Holly Black reveals snippet of sequel to The Stolen Heir:
“Oak!” Hyacinthe shouts. The prince lets his arm with the dagger in it sag. Somehow being yelled at by Hyacinthe brings him back to himself. Maybe it is just the familiarity of his scorn.
When he isn't hit again, he lets himself lie there, breathing hard.
“She wants you to sit down to supper with her,” Hyacinthe says. “I'm supposed to get you cleaned up.”
“Wren?” Oak's sense of time is still very unclear. “I thought she was going to have me punished.”
Hyacinthe raises both his eyebrows. “Yes, Wren. Who else?”
The prince looks at the guards, who are glaring at him resentfully. If he'd been thinking more clearly, he would have realized he had no cause to try to murder them. They weren't necessarily working for Valen nor Bogdana, weren't necessarily leading him to his doom. He probably would have figured that out sooner, had his head not hurt so much. Had Bogdana not come and threatened him.
“No one mentioned supper,” Oak complains. One of the guards, the one with the club, snorts. The other two wear scowls that remain unaltered. Hyacinthe turns to all of them.
“Find something else to do. I will escort the prince.” The guards depart, one spitting on the stone floor as he leaves.
“I warn you,” Oak says. “If you are also planning on hitting me, it will have to be quite a blow to have any effect on the swelling and bruises already coming in.”
“Is there no situation where you might bow to wisdom and keep your tongue between your teeth?” Hyacinthe asks, reaching out a hand to pull Oak to his feet. For a moment, the prince is certain he's going to open his mouth and say something Hyacinthe will not think is at all funny. Something that probably won't be all that funny.
“I haven't found one yet, but we can both live in hope,” Oak manages as he lets himself be levered up.
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✨Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo✨
🎥 Cinderella (1950).
🎶 L'Amore Dice Ciao, Armando Trovaioli.
“On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was.”
— Today is?
— It's October 3rd.
🎥 Mean Girls (2004).
🎶 Jealous Girl, Lana Del Rey (Cover).
“Happy Birthday tiu tiu...”💐🐞💖
It's my sister bornday!
🎥 The Parent Trap (1998).
🎶 What Once Was, Her's.
I made Poppy and Branch using geometric shapes from Canva!😹💐💖
It's October 31st. Happy Halloween!
🎃🍬🧙🏻♀️
📺 W.I.T.C.H. (2004-6).
🎶 Heads Will Roll (Alesthetic Audio Edit).
📼 Diversão Play (YouTube).
Day 30 - Garden🦋💐
Inspired by ✨Janeuary Month✨ prompts on Tumblr
🎥 Pride & Prejudice (2005), Northanger Abbey (2007), Emma (2020).
📺 Pride & Prejudice (1995).
🎶 Fantasy Dream, Frederic Sans.
🎞️ Pride & Prejudice (1995) and Northanger Abbey (2007) Scenes from "Mistress of Pemberley" (YouTube).
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Meela Nais/Anck Su-Namun It girl 2000s🗡️🐍🖤
🎥 The Mummy Returns (2001).
🎶 if god didn't want us to snort worms he wouldn't have made them cylindrical, MimiDeath.
𝙲𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚊 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚎
Happy Birthday🐌🌼
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Child is Not a Mother!
This may be coming from an initially selfish point of view, but that's also what I think as a woman (I'm just feeling tired and totally exhausted).
So, let's talk about men! There is no institution more illusory and disgraceful than that of MEN. Currently, my country (Brazil🇧🇷) is going through a situation that disgusts all socially and politically conscious people. Men are voting to establish that RAPE victims, whether children, teenagers or women, continue with their pregnancy. And in the case of abortion, the MEN who are sitting in their fancy FUCKING chairs have determined that they should be IMPRISONED for up to 20 YEARS, while their ABUSERS will only be imprisoned for 8 YEARS (if they are convicted or never get out again or early for good behavior).
I just don't know what else to say about this other than just barely being able to express how disgusting this is! It's getting harder every day not to hate men just for breathing. I personally have no desire to start a family with a man who can possibly brutalize me in every possible way! I keep thinking about the novels I read, the novels I write, that the majority of the period romance community idealizes men and I feel disappointed. Sometimes, I just want to continue living in this fantasy world, romcom's etc.
Is it so wrong that I want this, when men should just be taught to be men? Respecting your mothers, sisters, girlfriends, daughters, co-workers?
So may God protect all of us who are somehow powerless under a society that glorifies violent criminals.
🙋🏻♀️ 𝙱𝚢: 𝙻𝚞𝚒𝚣𝚎 🗣️ 𝙿𝚝 • 𝙴𝚜𝚙 • 𝙴𝚗𝚐 • 𝙵𝚛 📚 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛 & 𝚆𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚛 🎓 𝙹𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚖 𝚂𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚝 #SaveTheBees 🐝
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