B. Iron Flame

Iron Flame

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umber — location: 194

copse, — location: 453

Our reward for a job well done is living to see the next duty station, the next rank. — location: 902

Is fourth one giantg comparison to corporate world

trounces — location: 1768

If he doesn’t want to process assassination attempts, then we have nothing else to say. — location: 2218

you’re mad at the wrong person, because you lied to yourself.” — location: 3353

reconnoiter — location: 3413

Ironic that it’s my truthfulness that can put me out of my own misery when it’s his candor I crave. — location: 3503

The question is so soft that I almost wish he would just yell. He’s always at his most lethal when he’s calm like this. — location: 3549

saccharine-sweet — location: 7285

And suddenly, I feel ten again, the smallest personality in a room of giants. — location: 7298

Did you never realize it’s easier for you to wield during a storm, but you’re capable of both?” “I never thought about it.” My fingers tingle where they meet the metal striping. “No, you were never taught it.” He gestures around the mountainside. “Your lack of aim, of control, is not your fault. It’s Carr’s.” — location: 7507

“What you want to be doesn’t change what you are without work.” — location: 7541

I’m the menace everyone thinks Xaden is. He might be a weapon, but I’m a natural disaster. — location: 7557

“You did not bond the inferiority that are gryphons. You bonded dragons. Take them for a walk and let them prove themselves.” “The way the fliers look at us is more like they expect us to prove ourselves.” “You were chosen by dragons. That is enough.” — location: 8183

“Aren’t you going to tell me how brilliant that idea was?” Tairn scoffs. “I chose you last year for that brilliance, and now you’d like to be congratulated like it’s something new? How odd.” — location: 8640

The problem with being happy amidst the utter chaos we’ve caused is that I’m terrified to ask even a single question that might jeopardize it. — location: 8957

“Sorry to inconvenience you, but this year the role of Violet Sorrengail”—he points to me—“will be played by Xaden Riorson”—he taps his chest—“who will drag her, kicking and screaming if he has to, into a real relationship with real discussions, because he refuses to lose her again. If I have to evolve, you do, too.” He folds his arms across his chest. — location: 9361

If a dream bothers you, then leave it. Stop allowing yourself to be tortured like a hatchling and wake yourself like an adult.” — location: 9846

Nothing kills powerful, unshakable love faster than opposing ideologies. — location: 10226

the noise filling the cavernous space of Riorson House’s foyer and somehow making the area feel smaller in the best way, less like a fortress and more like a home. — location: 10570

just because I can’t imagine walking away doesn’t mean I won’t do it if we can’t find some healthy ground. I’m quickly learning it’s possible to love someone and not want to be with them at the same time. — location: 10577

“You are not a child in need of comfort.” — location: 10620

Exactly how much of this is mine to forgive? It’s his secret. — location: 10642

But mine has a special addition I asked him for after our battle with Solas: a strap of a bracelet to keep from losing it in combat. It’s long enough to let the orb slide into my palm, but keeps it strapped to my arm in case I need to free myself for hand-to-hand. — location: 10948

“I get it. You don’t want to be carried. Sometimes I don’t want to fly in a saddle, but it’s what I need in order to ride. It’s your choice. You can come in the harness, or you can stay behind.” — location: 11073

If I focus on tomorrow’s death roll, I’ll be on it. — location: 11704

“Generals die the same as soldiers.” — location: 12451

Ehlers-Danlos. — location: 12500