01UndatedI will hunt you down. I will scour the streets of Los Angeles for you. Search every street in the Republic if I have to. I will trick you and deceive you, lie, cheat and steal to find you, tempt you out of your hiding place, and chase you until you have nowhere else to run. I make you this promise: your life is mine.Marie Lu / quote ↗
02UndatedWell enough,” I reply. “Remember, you’re drunk. And happy. You’re supposed to be lusting over your escort. Try smiling a little moMarie Lu / quote ↗
03UndatedNo one wants you to be yourself. They want you to be the version of yourself that they likeMarie Lu / quote ↗
05UndatedI love you," I whisper over and over again. "Don't go," I close my eyes. My tears fall on his cheeks.Marie Lu / quote ↗
09UndatedLet go of me,” I choke out, clawing blindly at Teren. The sharp tang of blood suddenly fills my nostrils, and I realize that it is from his wrists, spreading a film of scarlet around us. Somewhere ahead, the silhouette of our ship looms. We are getting closer.“I wish I could,” Teren spits, dripping venom. “There’s nothing I’d like to see more than you in the Underworld, Adelina.”His words spark my fury. He never intended to finish this journey with you. Teren grips my arm again so hard that I scream in pain. He is pulling us both toward the ship, his face set in grim determination.Then I hear him shout, “But I won’t.”But I won’t. My fury wavers, turning into bewilderment.Marie Lu / quote ↗
10UndatedI stare at him, trying to comprehend what he’s done. He saved Magiano from falling overboard. He saved me. He is taking this mission seriously, however much he loathes us.“Maybe next time,” he says to me with that smile, “you won’t be so lucky.Marie Lu / quote ↗
13UndatedBut you can’t give them everything they want—they will always want more than they have.Marie Lu / quote ↗
16UndatedI'm not loyal enough to the Republic to stamp that loyalty right on my face. Leave that to June.Marie Lu / quote ↗
17UndatedWhat if you are wrong? What if the gods sent you, and indeed the rest of us, not because we were never meant to be, but because we were always meant to be?Marie Lu / quote ↗
18UndatedWhat is the point of searching for love, when love is nothing but an illusion?Marie Lu / quote ↗
19UndatedI smile bitterly at him, then weave an illusion of his face across my own. Raffaele’s expression flickers in surprise for a moment before settling back into its pool of calm. “They may have a hard time finding me,” I reply.Raffaele gives me a tight smile in return. “Do not underestimate your enemies, Your Majesty,” he says.Marie Lu / quote ↗
20UndatedI lean my head against my knee and close my eyes. Even the illusion of June is enough to send a stabbing pain through my chest. Hell. I miss her so much.Marie Lu / quote ↗
21UndatedI have everything I could ever want here, Adelina,” he finally says. “You’ve handed me what feels like the world’s riches, a palace, a life of luxury.” He draws closer. “I get to be at your side. What more do I need?Marie Lu / quote ↗
23UndatedThen Day reaches out and touches my hand with his. He encloses it in a handshake. And just like that, I am linked with him again, I feel the pulse of our bond and his- tory and love through our hands, like a wave of magic, the return of a long-lost friend. Of something meant to be. The feeling brings tears to my eyes. Perhaps we can take a step forward together.“Hi,” he says. “I’m Daniel.” “Hi,” I reply. “I’m June.Marie Lu / quote ↗
24UndatedWhat a joke! Poor little rich girl's fallen in love with the Republic's most famous criminal.Marie Lu / quote ↗
