He was too vivid, too bright to think of him no longer being there.
I didn’t have to look at him to know he was grinning, and I’d bet that stupid dimple was gracing the world with its presence.
One thing was for sure, humans didn’t need demons to prompt them to do terrible things.
Both halves, and you should never question why anyone would find you utterly, irrevocably, and distractingly beautiful.
Is she always this demanding?” “What you call demanding, I would say is asserting her authority,” Kieran replied.
Hawke’s arms moved around me, pulling me so tightly against him that there was barely any space between us. He kissed me again, kept kissing me, and I knew this was more than a kiss. It went beyond that, beyond how he felt and how he made me feel. His words had touched the deepest part of me, and it was thrilling. I felt alive, like I was finally waking up.
The veiled Maiden fountain was only a few feet from us, the sound of trickling water surrounding us. “I lost both of them,” he said, his eyes shadowed, but his gaze no less powerful. “My brother when we were younger, and then my best friend a few years after that. The place that was once filled with happiness and adventure had turned into a graveyard of memories. I couldn’t even think about going back there without them. It was like the place became haunted.
Is there a threat of stray crystals we need to be aware of, or is there something you need, Hawke?” Tawny asked. “There are many things I’m in need of,” he replied as.
Mortals are easily influenced. They can be convinced of anything by nearly anyone. Take from them, then give them something or someone to blame, and even the most righteous will fall prey to that.
We fight to live. We fight to protect what we’ve built here. We fight to protect one another. None of them – the Ascended, the knights, Solis soldiers – will fight with heart, and that makes the difference.
You’ve chosen things for yourself longer than you realize, Poppy – longer than you give yourself credit for. You always did when it mattered the most, and did so knowing the consequences. Because you’re so brave. You were never the Maiden. You were never truly helpless. You were smart, strong, and brave.
My favorite kind of news,” she said as we filed out of the door, “is bad-news boys.
And the Dark One will keep coming until he has what he wants,” he said, looking away. I shivered. “Your room should always be checked before you enter it.
Only the gods knew what lived in these woods. Knowing my luck, probably a cantankerous family of very large, very hungry bears. I’d never seen a bear before, though, so that would be kind of an amazing sight to behold right before it chewed off my face.
Ezra had told me his name. Callum.
The pain was more than worth it. I would spend an eternity taking these bites if that meant she was safe. That it wasn’t her in this cell. That she wasn’t the one in pain.
You still out there, Princess?
Very rarely is anything I do innocent, Princess.
But his name was love. It was power and strength. It would never break me. Casteel. A shattered breath left me. Casteel. I made myself say it over and over in my mind. Casteel Hawkethrone Da’Neer.
The first name I was born with is one you’ve probably heard. It was Isbeth.