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Marie Lu

The Rose Society

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  • marti leonhas quoted4 years ago
    Violetta, Violetta,” I cry, my voice hoarse, too quiet for her to hear. “Come back. I’m sorry. It was a mistake. Don’t leave me here.”

    Silence.

    You’re all I have. Please don’t leave me here
  • marti leonhas quoted4 years ago
    You don’t need your power to lead this country.”
  • marti leonhas quoted4 years ago
    This is impossible,” I whisper.

    Violetta’s voice trembles. “Raffaele is saying that all of us, all Elites, are in danger.”

    That we are doomed to be forever young.
  • marti leonhas quoted4 years ago
    You’re telling me this because you think I love him?”

    “I’m telling you this because he calms you,” she says, her tone uncharacteristically sharp and biting. “You’re going to need it.”
  • marti leonhas quoted4 years ago
    Let him in,” she says. “I know you’re holding back.” She stares out at the long, empty expanse of the chamber. “Keep him close. His love is light, and it calls out the light in you.” Her eyes come to settle on me
  • marti leonhas quoted4 years ago
    He cares for you, you know.” Violetta turns her head briefly in the direction of the closed doors. “Magiano. I’ve seen him standing guard outside your door, making sure you aren’t having another nightmare or an illusion.”

    Her words sink in, and I find myself looking at the closed doors too. I wish I hadn’t sent him away to the treasury. I would have asked him why he told me to be careful, what he sees when he looks at me. Why his expression had seemed so sad.

    “I know,” I say.

    “Do you care for him?”

    “I don’t know how to,” I reply.

    Violetta gives me a sidelong look. I know she can hear in my voice the evidence that he means more to me than I’m revealing.
  • marti leonhas quoted4 years ago
    but pauses for a moment to look back at me. His smile wavers.

    “Adelina,” he says. “Be careful.”

    Then he leaves us, and I miss him instantly
  • marti leonhas quoted4 years ago
    Magiano just shrugs. He studies me for a brief moment. What does he see? Then he utters a small laugh. “Just point me in the direction of the royal treasury, Your Majesty,” he says, waving a hand in the air. He turns away as he speaks, but not before I catch a hint of sadness on his face. “Then you’ll always know where to find me.”

    I return his smile with my own bittersweet one.
  • marti leonhas quoted4 years ago
    There is no question that we are enemies now. Shields go up over my heart, and my alignment to passion flickers lower, dying. It is the only way to protect myself.

    So I don’t reach out for Magiano’s hand
  • marti leonhas quoted4 years ago
    I want to reach out for Magiano’s hand too, as if he could pull me back
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