Xaden hating on Dain during his POV of chapter sixteen will never not be my favorite.
“…Aetos asks Sorrengail, panicking like the infantry soldier he should have been”
“Aetos takes his hands off Sorrengail’s shoulders, and I decide to let him keep them. For now.”
“Gods, please give me a reason to beat the pompous, Codex-loving shit out of him. Just once.”
“Odd time to grow a spine, but good for him.”
“I scoff. Fucking rule-loving coward. He doesn’t deserve to breathe the same air as Violence. She’s half his size and a thousand times braver. Talk about a disproportionate relationship.”
“Aetos scurries away like the little rat he is.”
Xaden also calls Violet a “pint-size morsel of straight-up arsenic” during this chapter and I love that
















