair tonics lining the little shelf above the...
Tam would gut me if he caught you drinking that.Always looking after your best interests, I said, and pointedly chugged the contents of the glass.It was like a million fireworks exploding inside me, f...
Rowan’s head was still angled as he asked, Your mothers were cousins, Prince, but who siredyou?Aedion lounged in his chair. Does it matter?Do you know? Rowan pressed.Aedion shrugged. She never told me...
I couldn’t talk about it, about them—not yet. So I breathed Later and hooked my feet around his legs, drawing him closer. I placed my hands on his chest, feeling the heart beating beneath. This—I need...
You deserve to be happy, he said. And meant it. She deserved the joy he so often glimpsed on her face when Rowan was near—deserved the wicked laughter she shared with Aedion, the comfort and teasing w...
I've never taken a woman on a beach, - Rowan Whitethorn
I missed you, he said quietly, his gaze darting between her mouth and eyes. When I was inWendlyn. I lied when I said I didn’t. From the moment you left, I missed you so much I went out of mymind. I wa...