Aries Queen Quotes

Your Majesty, please get down. My friend Aris is really a very good man, and if you fall off that wall he's going to hang for it, and so will his squad, most of whom are also nice men, and though I can't say I really care if your attendants hang, there are probably many people that do care, and would you please, please get down?" The king looked at him, eyes narrowed. "I don't think I've ever heard you say that many words in a row. You sounded almost articulate.

I'm not the average girl from your video and I ain't built like a supermodel but I learned to love myself unconditionally because I am a queen

Well, then, she said. "You'll keep your name. You'll keep your will. You'll have your own servants to attend you— you will have everything you ask for." This couldn't be happening. "No, wait, I don't—" "Except for one thing," Mir said." Ari froze. "Don't ask me to let you do," Mir said. "Do you understand? Do not ask me.

Twelve men. A virgin queen. One arranged marriage. The first time I met the boys of the Zodiac Brotherhood, I was forced to my knees for the introduction. Still grieving the death of my parents, I was a child queen, a pawn in my uncle’s agenda for wealth and gain. As my guardian, he had the authority to arrange a marriage upon my eighteenth birthday. That meeting took place six years ago. Now those boys are powerful men.

Sisyphean” as a tribute to the mythical king Sisyphus, who was punished by the gods for his avarice and trickery. Besides murdering travelers and guests, seducing his niece, and usurping his brother’s throne, Sisyphus also tricked the gods. Before he died, Sisyphus, knowing that he was headed to the Underworld, made his wife promise to refrain from offering the expected sacrifice following his death. Once he reached Hades, Sisyphus convinced kindhearted Persephone, the queen of the Underworld, to let him return to the upper world, so that he could ask his wife why she was neglecting her duty. Of course, Persephone had no idea that Sisyphus had intentionally asked his wife not to make the sacrifice, so she agreed, and Sisyphus escaped the Underworld, refusing to return. Eventually Sisyphus was captured and carried back, and the angry gods gave him his punishment: for the rest of eternity, he was forced to push a large rock up a steep hill, in itself a miserable task. Every time he neared the top of the hill, the rock would roll backward and he would have to start over. Of course, our participants had done nothing

And the ones that were not plotting against them might very well be advocating for her, for some kind of future that Ari feared and despised with all her heart. Was it worse, she wondered, to be wanted dead or wanted Queen?

Tharion had done what the Viper Queen had asked regarding Ari: he’d woven a web of lies to his Aux contacts about the dragon being commandeered for security purposes. So the Viper Queen didn’t technically own Ari as a slave—Ari remained a slave owned by someone else. She just … lived here now.

Gods, no.” Ari’s soft gasp sent a hot rush of panic to my head. He grabbed my hand then his queen’s. “Run.” Ari tried to flee with us out of the clearing, back to the darkness, but at the line of trees he skidded to a stop. By the hells. Slender, pale as ice creatures stepped lithely from the shadows of the trees. Red-rimmed eyes glowed a sickly looking green in the night, and their skin hung off their bones like dripping wax. Human in shape and size, their ears like the fae, but it was their jagged teeth I could not ignore.

What you are holding in your hand is the status of our shield walls and a brief explanation to Ardain as to how they got that way. Feel free to read it. This is vital information. There are those who will definitely try to suppress it. So, stay alert.” Ari smiled slightly. “The queen enjoys your company on her morning rides. I would hate to explain to her why I got her favorite riding companion killed if you don’t come back.” Tevon’s mouth quirked up. “No, that is certainly to be avoided. No disrespect intended, High Lord, but life gets uncomfortable for you when she is displeased. I would not want to be the cause of that.” Ari sighed and looked at Doral. “I am never going escape that infamous week, am I?” “She made quite an impression on the men. You could have all of them shot. That would slow down the gossip.” Doral shrugged, seemingly indifferent. “You would lose quite a number of highly skilled commanders and staff.

Well, then," she said. "You'll keep your name. You'll keep your will. You'll have your own servants to attend you— you will have everything you ask for." This couldn't be happening. "No, wait, I don't—" "Except for one thing," Mir said. Ari froze. "Don't ask me to let you go," Mir said. "Do you understand? Do not ask me.

Ghotes? Vosts?” Heldra suggested. “What should we call ghost voting?” “We shouldn’t be calling it anything,” Ari said, dropping into a chair in frustration and pulling at her hair. “It shouldn’t be happening.

I’m an Aries. And in another life, I would’ve made you my queen. I would’ve dragged you back to my place and worshipped you until you begged me to stop.