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" Trusting me,” Teren murmurs, “is a dangerous game, mi Adelinetta.”
“I’m doing more than that,” I reply. “For the rest of this journey, you will be my personal guard.”
At that, Teren’s eyes flare with surprise and anger. “I’m not your lackey, Your Majesty.”
“And I’m not Giulietta,” I fire back. "
― Marie Lu , The Midnight Star (The Young Elites, #3)
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" When Compasia took pity on me, she reached down into the Underworld, touched the shoulder of Moritas, and asked her forgiveness. Then Compasia took my sister in her arms and placed her in the sky, where she, too, turned to stardust.
Magiano looks at me, his eyes wide. It seems as if he already, somehow, understands.
“My goddess made me a promise,” I whisper.
Only now do I realize that I have never seen him cry before.
In the stories, Compasia and her human lover would descend each night from the stars to walk the mortal world, before vanishing with the dawn. So, together, we stare at the sky, waiting. "
― Marie Lu , The Midnight Star (The Young Elites, #3)
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" Let go of me,” I choke out, clawing blindly at Teren. The sharp tang of blood suddenly fills my nostrils, and I realize that it is from his wrists, spreading a film of scarlet around us. Somewhere ahead, the silhouette of our ship looms. We are getting closer.
“I wish I could,” Teren spits, dripping venom. “There’s nothing I’d like to see more than you in the Underworld, Adelina.”
His words spark my fury. He never intended to finish this journey with you. Teren grips my arm again so hard that I scream in pain. He is pulling us both toward the ship, his face set in grim determination.
Then I hear him shout, “But I won’t.”
But I won’t. My fury wavers, turning into bewilderment. "
― Marie Lu , The Midnight Star (The Young Elites, #3)
