200+ Quotes & Sayings By Sarah J Maas

Sarah J. Maas is an author of young adult fiction. Her bestsellers include the Throne of Glass series, the Grisha trilogy (Shadow and Bone, Fury and Fire), and the Court of Thorns and Roses series (A Court of Mist and Fury, A Court of Wings and Ruin). Ms Read more

Maas is also known for her novellas in the "Throne of Glass" series, like "Marked in Flesh" (about which she said "I'm now obsessed with serial killers") and "The Rose Society" (which was inspired by the Manson Family murders), as well as her bestselling graphic novel "Beautiful Creatures".

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And I wondered if love was too weak a word for what he felt, what he’d done for me. For what I felt for him. Sarah J. Maas
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I love you, ’ he whispered, and kissed my brow. ‘Thorns and all. Sarah J. Maas
I threw myself into that fire, threw myself into it,...
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I threw myself into that fire, threw myself into it, into him, and let myself burn. Sarah J. Maas
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The Court of Dreams.The people who knew that there was a price, and one worth paying, for that dream. The bastard- born warriors, the Illyrian half breed, the monster trapped in a beautiful body, the dreamer born into a court of nightmares... And the huntress with an artist's soul. Sarah J. Maas
I love you,
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I love you, " I said, and stabbed him. Sarah J. Maas
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I'm not married, ” he said softly, “because I can't stomach the idea of marrying a woman inferior to me in mind and spirit. It would mean the death of my soul. Sarah J. Maas
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So I’m your huntress and thief?” His hands slid down to cup the backs of my knees as he said with a roguish grin, “You are my salvation, Feyre. Sarah J. Maas
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Aelin took a step forward. One step, as if in a daze. She loosed a shuddering breath, and a small, whimpering noise came out of her - a sob. And then she was sprinting down the alley, flying as though the winds themselves pushed at her heels. She flung herself on the male, crashing into him hard enough that anyone else might have gone rocking back into the stone wall. But the male grabbed her to him, his massive arms wrapping around her tightly and lifting her up. Nesryn made to approach, but Aedion stopped her with a hand on her arm. Aelin was laughing as she cried, and the male was just holding her, his hooded head buried in her neck. As if he were breathing her in." Who is that?" Nesryn asked. Aedion smiled. "Rowan. Sarah J. Maas
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Say it, ” I gritted out.“ The High Lord of the Night Court is your mate. Sarah J. Maas
Where is Aelin. Where is my wife?
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Where is Aelin. Where is my wife? Sarah J. Maas
Some things you hear with your ears. Others, you hear...
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Some things you hear with your ears. Others, you hear with your heart. Sarah J. Maas
My name is Celaena Sardothien,
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My name is Celaena Sardothien, " she whispered, "and I will not be afraid. Sarah J. Maas
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He moved to sniff some white-and-yellow flowers. A nightmare. This was a nightmare. “You can’t really like flowers.” Again those dark eyes shifted to her. Blinked once. I most certainly do, he seemed to say. Sarah J. Maas
The best lies were always mixed with truth.
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The best lies were always mixed with truth. Sarah J. Maas
I have no name,
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I have no name, " she purred. "I'm whoever the keepers of my fate tell me to be. Sarah J. Maas
I was as unburdened as a piece of dandelion fluff,...
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I was as unburdened as a piece of dandelion fluff, and he was the wind that stirred me about the world. Sarah J. Maas
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Aware of every breath, every movement, I sat in his lap. His hands gently braced my hips as I studied his face. “And now I want you to know, Rhysand, that I love you. I want you to know … ” His lips trembled, and I brushed away the tear that escaped down his cheek. “I want you to know, ” I whispered, “that I am broken and healing, but every piece of my heart belongs to you. And I am honored–honored to be your mate.” His arms wrapped around me and he pressed his forehead to my shoulder, his body shaking. I stroked a hand through his silken hair.“ I love you, ” I said again. I hadn’t dared say the words in my head. “And I’d endure every second of it over again so I could find you. And if war comes, we’ll face it. Together. I won’t let them take me from you. And I won’t let them take you from me, either.” Rhys looked up, his face gleaming with tears. He went still as I leaned in, kissing away one tear. Then the other. As he had once kissed away mine. When my lips were wet and salty with them, I pulled back far enough to see his eyes. “You’re mine, ” I breathed. Sarah J. Maas
If you were going to die, I was going to...
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If you were going to die, I was going to die with you. I couldn't stop thinking it over and over as you screamed, as I tried to kill her: you were my mate my mate my mate. Sarah J. Maas
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I want to take my time with you - to learn … every inch of you. And this apartment has very, very thin walls. I don’t want to have an audience” he added as he leaned down again, brushing his mouth over the cut at the base of her throat, “when I make you moan, Aelin. Sarah J. Maas
Even when this world is a forgotten whisper of dust...
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Even when this world is a forgotten whisper of dust between the stars, I will love you. Sarah J. Maas
We need hope, or else we cannot endure.
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We need hope, or else we cannot endure. Sarah J. Maas
But death was her curse and her gift, and death...
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But death was her curse and her gift, and death had been her good friend these long, long years. Sarah J. Maas
To escape death, she'd become death.
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To escape death, she'd become death. Sarah J. Maas
Everyone sounded the same when they died.
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Everyone sounded the same when they died. Sarah J. Maas
She was a wolf. She was death, devourer of the...
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She was a wolf. She was death, devourer of the worlds. Sarah J. Maas
Cauldron save you. Mother hold you. Pass through the gates,...
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Cauldron save you. Mother hold you. Pass through the gates, and smell that immortal land of milk and honey. Fear no evil. Feel no pain. Go, and enter eternity. Sarah J. Maas
When your people are lying dead around you, don't come...
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When your people are lying dead around you, don't come crying to me... Sarah J. Maas
I see all of you, Rhys. And there is not...
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I see all of you, Rhys. And there is not one part that I do not love with everything I am. Sarah J. Maas
You're my equal. And as much as that means we...
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You're my equal. And as much as that means we have each other's backs in public, it also means we that grant each other the gift of honesty - of truth. Sarah J. Maas
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Would you like me to grovel with gratitude for bringing me here, High Lord?""Ah. The Suriel told you nothing important, did it?" That smile of his sparked something bold in my chest. "He also said that you liked being brushed, and if I'm a clever girl, I might train you with treats." Tamlin tipped his head to the sky and roared with laughter. Despite myself, I let out a quiet laugh. "I might die of surprise, " Lucien said behind me. "You made a joke, Feyre."I turned to look at him with a cool smile. "You don't want to know what the Suriel said about you." I flicked my brows up, and Lucien lifted his hands in defeat." I'd pay good money to hear what the Suriel thinks of Lucien, " Tamlin said. A cork popped, followed by the sounds of Lucien chugging the bottle's contents and chuckling with a muttered, "Brushed. Sarah J. Maas
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A snap of Rhys’s fingers, and my nightclothes–and some flimsy underthings–appeared on the bed. “I couldn’t decide which scrap of lace I wanted you to wear, so I brought you a few to choose from.” “Pig, ” I barked Sarah J. Maas
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Aelin would likely laughed to see him now. The man who had stumbled out of her room after she’d declared that her cycle had arrived. Now sitting in this fine room, mostly naked and not giving a shit about it. Sarah J. Maas
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Amren, ” Rhys drawled, “sends her regards. And as for this one … ” I tried not to flinch away from meeting his stare. “She’s mine, ” he said quietly, but viciously enough that Devlon and his warriors nearby heard. “And if any of you lay a hand on her, you lose that hand. And then you lose your head.” I tried not to shiver, as Cassian and Mor showed no reaction at all. “And once Feyre is done killing you, ” Rhys smirked, “then I’ll grind your bones to dust. Sarah J. Maas
I was burning through books every day - stories about...
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I was burning through books every day - stories about people and places I'd never heard of. They were perhaps the only thing that kept me from teetering into utter despair. Sarah J. Maas
It had filled my time - given me quiet, steadfast...
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It had filled my time - given me quiet, steadfast company with those characters, who did not exist and never would, but somehow made me feel less ... alone. Sarah J. Maas
Fear could break a line faster than any enemy charge.
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Fear could break a line faster than any enemy charge. Sarah J. Maas
The fear of loss .. . it can destroy you...
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The fear of loss .. . it can destroy you as much as the loss itself. Sarah J. Maas
Centre yourself. Fear will get you killed as easily as...
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Centre yourself. Fear will get you killed as easily as a weapon. Sarah J. Maas
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All I wanted was to return to - to the people around me. I wanted it badly enough I didn't have room for fear. The worst had happened, and the darkness was calm and quiet. It did not seem like a bad thing to fade into. But I wanted to go home. Sarah J. Maas
And then things would be fine. Then I'd be fine.
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And then things would be fine. Then I'd be fine. Sarah J. Maas
You said you didn’t care what I thought. Or what...
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You said you didn’t care what I thought. Or what I did. Or if I died, if I’m not mistaken."“ I lied! And you know I lied, you stupid bastard! Sarah J. Maas
I love you. There is no limit to what I...
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I love you. There is no limit to what I can give to you, no time I need. Even when this world is a forgotten whisper of dust between the stars, I will love you. Sarah J. Maas
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She realized that Rowan saw each of those thoughts and more as he reached into his tunic and pulled out a dagger. Her dagger. He extended it to her, it's long blade gleaming as if he'd been secretly polishing and caring for it these months. And when she grasped the dagger, it's weight lighter than she remembered, Rowan looked into her eyes, into her very core of her, and said, 'Fireheart'. Sarah J. Maas
And he looked lonely enough that she said, 'If you...
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And he looked lonely enough that she said, 'If you like, you could be my friend'. Sarah J. Maas
Females and males watched Rhysand throughout the hall–and the shadowsinger...
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Females and males watched Rhysand throughout the hall–and the shadowsinger and I made a game of betting on who, exactly, would work up the nerve to invite the High Lord home. Sarah J. Maas
He looked at his friend, perhaps for the last time,...
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He looked at his friend, perhaps for the last time, and said what he had always known, from the moment they’d met, when he’d understood that the prince was his brother in soul. “I love you. Sarah J. Maas
I’m thinking it would be very easy to love you....
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I’m thinking it would be very easy to love you. And easier to call you my friend. Sarah J. Maas
I didn’t think saying good-bye would be so hard. And...
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I didn’t think saying good-bye would be so hard. And with everything that’s to come– We’ll face it together. To whatever end. Sarah J. Maas
The Court of Dreams. The people who knew that there...
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The Court of Dreams. The people who knew that there was a price, and one worth paying, for that dream. Sarah J. Maas
He opened his mouth, but stopped as he beheld her...
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He opened his mouth, but stopped as he beheld her smile. Though she had no regrets about her choice, she felt something strangely like disappointment when he said, "As you wish. Sarah J. Maas
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She had a flicker of memory from a time when, just for a moment, she'd been free; when the world had been wide open and she'd been about to enter it with Sam at her side. It was a freedom that she was still working for, because even though she'd tasted it only for a heartbeat, it had been the most exquisite heartbeat she'd ever experienced. Sarah J. Maas
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A life of open skies and roads, of wandering where the wind takes you, answering to no one and nothing? A life of freedom…” She shook her head. “What more could I ask than to live a life unchecked by cages? Sarah J. Maas
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She had not understood what it had been like for him to live his entire life underground, chained and beaten and crippled–until then. Until she heard that noise of undiluted, unyielding joy. Until she echoed it, tipping her head back to the clouds around them. They sailed over a sea of clouds, and Abraxos dipped his claws in them before tilting to race up a wind-carved column of cloud. Higher and higher, until they reached its peak and he flung out his wings in the freezing, thin sky, stopping the world entirely for a heartbeat. And Manon, because no one was watching, because she did not care, flung out her arms as well and savored the freefall, the wind now a song in her ears, in her shriveled heart. Sarah J. Maas
Some people just need a high-five. In the face. With...
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Some people just need a high-five. In the face. With my knives. Sarah J. Maas
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The winds shifted, and Abraxos rode them, rising higher into the sky, the darkened kingdom below passing by in a blur. Changing winds–a changing world. Perhaps a changing Thirteen, too. And herself. She didn't know what to make of it, But Manon hoped they'd all survive it. She hoped. Sarah J. Maas
A lovely girl gazing at the stars, and the stars...
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A lovely girl gazing at the stars, and the stars who gazed back. Sarah J. Maas
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I barely registered moving into the long gallery, one hand absentmindedly wrapping around my throat as I looked up at the paintings. So many, so different, yet all arranged to flow together seamlessly.. Such different views and snippets and angles of the world. Pastorals, portraits, still lifes . . each a story and an experience, each a voice shouting or whispering or singing about what that moment, that feeling, had been like, each a cry into the void of time that they had been here, had existed. Some had been painted through eyes like mine, artists who saw in colors and shapes I understood. Some showcased colors I had not considered; these had a bend to the world that told me a different set of eyes had painted them. A portal into the mind of a creature so unlike me, and yet . and yet I looked at its work and understood, and felt, and cared. Sarah J. Maas
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No. I can survive well enough on my own– if given the proper reading material. Sarah J. Maas
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If you can learn to endure pain, you can survive anything. Some people learn to embrace it- to love it. Some endure it through drowning it in sorrow, or by making themselves forget. Others turn it into anger. Sarah J. Maas
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You do what you love, what you need. Sarah J. Maas
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I'd have my happy ending, whether I deserved it or not. But this land, these people - they would have their happy ending too. The first few steps toward healing. Toward peace. And then things would be fine. Then I'd be fine. Sarah J. Maas
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I like music, " she said slowly, "because when I hear it, I .. . I lose myself within myself, if that makes any sense. I become empty and full all at once, and I can feel the whole earth roiling around me. When I play. I'm not .. . for once, I'm not destroying, I'm creating. Sarah J. Maas
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I skipped between the dancers, twirling my skirts. The seated, masked musicians didn’t look up at me as I leaped before them, dancing in place. No chains, no boundaries–just me and the music, dancing and dancing. I wasn’t faerie, but I was a part of this earth, and the earth was a part of me, and I would be content to dance upon it for the rest of my life. One of the musicians looked up from his fiddling, and I halted. Sweat gleamed on the strong column of his neck as he rested his chin upon the dark wood of the fiddle. He’d rolled up the sleeves of his shirt, revealing the cords of muscle along his forearms. He had once mentioned that he would have liked to be a traveling minstrel if not a warrior or a High Lord–now, hearing him play, I knew he could have made a fortune from it.“ I’m sorry, Tam, ” Lucien panted, appearing from nowhere. “I left her alone for a little at one of the food tables, and when I caught up to her, she was drinking the wine, and–” Tamlin didn’t pause in his playing. His golden hair damp with sweat, he looked marvelously handsome–even though I couldn’t see most of his face. He gave me a feral smile as I began to dance in place before him. “I’ll look after her, ” Tamlin murmured above the music, and I glowed, my dancing becoming faster. “Go enjoy yourself.” Lucien fled. I shouted over the music, “I don’t need a keeper! ” I wanted to spin and spin and spin.“ No, you don’t, ” Tamlin said, never once stumbling over his playing. How his bow did dance upon the strings, his fingers sturdy and strong, no signs of those claws that I had come to stop fearing … “Dance, Feyre, ” he whispered. So I did. I was loosened, a top whirling around and around, and I didn’t know who I danced with or what they looked like, only that I had become the music and the fire and the night, and there was nothing that could slow me down. Through it all, Tamlin and his musicians played such joyous music that I didn’t think the world could contain it all. I sashayed over to him, my faerie lord, my protector and warrior, my friend, and danced before him. He grinned at me, and I didn’t break my dancing as he rose from his seat and knelt before me in the grass, offering up a solo on his fiddle to me. Sarah J. Maas
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It was not the sorrowful, lovely piece she had once played for Dorian, and it was not the light, dancing melodies she'd played for sport; it was not the complex and clever pieces she had played for Nehemia and Chaol. This piece was a celebration–a reaffirmation of life, of glory, of the pain and beauty in breathing. Perhaps that was why she'd gone to hear it performed every year, after so much killing and torture and punishment: as a reminder of that she was, of what she struggled to . Sarah J. Maas
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Perhaps there was an unstoppable magic inherent in music and art. Sarah J. Maas
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Aelin sighed. 'This place has been shut down for months, and yet I swear I can still hear the music floating in the air.' Rowan angled his head, studying the dark with those immortal senses. 'Perhaps the music does live on, in some form.' The thought made her eyes sting. Sarah J. Maas
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I like music, ' she said slowly, 'because when I hear it, I...I lose myself within myself if that makes any sense. I become empty and full all at once. Sarah J. Maas
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Rhysand stared at me for long enough that I faced him." Be glad of your human heart, Feyre. Pity those who don't feel anything at all. Sarah J. Maas
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Her hand rose to her lips and she stared up at the stars, feeling her heart grow, and grow, and grow. Sarah J. Maas
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What we think to be our greatest weakness can sometimes be our biggest strength. Sarah J. Maas
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You belong to all of us, and we belong to you. Sarah J. Maas
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The great joy and honour of my life has been to know you. To call you my family. And I am grateful - more than I can possibly say - that I was given this time with you all Sarah J. Maas
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To the stars who listen — and the dreams that are answered. Sarah J. Maas
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For long minutes, we stood there. Until I said, “Let’s go find somewhere to eat — outside.” “ Hmmm.” He showed no sign of letting go. I looked up at last. Found his eyes shining with that familiar, wicked light. “I think I’m hungry for something else, ” he purred. My toes curled in my boots, but I lifted my brows and said cooly, “Oh?” Rhys nipped at my earlobe, then whispered in my ear as he winnowed us up to our bedroom, where two plates of food now waited on the desk. “I owe you for last night, mate.” He gave me the courtesy, at least, of letting me pick what he consumed first; me or the food. I picked wisely. Sarah J. Maas
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Perhaps Nesta will take up the blood-drinking habit, too. I certainly believe her threat to rip out my throat. Maybe she'll enjoy the taste. Sarah J. Maas
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She's your mate, Amren bit at me, not your spy go get her. She is my mate and my spy, I said too quietly. And she is the high lady of the night court. Not a consort, not wife. Feyre is high lady of the night court, my equal in every way. Sarah J. Maas
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Love can be a poison. Sarah J. Maas
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Kaltain just squeezed Elide’s fingers. “You find Celaena Sardothien. Give her this. No one else. No one else. Tell her that you can open any door, if you have the key. And tell her to remember her promise to me–to punish them all. When she asks why, tell her I said that they would not let me bring the cloak she gave me, but I kept a piece of it. To remember that promise she made. To remember to repay her for a warm cloak in a cold dungeon. . Sarah J. Maas
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To save the queen who held his heart in her scarred hands. Sarah J. Maas
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Oh, thank the gods. Now I can talk to someone about clothes without being asked how so-and-so would approve of it, or gobble down a box of chocolates without someone telling me I’d better watch my figure–tell me you like chocolates. You do, right? I remember stealing a box from your room once when you were out killing someone. They were delicious.” Aelin waved a hand toward the boxes of goodies on the table. “You brought chocolate–as far as I’m concerned, you’re my new favorite person. Sarah J. Maas
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Why does anything cling to something? Maybe they love wherever they're going so much that it's worth it. Maybe they'll keep coming back, until there's only one star left. Maybe that one star will make the trip forever, out of the hope that someday–if it keeps coming back often enough–another star will find it again. Sarah J. Maas
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I heard a story, " Aedion drawled to Rowan, "that you killed an enemy warlord using a table." "Please, "Aelin said. "Who the hell told you that?"" Quinn-your uncle's Captain of the Guard. He was an admirer of Prince Rowan's. He knew all the stories." Aelin slid her eyes to Rowan, who smirked, bracing his sparring stick on the floor. "You can't be serious, " she said. "What-you squashed him to death like a pressed grape? . Sarah J. Maas
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She didn't fear the night, though she found little comfort in its dark hours. It was the time when she slept, the time when she stalked and killed, the time when the stars emerged with glittering beauty and made her feel wonderfully small and insignificant. Sarah J. Maas
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Aelin is alive. Sarah J. Maas
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Chaol, " he said, looking over his shoulder. Dorian's eyes were frozen, his jaw clenched. "Treat her well. Sarah J. Maas
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Tamlin’s arm tightened around me, and he kissed the top of my head. I pulled back, looking up at him. The gold in his eyes, bright with the rising sun, flickered. “What?”“My father once told me that I should let my sisters imagine a better life–a better world. And I told him that there was no such thing.” I ran my thumb over his mouth, marveling, and shook my head. “I never understood–because I couldn’t … couldn’t believe that it was even possible.” I swallowed, lowering my hand. “Until now.” His throat bobbed. His kiss that time was deep and thorough, unhurried and intent. I let the dawn creep inside me, let it grow with each movement of his lips and brush of his tongue against mine. Tears pricked beneath my closed eyes. It was the happiest moment of my life. Sarah J. Maas
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Having Aelin help him the first time had been awkward enough that he couldn’t even go until she started singing a bawdy tune at the top of her lungs and turned on the sink faucet, all the while helping him stand over the toilet. Sarah J. Maas
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Are you ashamed of what I've done?" she dared to ask. His brow creased. "Why would you ever think that?" She couldn't quite look him in the eye as she ran a finger down the blanket. "Are you?" Aedion was silent long enough that she lifted her head - but found him gazing toward the door, as though he could see through it, across the city, to the captain. When he turned to her, his handsome face was open - soft in a way she doubted many ever saw. "Never, " he said. "I could never be ashamed of you. . Sarah J. Maas
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They’d been forged of the same ore, two sides of the same golden, scarred coin. She’d know it when she spied him atop the execution plataform. She couldn’t explain it. No one could understand that instant bond, that soul-deep assurance and rightness, unless they, too, had experienced it. But she owned no explanations to anyone - not about Aedion. Sarah J. Maas
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But Amarantha rolled her eyes and slouched in her throne. “Shatter him, Rhysand.” She flicked a hand at the High Lord of the Summer Court. “You may do what you want with the body afterward.” The High Lord of the Summer Court bowed–as if he’d been given a gift–and looked to his subject, who had gone still and calm on the floor, hugging his knees. The male faerie was ready–relieved. Rhys slipped a hand out of his pocket, and it dangled at his side. I could have sworn phantom talons flickered there as his fingers curled slightly.“ I’m growing bored, Rhysand, ” Amarantha said with a sigh, again fiddling with that bone. She hadn’t looked at me once, too focused on her current prey. Rhysand’s fingers curled into a fist. The faerie male’s eyes went wide–then glazed as he slumped to the side in the puddle of his own waste. Blood leaked from his nose, from his ears, pooling on the floor. That fast–that easily, that irrevocably … he was dead.“ I said shatter his mind, not his brain, ” Amarantha snapped. The crowd murmured around me, stirring. I wanted nothing more than to fade back into it–to crawl back into my cell and burn this from my mind. Tamlin hadn’t flinched–not a muscle. What horrors had he witnessed in his long life if this hadn’t broken that distant expression, that control? Rhysand shrugged, his hand sliding back into his pocket. “Apologies, my queen.” He turned away without being dismissed, and didn’t look at me as he strode for the back of the throne room. I fell into step beside him, reining in my trembling, trying not to think about the body sprawled behind us, or about Clare–still nailed to the wall. The crowd stayed far, far back as we walked through it. “Whore, ” some of them softly hissed at him, out of her earshot; “Amarantha’s whore.” But many offered tentative, appreciative smiles and words–“ Good that you killed him; good that you killed the traitor. . Sarah J. Maas
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What's the point in having a mind if you don't use it to make judgements? Sarah J. Maas
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They joined hands. So the world ended. And the next one began. Sarah J. Maas
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But they held tighter to each other, past and present and future; flickering between an ancient hall in a mountain castle perched above Orynth, a bridge suspended between glass towers, and another place, perfect and strange, where they had been crafted from stardust and light. A wall of night knocked them back. But they could not be contained. The darkness paused for breath. They erupted. Sarah J. Maas
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If she captured Tamlin’s power once, who’s to say she can’t do it again?” It was the question I hadn’t yet dared voice.“ He won’t be tricked again so easily, ” he said, staring up at the ceiling. “Her biggest weapon is that she keeps our powers contained. But she can’t access them, not wholly–though she can control us through them. It’s why I’ve never been able to shatter her mind–why she’s not dead already. The moment you break Amarantha’s curse, Tamlin’s wrath will be so great that no force in the world will keep him from splattering her on the walls.” A chill went through me.“ Why do you think I’m doing this?” He waved a hand to me.“ Because you’re a monster.” He laughed. “True, but I’m also a pragmatist. Working Tamlin into a senseless fury is the best weapon we have against her. Seeing you enter into a fool’s bargain with Amarantha was one thing, but when Tamlin saw my tattoo on your arm … Oh, you should have been born with my abilities, if only to have felt the rage that seeped from him.” I didn’t want to think much about his abilities. “Who’s to say he won’t splatter you as well?”“ Perhaps he’ll try–but I have a feeling he’ll kill Amarantha first. That’s what it all boils down to, anyway: even your servitude to me can be blamed on her. So he’ll kill her tomorrow, and I’ll be free before he can start a fight with me that will reduce our once-sacred mountain to rubble.” He picked at his nails. “And I have a few other cards to play.” I lifted my brows in silent question.“ Feyre, for Cauldron’s sake. I drug you, but you don’t wonder why I never touch you beyond your waist or arms?” Until tonight–until that damned kiss. I gritted my teeth, but even as my anger rose, a picture cleared.“ It’s the only claim I have to innocence, ” he said, “the only thing that will make Tamlin think twice before entering into a battle with me that would cause a catastrophic loss of innocent life. It’s the only way I can convince him I was on your side. Believe me, I would have liked nothing more than to enjoy you–but there are bigger things at stake than taking a human woman to my bed.” I knew, but I still asked, “Like what?”“ Like my territory, ” he said, and his eyes held a far-off look that I hadn’t yet seen. “Like my remaining people, enslaved to a tyrant queen who can end their lives with a single word. Surely Tamlin expressed similar sentiments to you.” He hadn’t–not entirely. He hadn’t been able to, thanks to the curse.“ Why did Amarantha target you?” I dared ask. “Why make you her whore?”“ Beyond the obvious?” He gestured to his perfect face. When I didn’t smile, he loosed a breath. “My father killed Tamlin’s father–and his brothers.” I started. Tamlin had never said–never told me the Night Court was responsible for that.“ It’s a long story, and I don’t feel like getting into it, but let’s just say that when she stole our lands out from under us, Amarantha decided that she especially wanted to punish the son of her friend’s murderer–decided that she hated me enough for my father’s deeds that I was to suffer.” I might have reached a hand toward him, might have offered my apologies–but every thought had dried up in my head. What Amarantha had done to him …“So, ” he said wearily, “here we are, with the fate of our immortal world in the hands of an illiterate human. Sarah J. Maas
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What?”Lucien laughed. “Yes–all those female faeries around you were females for Tamlin to pick. It’s an honor to be chosen, but it’s his instincts that select her.”“ But you were there–and other male faeries.” My face burned so hot that I began sweating. That was why those three horrible faeries had been there–and they’d thought that just by my presence, I was happy to comply with their plans.“ Ah.” Lucien chuckled. “Well, Tam’s not the only one who gets to perform the rite tonight. Once he makes his choice, we’re free to mingle. Though it’s not the Great Rite, our own dalliances tonight will help the land, too.” He shrugged off that invisible hand a second time, and his eyes fell upon the hills. “You’re lucky I found you when I did, though, ” he said. “Because he would have smelled you, and claimed you, but it wouldn’t have been Tamlin who brought you into that cave.” His eyes met mine, and a chill went over me. “And I don’t think you would have liked it. Tonight is not for lovemaking. Sarah J. Maas
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Lucien studied the wine in his goblet. "You don’t hold on to power by being everyone’s friend. And among the faeries, lesser and High Fae alike, a firm hand is needed. We’re too powerful, and too bored with immortality, to be checked by anything else. Sarah J. Maas
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Celaena opened her arms wide, Goldryn burning bright in one hand. “Behold my power, Maeve. Behold what I grapple with in the deep dark, what prowls under my skin.” Celaena exhaled a breath and extinguished each and every flame in the Sarah J. Maas
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I couldn’t talk about it, about them–not yet. So I breathed “Later” and hooked my feet around his legs, drawing him closer. I placed my hands on his chest, feeling the heart beating beneath. This–I needed this right now. It wouldn’t wash away what I’d done, but … I needed him near, needed to smell and taste him, remind myself that he was real–this was real.“ Later, ” he echoed, and leaned down to kiss me. It was soft, tentative–nothing like the wild, hard kisses we’d shared in the hall of throne room. He brushed his lips against mine again. I didn’t want apologies, didn’t want sympathy or coddling. I gripped the front of his tunic, tugging him closer as I opened my mouth to him. He let out a low growl, and the sound of it sent a wildfire blazing through me, pooling and burning in my core. I let it burn through that hole in my chest, my soul. Let it raze through the wave of black that was starting to press around me, let it consume the phantom blood I could still feel on my hands. I gave myself to that fire, to him, as his hands roved across me, unbuttoning as he went. I pulled back, breaking the kiss to look into his face. His eyes were bright–hungry–but his hands had stopped their exploring and rested firmly on my hips. With a predator’s stillness, he waited and watched as I traced the contours of his face, as I kissed every place I touched. His ragged breathing was the only sound–and his hands soon began roaming across my back and sides, caressing and teasing and baring me to him. When my traveling fingers reached his mouth, he bit down on one, sucking it into his mouth. It didn’t hurt, but the bite was hard enough for me to meet his eyes again. To realize that he was done waiting–and so was I.He eased me onto the bed, murmuring my name against my neck, the shell of my ear, the tips of my fingers. I urged him–faster, harder. His mouth explored the curve of my breast, the inside of my thigh. A kiss for each day we’d spent apart, a kiss for every wound and terror, a kiss for the ink etched into my flesh, and for all the days we would be together after this. Days, perhaps, that I no longer deserved. But I gave myself again to that fire, threw myself into it, into him, and let myself burn. . Sarah J. Maas
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One second, he was in my mouth, my tongue flicking over the broad head of him; the next, his hands were on my waist and I flipped onto my front. He nudged my legs apart with his knees, spreading me as he gripped my hips, tugging them up, up before he sheathed himself deep in me with a single stroke. I moaned into the pillow at every glorious inch of him, rising onto my forearms as my fingers grappled into the sheets. Sarah J. Maas
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Rhys shuddered, and I watched his cock twitch.“ Play later, ” he ground out. Indeed. His mouth found mine, the kiss open and deep, a clash of tongues and teeth. He lay me down on the pillows, and I locked my legs around his back, careful of the wings. Though I stopped caring as he nudged at my entrance. And paused.“ Play later, ” I snarled into his mouth. Rhys laughed and slid in. And in. And in. Sarah J. Maas