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What are you doing?”
“What?”
Emrys didn’t raise his voice as he said, “To that girl. What are you doing that makes her come in here with such emptiness in her eyes?”
“That’s none of your concern.”
Emrys pressed his lips into a tight line. “What do you see when you look at her, Prince?”
He didn’t know. These days, he didn’t know a damn thing. “That’s none of your concern, either.”
Emrys ran a hand over his weathered face. “I see her slipping away, bit by bit, because you shove her down when she so desperately needs someone to help her back up.


Sarah J. Maas

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"...
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SARAH J. MAAS ...are you as deft at handling your sword as Captain Westfall?"
"Better," he whispered in her e...
SARAH J. MAAS War is sanctioned murder, no matter what side you're on.
SARAH J. MAAS There was no force in any world that could keep her contained.
SARAH J. MAAS So I’m your huntress and thief?” His hands slid down to cup the backs of my knees as he said wit...
SARAH J. MAAS I didn’t think saying good-bye would be so hard. And with everything that’s to come—
We�...
SARAH J. MAAS And because she was young, and so damn clever and amusing and wonderful, wherever she made her home,...
SARAH J. MAAS There had never been any line between them, only his own stupid fear and pride. Because from the mom...
SARAH J. MAAS Celaena was the lost Queen of Terrasen.
Chaol sank to his knees.
SARAH J. MAAS I don't think you realize who you're dealing with."

The man clicked his tongue, "If you w...
SARAH J. MAAS That gods-damned nightgown.
SARAH J. MAAS Not consort, not wife. Feyre is High Lady of the Night Court. My equal in every way; she would wear ...
SARAH J. MAAS I want to take my time with you - to learn … every inch of you. And this apartment has very, very ...
SARAH J. MAAS My name is Aelin Ashryver Galathynius. And I am the Queen of Terrasen.
SARAH J. MAAS He locked you up because he knew—the bastard knew what a treasure you are. That you are worth more...
SARAH J. MAAS But then she snapped your neck.”
Tears rolled down his face.
“And I felt you die,” ...
SARAH J. MAAS I want them to hear your story. And know that there is a special strength..." As I spoke I realized ...
SARAH J. MAAS I’m thinking it would be very easy to love you. And easier to call you my friend.
SARAH J. MAAS She realized that Rowan saw each of those thoughts and more as he reached into his tunic and pulled ...
SARAH J. MAAS Aelin was laughing as she cried, and the male was just holding her, his hooded head buried in her ne...
SARAH J. MAAS You're my equal. And as much as that means we have each other's backs in public, it also means we th...
SARAH J. MAAS That was your forest. Where you hunted.” He came closer to the painting, gazing at the bleak, empt...
SARAH J. MAAS She stared at the castle unflinchingly, her form silhouetted against the blazing brightness that sat...
SARAH J. MAAS They had slept in the shelter of the ruins, though neither of them really got true rest.
SARAH J. MAAS That was all Celaena needed to hear before she tossed the ring to Maeve, before Rowan rushed to her,...
SARAH J. MAAS You dare glamour me?" he growled, his violet eyes burning as they bore into my own. Lucien just pres...
SARAH J. MAAS They grabbed for me,
but he bared his teeth in a smile
that was anything but friendly - SARAH J. MAAS Night Triumphant- and the Stars Eternal.
SARAH J. MAAS Well, good-bye for now," he said, rolling his neck as if we hadn't been talking about anything impor...
SARAH J. MAAS One of them has to break,” the queen said to the princess. “Only then can it begin.”

SARAH J. MAAS There was no escaping his crown. Or his father, who would behead Sorscha, burn her, and scatter her ...
SARAH J. MAAS Her cheek against the moss, the young princess she had been - Aelin Galathynius - reached a hand for...
SARAH J. MAAS What was it like?” Manon asked quietly. “To love.” For love was what it had been—what Asteri...
SARAH J. MAAS At dawn, Aedion had burst in, demanding why they weren’t ready to leave—to go home. Lysandra had...
SARAH J. MAAS Manon gazed westward across the mountains. Hope, Elide had said—hope for a better future. For a ho...
SARAH J. MAAS The Wing Leader said from behind her, "Do you believe monsters are born, or made?"
From what sh...
SARAH J. MAAS You and I are nothing but wild beasts wearing human skins.
SARAH J. MAAS Celaena opened her arms wide, Goldryn burning bright in one hand. “Behold my power, Maeve. Behold ...
SARAH J. MAAS Celaena walked and walked, until she found herself by the tree-lined shore of a lake, glaringly brig...
SARAH J. MAAS Say it,” I gritted out.
“The High Lord of the Night Court is your mate.
SARAH J. MAAS The girl wore her scars the way some women wore their finest jewelry.
SARAH J. MAAS I skipped between the dancers, twirling my skirts. The seated, masked musicians didn’t look up at ...
SARAH J. MAAS His tunic was unbuttoned at the top, and he ran a hand through his blue-black hair before he wordles...
SARAH J. MAAS I have no name," she purred. "I'm whoever the keepers of my fate tell me to be.
SARAH J. MAAS He grasped her by the wrist , running a thumb along the sensitive skin underneath. "Then let me call...
SARAH J. MAAS And he had just sent her into the arms of her strongest potential allies: to the homeland of her mot...
SARAH J. MAAS Because I am from Terrasen and believed my queen dead. And now she is alive, and fighting, so I will...
SARAH J. MAAS If you were going to die, I was going to die with you. I couldn't stop thinking it over and over as ...
SARAH J. MAAS Careful, a voice said in her head. Proceed with cunning.
SARAH J. MAAS You didn't need a weapon at all when you were born one.
SARAH J. MAAS Maybe I'd always been broken and dark inside. Maybe someone who've been born whole and good would ha...
SARAH J. MAAS Where are you going?”
He looked over his shoulder at me. “If I stay, you won’t get any sl...
SARAH J. MAAS I can't tell if I should be ashamed of wanting to hold you on this day, or grateful that, despite wh...
SARAH J. MAAS Aedion - every breath she took seemed to echo his name. Aedion, Aedion, Aedion.
SARAH J. MAAS