• Ep 53: 'Iron Flame' Chapters 19-27 | Review & Discussion Part 2
    Dec 20 2024
    Listen in as we discuss chapters 19 through 27 of Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros. Podcast inspired by Shadow Daddy, Xaden Riorson, in The Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB! https://links.fable.co/aiMtu8GyWNb Also enjoy our summary book notes: Chapter 23: • Enters secret(?) Training area, "the key can be found in my dresser drawer" • Rhi bitter, sawyer lied to his parents, Ridoc scared of snakes, "I'm in love with Xaden" 🤣 • No one drank the water • Violet roasts the interrogators looks • Bring in "water", could rhi one day move the water into their stomach? • Varrish misses interrogating, brings dain. Chapter 24: • Dain's a little b**** • Gasp, Varrish is testing a theory. • Testing if xaden will show up, to understand their bond or the effect of the elixir? • Dain not as much of a little b****.... for now. • Nolon follows orders and helps-ish them escape. • Varrish and Nolon talk about Barlowe. • They escape, the boys have huge egos lol Chapter 25: • Excerpt: Zolya cliffsbane academy • They get a patch, lost cadets, asks bodhi why sgaeyl was very angry last night • Zolya defeated notice from two days ago on all of their chairs. • Markum calls it propaganda, grabs papers and changes the story from blue fire dragons to blue dragons • Barlowe Chapter 26: • Menders are not healers, follow different rules • Start class like this is normal, discuss outpost attacks, Devera implies xaden was injured. • This chapter gave me extreme anxiety the first time, tairn overpowering. Chapter 27 • Samara to basgiath is an 8hr flight. • She realizes she is controlled by tairn, Mira finds her, she finds xaden, gives her a cold shower. • Xaden jelly of Bodhi's flight jacket. 😂 • Ope, this is the shower scene • "It's no longer up to you to punish me, I'm no longer in your chain of command" • "You were worried about me?" He says it 3 times, he feels loved 🥺 • No way Mira didn't realize violet and xaden are banging
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Ep 52: 'Iron Flame' Chapters 19-27 | Review & Discussion Part 1
    Dec 17 2024
    Listen in as we discuss chapters 19 through 27 of Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros. Podcast inspired by Shadow Daddy, Xaden Riorson, in The Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB! https://links.fable.co/aiMtu8GyWNb Also enjoy our summary book notes: Chapter 19: • Excerpt: Dragons do not answer to the whims of men • On the flight field, no andarna. • Varrish talks of his punishment, Tairn is so badass, dragons do not answer to him, Varrish retreats tairn but still says violet answers to him, tairn attacks Solas. • "You are no rider without a dragon", demands Varrish apologizes on his knees to Violet with Solas's neck still in his mouth. • Rhiannon hurt Vi never told her about the punishment, Rhi doesn't see the point of the gauntlet, Vi thinks it's best for training for Venin but won't tell her. Rhiannon snaps 🥺 • Violets feelings are valid and to not be ready to talk about liam • Violet searched by Varrish in front of Rhi. Chapter 20: • Excerpt: after his dad died he forgot what it was like to be loved until Violet, going to do anything to get that back • Running landing, tairn is upset. • Violet's turn to visit Xaden and holding the contraband lol. • Xaden mentally asks if she wants to kiss him for show, he walks up, full make out....for show of course, didn't Xaden get a boner.... for show?, 2nd kiss, Mira got the point. • Sister time, withholding Brennan being alive, Mira doesn't trust Xaden, Vi quietly agrees. • Ward stone is the stem, wards like an umbrella, ward woven to the ground at the outposts. The alloy that extend the wards, unknown alloy material. (Fantasy metal blend and eggs) • Violet says that she thinks it's wyvern destroying poromish towns, Mira thinks she's crazy. • The outpost kills civilians. 🤨 • Violet apologizes for keeping ward research secret, xaden says it makes sense but I think xaden just said he won't keep secrets that will affect how she makes decisions and asks for the same. • Ends with them talking about her blocking him out, neither can fully do it to each other, and cuddling to sleep. "You love me, stop reminding me, maybe you're not the one who needs reminding". Chapter 21: • Excerpt: forming nevarre stripped locations of their cultures. • Devera fills in for the history class and she discusses the cultural loses. • Lost folklore, languages, books, history, travel. • Ridoc knows oral folklore violet doesn't, he jokes that's impossible. • Nevarre only gave families 1 year to move for protection and unification. • Awkward moment with Dain, dain vs vi sparring, not a sexy one • Dain doesn't acknowledge he stole her memory, tells her about his scars 😬 • Rhiannon realizes there is a hit on those who went to Athbyne for seeing something and asks what killed Deigh, no answer. • Auric tells violet he knows about venin. Chapter 22: • Violet nightmare - future?, he wants her power. • Xaden takes her to the basgiath forge, "thank you for trusting me" • First 6 carved the first ward stone, plans for finding the book. • Violet talks to Sgaeyl about Xaden backing down to Varrish. • Violet taken for interrogation with grady and varrish and xaden returns her book.
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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Ep 51: 'Iron Flame' Chapters 10-18 | Review & Discussion Part 2
    Dec 13 2024
    Listen in as we discuss chapters 10 through 18 of Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros. Podcast inspired by Shadow Daddy, Xaden Riorson, in The Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB! https://links.fable.co/aiMtu8GyWNb Also enjoy our summary book notes: Chapter 14: • Excerpt: issues between infantry and riders • Finds herself in a forest, can talk to tarin, pressure for her to get back to basgiath by tm for sgaeyl. • They realize the water blocks them. • Goal to find a location using a map. • Lots of arguing on how to proceed, given 2 different map, run into an orange dagger tail. • Violet tells baide if she kills violet, tarin will not let her live. Baide kills a runner • What other animals kill like this? A snake? Chapter 15: • They lost the challenge, still wandering, infantry better at survival • Rhiannon laid out all out, Vi won't talk about her and Andarna, xaden, war games, what Vi knows of what's out there, running, it all. Tells her to stop lying. • Tarin shares that he could hear her but not vice versa • Rhiannon points out the weird year, guarded infirmary, assassinations, elixir. Violet plays it down and that she didn't say she didn't believe her and rhi says you don't say much anyways Chapter 16: • Xaden to Vi letter: his dad wanted him to be in infantry, thought riders were pompous dicks • Vi goes to the archives and saw effie and Jesinia, reads the record of the RCS • Cadet killed for requesting an account of a border attack • jesinia didn't record any of violets requests, she's starting to question the archive legitimacy. • Jesinia wants help, violet asks for a book on how the first 6 built the wards. • In sparing class, being a rider is lifelong, infantry is shorter, was xaden's dad infantry • They think Nolan has someone they are torturing. • Violet poisoned sloane's opponent, she tells Rhiannon ish, sloane thought she won • Violet says she can have his letters if she trains, 1 letter a week, Imogen impressed. • Jesinia brought her a classified book in exchange for the fables book. • Varrish at her door, they check her bag, asshole as unusual, tarin thinks a few more weeks until andarna wakes. Chapter 17: • Dragons and humans made sacrifices for nevarre and wards. Loses of hatching grounds and humans from borders being closed. • Imogen asks about her and xaden relationship... they're becoming friends 🧡 xaden sent another letter about his childhood. • Imogen thinks Violet should forgive xaden and accept his secrets, it's normal for riders especially xaden. • Imogen lays it out harder and to be there for Rhiannon and there are bigger things to worry about. • Rhiannon letter from her family "be aware of strangers seeking shelter... your kindness could kill" • Markum took it, he reads it out loud, says it's not official and a regional thing, calls it propaganda that the regional leadership think the destruction is from dragons. • Violet runs out, releases her power, Rhi follows, Vi lies, asks Rhi to take notes for her in RCS, runs to Jesinia (not Saturday) • Tarin calls her out for losing control and being in the archives was her attempt, "good point but I would tell Tarin", "already did" lol • Returns her book, discuss consequences. Chapter 18: • The borders of nevarre determined by the limits of the wards. • Xaden showed up exhausted, she says I want you not I love you like he wants(but he has never said it to her), they talk about her books, and her ward plan. • They're fighting in their heads in front of others about her secrets, he thinks it's not the same. • More arguing as they visit Jesinia, run into Nolon, Nolon says he would never hurt her... but will let others???, he's mending a soul. • I don't think xaden can actually read her mind directly, he has asked frequently what Exactly is she thinking. • Xaden can sign, jesinia points out issues with the archives, violet has a white satchel, more fighting.
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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • Ep 50: 'Iron Flame' Chapters 10-18 | Review & Discussion Part 1
    Dec 10 2024
    Listen in as we discuss chapters 10 through 18 of Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros. Podcast inspired by Shadow Daddy, Xaden Riorson, in The Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB! https://links.fable.co/aiMtu8GyWNb Also enjoy our summary book notes: What if violet learns how to control her lightning to where she taze people Chapter 10: • Excerpt about Mira being targeted due to being Lilith's daughter. • Badass violet, slices his tendons, love the descriptions of her pain and being dazed, she's says no one can be involved because she is a 2nd year and must be the one to do it, stabs where xaden taught her. • 2nd person she has taken down • Poor dain is clueless why she is mad at him for this. • Sloane should be scared now after she tried challenging Violet. • Had to go to classes with blood on her. • Xaden in her room, it's been 8 days, she asks about him and he compliments her. • "Wanting you to ask what you want to know, is not a game. You and me? Not a game" -Xaden • Xaden warded her room from sound and others entering, he's thirsty watching her brush her hair lol. • They talk about sloane, first years, and decentivizing them to death. • Needs her to pay attention when her and Tarin leave in 7 days, gives her a letter. • She feels jealous thinking he could be with someone else in his room. Chapter 11: • Excerpt: thank God he wrote this letter, it's sharing info about garrick and bohdi is the closest thing to a brother. Shared his childhood. • Imogen shuts her down by saying she was finishing a conversation, not starting one. • Jesinia secretly found violet, The gift of the first six, jesinia knows Vi is lying, Jesinia asks her for help to translate a 25yr old book, about an ancient King • Rider killed for requesting a banned book. • Letter from Mira, Vi tells Rhi that her and xaden aren't together bc he want honest with her, Rhi and terra not really together either. • Mira's letter is redacted!! • Kaori spotted Andarna. • Varrish shows up on the field, secret signet, "Remind him I will digest him alive", threatens to punish Violet if Andarna doesn't come to training. • Notes that her dad was writing about feather tails. • Tarin threatens to eat kaori of he doesnt change the expectation of her tuck and roll thing. • Bohdi slips up saying he's never seen xaden care so much, not even for Cat. • Varrish searches violet bags before seeing Xaden, tarin was carrying (where?) • First six are not the first riders, just the first to survive. Chapter 12: • Xaden to Vi letter: said sgaeyl watched him kill a rider for bullying garrick. Sgaeyl says she chose him for his ruthless, but thinks it's actually bc he is like his gpa. • She can't find Xaden, and uses her sonar to find him fighting sexily, he's fighting to get to have leave time • reminisces how much she missed him and wants him. • He's hearing everything she is thinking about him 😬😆 well he says he can read her and just needs to hear her say what she wants, she's fighting her feelings. • She calls his kiss home ❤️ • Roles reversed now she just want sex and nothing more but he wants more. She still wants whole truths. • Go back to his room, discuss wards and how they need to be imbued with power. Chapter 13: • Carr and Varrish punish Violet by bringing her near burn out for andarna • 32 per hour or something like that up to 40 • "Silver one is done" • Carr tells varrish, he asks for another, she listens..... but whhhyyyy. • She can't stop the power from flowing, she's stuck. • Carr trying to convince her to convince andarna to show up. 😡 • Tarin cools her down in water, everyone takes care of her. • Sparring class, sloane is terrible and going to be against someone she can't beat. • As they leave sparing, a bag is thrown over violets head and she is knocked out.
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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Ep 49: 'Iron Flame' Chapters 1-9 | Review & Discussion Part 2
    Dec 6 2024

    Listen in as we discuss chapters 1 through 9 of Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros. Podcast inspired by Shadow Daddy, Xaden Riorson, in The Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB! https://links.fable.co/aiMtu8GyWNb Also enjoy our summary book notes: Chapter 4: • Except: dreamless sleep, rapid growth, duration varies from breed to breed. • She realizes her mom had no part of the games, Aetos backed up from Xaden, Xaden calls him out for sending them to battle. • Aetos points out a drift couldn't take out two dragons, She lies to her mom, Lilith rips into Aetos. • "You gambled and lost" xaden to Aetos. • Dain didn't know what his dad was going to do, violet stands up for herself, xaden tells him she'll never choose him lol, she's embarrassed when she doesn't even know if they are thing. • "One word.....Athbyne" xaden to dain, others watching confused. • Violet reflects on the fliers calling it a death college, xaden has orders to leave. Chapter 5: • Excerpt: Varrish should be removed from duty due to prisoner deaths. • Talk about changing years, friends "harassing" Violet about xaden, where is Heaton?, forgot nadine existed (unweaving wards). • others asking about their attack, they question the Gryphon skill level. • She's angry at xaden but still wants him lol, Garrick calls them out on their b.s. and to sort it out. • They play the game of will they, won't they. She says no bc he won't be fully honest with her. • Introduced to Varrish, Aetos threatens "secrets die with the people who keep them". • Violet gets 2 days of leave every 14 days, tarin and sgaeyl can see each other every 3 days. Chapter 6: • Violet loses her temper, tarin is pissed, andarna is sassy. • They put on a show in front of everyone when says their good byes as a way to tell her to be careful with sending letters and to not get involved. • Says she trusts him with her life but nothing else. • Dain is the wing leader and Rhiannon is their squad leader. Chapter 7: • Excerpt: All book requests must be documented. • New professor, Pf. Grady, unknown signet, riders survival course, surviving without a dragon and interrogation. • Goes and meets Jesinia to ask for books about the founding of basgiath and why there for the wards, her first lie to someone she loves. • Receives two books but only a couple hundred years old Chapter 8: • Conscription day. • Dain looks heartbroken and hasn't talked to violet, she is taking final roll call. • Xaden left 3 books about weaving fabric into tradition tyrrish knots, with a note "even when I'm not with you, there's only you" • Meets Aaric Graycastle, King Tauri's son,a.k.a Cam "you cost that parapet, and there's no going back"-Dain. • Meet Sloane Mairi, gives her the same advice as Mira, blames violet for liam's death because she knew he was protecting violet, sloane makes it • Tarin arrives, destroys the walls, Solas not scared, "you do not have the right to burn what is mine", Solas retreats, "if Solas comes near you again, he knows I will devour his human whole and let him rot within me while his heart still beats and then I'll take the eye I so graciously left him" Chapter 9: • Excerpt about green dragons offering their hatching grounds for all dragon and the first 6 put up the wards in nevarre. • Imogen invites herself to run with violet, Rhiannon questions it and violet is very awkward about it. (If I was Rhi, I would be hurt, confused, and jealous of Imogen). • Back in battle brief, Rhi points out the run and Vi still awkward. • Pr. Devera went into service and has a scar, Col. Markum knows the truth but shares of a high altitude gryphon attack. • Tarin getting pissy and tells her to shield. • Athbyne Outpost emptied for war games, then an attack, how would gryphons know this, also preomish unrest occurring. • Rhiannon suspicious of the healer Quadrant, Rhi and Violet kind of work things out. • Nadine "poses" as violet and assasinated.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Ep 48: 'Iron Flame' Chapters 1-9 | Review & Discussion Part 1
    Dec 4 2024
    Listen in as we discuss chapters 1 through 9 of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Podcast inspired by Shadow Daddy, Xaden Riorson, in The Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB! https://links.fable.co/aiMtu8GyWNb Also enjoy our summary book notes: Oh my god I'm dumb, Brennan and Naolin we're a couple. If Naolin is alive, Brennan doesn't think so. Chapter 1: • Has breakfast with her brother, new name, can't reach andarna and her "door" is no longer gold. • Eavesdropping an assembly meeting, she's turned on watching xaden, but remembers she can't trust him. • They need a forge, short a luminary, want vicount tecarus's, Xaden won't consider the current offer. ------ • Vi thinks xaden is the most powerful, Tarin says for now. • Xaden vouches for violet, violet stands up for herself to the council, idk who Felix is but her stood up for her being used by Dain. • I would be in paralysis if I found out my brother was actually alive. Chapter 2: • Original hatching grounds near Riorson house. • Brennan and Violet talk about how he's alive, and she wonders to herself if Naolin is more than just Tarin's previous rider to Brennan. • Their dragons are in the valley near by, xaden guarding andarna. • Venin coming from the baron's, draining the lands of magic, going city to city. • This is the moment she reflects on the wyvern details in the fables, they are made by venin. • Venin not attacking because they think they are victims, attacking for more power from the ground. • The alloy used to kill venin is the same used to extend their wards. Like wifi extension. • Scribes withholding information. • Talk of another ward stone, others think the luminary for melting alloy for weapons is better than building wards. ------- • Why does sgaeyl not like Brennan, ever?? • Find out Andarna grew and no longer golden. • Brennan doesn't think their mom is too be trusted, but others point out mom wasn't there when orders were given for the games. • Andarna wakes, she's crabby, is she bitter?, "can you carry her", tarin deeply offended lol Chapter 3: • Dragons only first bonded to pretext their hatchlings, sneak into basgiath, xaden on thin ice, talk about her shielding Dain. • Violet grabs liam's letters, asks Rhiannon to hide them. • Talk about how can xaden lie to the ones he cares about, says he has never lied to her and she needs to master the art of selective truths for their safety. • Xaden has known Brennan since his death, he answered truthfully when she asked. • XADEN YOU'RE PISSING ME OFF, • Little did you know xaden....Jesinia documented what you said • she points out how he would tell her anything she wants to know and anything you don't, he said only in regards to him 😡. • Says he will always have secrets but wants her to ask anything about him, violet points out how everyone and everything around her is a lie. • She threatens to un- fall in love with him if she doesn't get full and total honesty. I agree with both of them :( • Names read off the death roll.
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    59 mins
  • Ep 47: 'Fourth Wing' Chapters 36-39 | Final Review Part 2
    Nov 28 2024
    Listen in as we discuss chapters 36 through 39 of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Podcast inspired by Shadow Daddy, Xaden Riorson, in The Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB! https://links.fable.co/aiMtu8GyWNb Also enjoy our summary book notes: Chapter 39: • Sgaeyl chose him bc of his scars and the grandson of her 2nd rider. • Watches her chest to make sure she's breathing. • Reflects on the mistakes he's made, realizes how much he actually loves her. • Violet woke up happy, talks about how he changed her clothes. • "You're not going to lose me", he kisses her back, thirsts for WHILE HE KNOWS HE'S ABOUT TO BE IN HOT WATER AGAIN! • Tells her andarna is fine but not that she is huge. • They're in Aretia, Violet realizes the scribes lied. • "I smile, this brilliant fucking woman is mine, or was mine, will be mine if I have anything to say about it.....which I probably don't " 😆 • "You can know what ever you want, just ask" 😡 • Gives her liam's carving of andarna. • Bodhi points out that syrena and her sister are alive "if that's what xaden was asking" • Xaden thirsty as hell seeing her hair. 🤣 • Says he's never lied to her. • "I will tell you anything you want to know and everything you don't and spend every day of my life earning your trust", Brennan revealed. Who is xaden if he was in our world? The guy who always stands up for you, to his mom, to his friends, would to your own mom. The guy who goes out of his way for the young or elderly. The guy who quits hanging out with guy friends because he just wants to hang out with you so you have to make him spend time with his friends. The guy who will punch someone in the face who touched you and made you feel like a whore you while you're out with friends. Chapter 9 Xaden POV: • Sparing between xaden and violet. • Wait a minute xaden, I thought you loved her at first sight, why are you considering the consequences of killing her??? • Turned on by how brilliant she is. • Calls her Violence, thinks about how she needs better fitting daggers. • This chapter seems more like when he fell for her. • Violet catches him off guard, sgaeyl doesn't like how violet brings his guard down. • Sexual position and tension 😆 completely professional to outsiders. • Yup this is definitely when he falls for her. • Dain startled him and he's reminded others can see them. • Garrick makes fun of him. Chapter 16 Xaden POV: • Post threshing when Dain is talking to Violet. • Xaden notices the grip Dain has on her. • Sgaeyl is gentle with Xaden each time, unexpected. • Xaden tries masking and over compensates by being aggressive/emotional. • Brings up the moment of the field as "Maybe I'll kill her or maybe i won't, to protect her at all costs". • Calls out Dain that he wouldn't protect violet. • Sgaeyl calls out Xaden that of not for Tarin, Dain would be right. • They talk about them being tied together and risks with that. • Xaden wants to kiss her in between their serious talk. • Love sgaeyl's smooth sarcasm. • If tarin is 100 and he's 50yrs older than sgaeyl and she bonded his grandpa, the. She was pretty young when she first bond right? • They are all bonded together, assigns Liam to protect her. • Garrick makes fun of his crush and that Liam won't bang her and eases his worries of Dain unlacing her leathers, both frozen when they kiss. • "He has his lips on my violence....well not mine" lol • Shadows rises around him, garrick and sgaeyl laughing at him.
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  • Ep 46: 'Fourth Wing' Chapters 36-39 | Final Review Part 1
    Nov 26 2024
    Listen in as we discuss chapters 36 through 39 of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros. Podcast inspired by Shadow Daddy, Xaden Riorson, in The Fourth Wing, Iron Flame, and Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros. JOIN OUR BOOK CLUB! https://links.fable.co/aiMtu8GyWNb Also enjoy our summary book notes: Chapter 36: • Orders to continue on to new location for war games or stay and save the village. • They all decide to stay and fight with Xaden, they all reflect on their parents, liam hopes he has an honorable death. • Reflects on her moms dagger as a sign she knows. • Sgaeyl approves of violet and vi says she wasn't asking for your approval, love both of them! • Mira saw wyvern not dragons. • Learn that melgren can't see outcomes with marked ones, Xaden says he does have more secrets but after this he will tell her anything she wants to know, says she still loves him (forgives faster than me lol) • Venin going to the clock tower, why? • Lost soley(can't spell it) • Violet aims for a chest with explosives. • Violet struggling with amount of power, takes out a wyvern. • Xaden badass tuck and roll off of sgaeyl to save the people, uses his shadows as a lasso. • Sgaeyl protects tarin. • Liam says their friends after saving her, Deigh dies, Violet drags Liam to Deigh, makes promise to take care of sloane. • Ends with her unleashing all she can and being a attacked. Chapter 37: • Excerpt: the third sibling who commands the sky that vanquished his siblings at a terrible price. • Venin on tarin, feels taunted by something she is missing but she has the answer on the tip of her tongue, venin adapts to her moves quickly, broken arm, stabbed. • They want to take her power. • Xaden trusts her to remove shadows, vi misses again and again, close to burn out. • Tarin will not watch another rider die from not knowing their limitations. • Says she knows her limit, but admits she has taken too much power lol. • Uses andarna (sign that she is right she can take on more than naolin), precision strike. • Even at her greatest fatigue, and near death, she thirsts watching xaden, and she falls. Chapter 38: • Andarna catches her, using the last of her power. • Fear in xaden's eyes, she passes out, black blood. • Taking her to "someone". • When she wakes again, she thinks "i don't want him dead, I'll never want that" 👀 • Tarin crying • Xaden kisses her forehead, she's confused bc you don't keep secrets from someone you care about. • Xaden "you can hate me when you wake but you have to live. You can't make me fall for you and then die. Nothing is worth it without you"
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    58 mins