I wished for impossible things. It was never going to have been a fairy tale for us. There are no fairy tales about two princesses.
Erin Bow, The Scorpion Rules
@HOUSEDAMODRED
she has one night . one night before she has to square her shoulders and watch moiraine wed lord mandragoran . one night before the agony of witnessing another lay claim to the life she wishes could be theirs .
and their —
@HOUSEDAMODRED — impossibly soft skin there , forgetting for one careless heartbeat that , were the wrong eyes to fall upon them , standing so close , touching one another so intimately , their tenderness would be met with nothing —
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“I shall do my duty. I shall protect this kingdom and its people but if she asked, I’ll let her carve constellations on my bones.”
— Queen Moiraine Damodred [AU]
— right words . she does not know what they are . but she knows she needs to say something . otherwise , moiraine isn’t going to .
“ you look beautiful . the gown is everything i imagined your wedding dress would be . you are going to make a —