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1 " Sevana sighed, already resigned. And it had been such a nice research facility, too. Hopefully they wouldn’t kill everyone and start an international war. Although she couldn’t hold out much hope "
― Honor Raconteur , The Fae Artifactor (The Artifactor #5)
2 " She had no idea what had brought this on, and for once, she wished she’d actually been paying attention to the conversation. Aran had clearly asked her something important, but short of owning up to the matter—and she’d rather have needles shoved under her nails—she couldn’t admit that she’d not been paying attention. "
3 " By the time that Sevana’s head rose above the waves, she knew that she’d been dead on with her predictions. An entire war party stretched out along the banks, most of them still mounted and bristling with weapons. "
4 " No doubt his hosts would have some choice words to say about him overstepping his bounds and being so familiar with his superior, but Sevana had already made her wishes clear, and Arandur had no intention of listening to anyone else but her. "
5 " My Aran. Don’t fuss on him.” Aran beamed at her in pure delight. Which did funny things to Sevana’s heart strings. For some reason, seeing that expression on his face, Sevana wanted to do something else to make him smile. Why was that? "
6 " In the end, fascination won out. “Aran, I’m going out for a walk after this. This is too fascinating; I must experiment.” “Of course,” he grumbled half to himself, “because if my senses were suddenly hijacked by their counterparts, the natural thing to do is explore. Not call Ursilla. "
7 " For some reason, Aran’s patience with her outlasted everyone else’s. He made no secret that he was very fond of her, and Sevana would be flattered by that if she didn’t suspect his survival instincts were faulty. Perhaps he was dropped on his head frequently as a child? Something had to explain it. "
8 " Why was he attracted when she repelled most others? It made no sense whatsoever. It wasn’t a complaint—far from it. Sevana might not understand him, but the thought of him leaving gave her chills. "
9 " Sevana was idly curious on how two kings managed to get here without any sort of entourage. Well, no, that might be a stupid question too. Master wouldn’t think anything of swinging by and casually kidnapping two monarchs. "
10 " The chellomi’s hooves barely touched the earth, covering great distances with each stride, golden manes and tails streaming in the wind. "
11 " To everyone’s surprise, Rane’s mouth stretched into a shark-like grin, her head tipping as she gave Aran a look, like a bomb politely asking if it could join the party and blow everything to kingdom come. "
12 " Since she likely owed him several favors at this juncture, Sevana had no problem with doing whatever he had in mind. “Yes, alright.” A wide smile took over his face, his entire demeanor lighting up with so much joy he looked nearly incandescent with it. Oh dear, what had she just agreed to? "
13 " Emotions were so incredibly difficult. Sevana wished that she could outsource it, somehow scoop them all into a bowl and present them to Aran and demand: ‘Just what is this because it’s very strange and I think it’s your fault? "