If I were to go around glamouring people all day, I would at least make myself seem taller, don’t you think?
Cinder hated her own mind for labeling the queen as grotesque. She had once been a victim, as Cinder had once been a victim. And how many had labeled Cinder’s own metal limbs as grotesque, unnatural, disgusting? No. Levana was a monster, but it wasn’t because of the face she’d kept hidden all these years. Her monstrosities were buried much deeper than that.
Eyes narrowing, Torin took a step closer. “This isn’t about an alliance at all, is it?” “Oh, I fully intend to form an alliance with Luna.” Kai glanced at the cyborg foot again. “I just intend to put a different queen on the throne first.
Just like a computer, she told herself. Computers only do what you tell them to do. The gun will only fire if you pull the trigger.
You are the killer. You are the predator. You know nothing of loyalty or love.” She held her hand out to Ryu, who sniffed it, before settling his warm head down on her knee. “We may be animals, but we will never again live in your cage.
Hope called themselves the Renegades.
Thorne and Cress were waiting for them at the bottom of the ramp, and when Cress and Iko spotted each other they shared a squeal. Thorne and Cinder shared a cringe, and then they were all smiling and embracing as if they hadn’t seen each other in years – even though they still got together with some regularity.
Cinder cast a look toward the road that would take her away from the palace, back to the safety of being an invisible girl in a very big city. Releasing a slow breath, she turned and followed the android.
Captain,” she murmured. “I think I’m in love with you.
Sometimes, it was better to be ignorant.
It would be like those epic love affairs that exploded into existence and burned white hot for all eternity. The type of love that time and distance and death couldn’t seperate.
Would yell if a person didn’t coo and aww and tell her what a beautiful mother she would make and how her daughter would surely grow up to be just like her, by all the lucky stars.
After she was born, I wanted to run away, to bring her to Earth, but my wife was even more devoted to Her Majesty than I had been. She wanted nothing to do with the child. And so my little Crescent Moon was taken away, like all the others.
Thorne would come for her. He was a hero. She was a damsel. That’s how the stories went – that’s how they always went.
There was the potential for evil everywhere, and the only way to combat it was if more people chose goodness. If more people chose heroism.
Now we’re talking. Let’s go be superheroes!
It was made out to be some kind of honor, giving your life for the good of humanity, but it was really just a reminder that cyborgs were not like everyone else.
Dear friends,” Kai began, “we are gathered today to witness and to celebrate the union between Wo – er, Ze’ev Kesley and Scarlet Benoit. Though we are a small gathering, it’s clear that the love we feel for this bride and groom would span to Luna and back.
I’m surprised Thorne hasn’t asked if he can start leading guided tours down here. I bet you could charge a hefty admission fee.” Cinder snorted. “Please don’t plant that idea in his head.
Seeing that smile, Cress melted. Every. Time.