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If I’d been there, beyond the wards, I would have drained the very earth to its core to keep you safe.
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Rebecca Yarros (Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3))
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If I’d been there, beyond the wards, I would have drained the very earth to its core to keep you safe”
- Xaden Riorson
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Rebecca yarros, Onyx Storm
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Oh, shit.” Garrick’s face drains of color. “Xaden?” Talia whispers, lifting her hand, then quickly dropping it. “Is it really you?” My eyebrows hit my fucking hairline. Xaden reaches across me and wraps his hand over my hip like I need protection. “Mom.
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Rebecca Yarros (Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3))
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I was taught that wisdom is never to be prayed for, but earned, and as much as I would revel in your library, I’m not interested unless it contains information on the venin.” I shrug. “I’m not going to hide on an isle while the people I love are condemned to death by draining.
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Rebecca Yarros (Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3))
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I would have killed anything and anyone in that moment to reach you. No exceptions. I would have channeled every ounce of power beneath my feet without hesitation if it would have landed me at your side. If I’d been there, beyond the wards, I would have drained the very earth to its core to keep you safe.
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Rebecca Yarros (Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3))
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Oh, shit.” Garrick’s face drains of color.
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Rebecca Yarros (Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3))
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I’m not going to hide on an isle while the people I love are condemned to death by draining.
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Rebecca Yarros (Onyx Storm (The Empyrean, #3))