I’m thinking that I was a lonely, hopeless person, and I might have fallen in love with the first thing that showed me a hint of kindness and safety. And I’m thinking maybe he knew that – maybe not actively, but maybe he wanted to be that person for someone. And maybe that worked for who I was before. Maybe it doesn’t work for who – what I am now.
And far away, across the snow-covered mountains, on a barren plain before the ruins of a once-great city, a flower began to bloom.
Leave this world... a better place than how you found it.
It would all be fine, even if it went to hell, so long as he was here with her.
Fireheart,” he said onto her mouth. “Buzzard,” she murmured onto his.
Males are horrible creatures, aren’t they?
Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don’t feel anything at all.
You might be my mate, he said, but you remain your own person. You decide your fate – your choices. Not me. You chose yesterday. You choose every day. Forever.
And at long last, Aelin Ashryver Galathynius was home.
It’s Aelin now,” she snapped as loudly as she dared. “Celaena Sardothien doesn’t exist anymore.
Do not be afraid of what makes you shine brightly.
That I will bow before no one and nothing but my crown.
When Rhys came back, after Amarantha, he was a ghost. He pretended he wasn’t, but he was. You made him come alive again.
Aelin was insane, Dorian realized. Brilliant and wicked, but insane.
Rowan’s always looking for an excuse to show off. Dramatic rescues give him purpose and fulfillment in his dull, immortal life.” There.
Remember that we have something to fight for, and it will always triumph.
I stepped out of the shelter of my savior’s arm and turned to thank him. Standing before me was the most beautiful man I’d ever seen.
But I’ll always make time for you.
Thank you for the oil,” he added. “My skin was a little dry.
It had filled my time – given me quiet, steadfast company with those characters, who did not exist and never would, but somehow made me feel less... alone.