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Nothing! At! All! 😇

She leaned into Xaden further, her fingers skimming along the silk of his tie until she brushed the knot of it at his throat, loosened from a full day of wear. She tugged gently, and Xaden took the hint, bending down as she rose on her toes and caught his mouth in a soft kiss. He was careful with her, his free hand settling on her hip to hold her steady as she pressed as close to him as she could get.

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She leaned into Xaden further, her fingers skimming along the silk of his tie until she brushed the knot of it at his throat, loosened from a full day of wear. She tugged gently, and Xaden took the hint, bending down as she rose on her toes and caught his mouth in a soft kiss. He was careful with her, his free hand settling on her hip to hold her steady as she pressed as close to him as she could get.

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no update today but later this week hopefully!! i’m trying to get back on schedule but my brain insisted on rewriting ch 13 entirely 🫡

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As I move closer I run my eyes over his features, from the harsh set of his jaw to the diagonal scar bisecting his left eyebrow. He's…astonishingly perfect, and when we're only a few feet away from each other and my eyes meet his, my heart skips a beat. Gold-flecked onyx. I've never seen eyes like that before. They're beautiful—soft and warm in contrast to the rest of him, and I know immediately that I'm in trouble. "I'm Xaden Riorson. Brennan sent me." My lips part. This is the favour my older brother had called in last night? Him? I swallow, boots shifting in the sand. "Ah." His eyes flit over my shoulder and without turning my head I hold a hand back, beckoning Andarna close. I feel her breath on my neck as she stops directly behind me, craning her head over mine. Together we stare.

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It takes all of ten minutes with him for Violet to know she’s in trouble. To her absolute dismay, she finds out that Xaden Riorson is…smart.

Smart and—infuriating or not, there is no way for Violet to deny this—gorgeous. She lifts her head to observe him; the strong jaw, the curve connecting his neck to his shoulder, a tattoo creeping up from under his sweatshirt; Violet wants to tug at the fabric and reveal more of the ink. She lowers her head to stare at his hands, the width of them, the ring around his finger, the scarring over his knuckles.

Oh, Violet thinks, with a sinking feeling in her stomach. She is in so much trouble.

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she knows me so well @justallihere

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I’m tired. We didn’t need this.

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Periodic reminder that you should never trust a chiropractor with your body under any circumstances

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The problem I’m having with a lot of the romance/romantasy I’m picking up recently is that it feels like authors are overwriting so much in an attempt to be “quotable” that the prose becomes awkward and disconnected from the actual characters and plot. Every sentence is a competition with the last one to be prettier and tell readers what the characters are feeling in such a flowery way that any real emotion is lost. And it’s so odd to read without being immersed in a story, and disheartening when all I’m thinking is “when will this be over?” I’ve read enough books in my life that I’m generally good at picking out things I should enjoy—and I do in a way, but it’s rarer and rarer that I’m finding books that are written to actually be as interesting as the premise suggests they should be.

I just wonder how much debut authors are actually writing before they’re published for the first time. Are books being picked up for publication based on ideas alone, with no proof of execution? It feels that way, especially when I’m struggling as a reader to pick out distinct voices from book to book written by completely different people.

I’m tired of being underwhelmed!! Bring back real yearning and real emotions and stop telling me what to feel and make me actually feel it!!

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I understand not always loving your own work completely. I feel this way about my own creative projects.

I just wish you could see your writing through my eyes. It's so beautiful. And I'm so glad you're still sharing it despite not being 100% satisfied. We are so very satisfied :) Thank you.

The curse of the creator, I’m afraid! The more I write the more confident I get in my own ability to write, but some days are always going to be harder than others. Coming back to DOA after a couple months without writing was weird, but I know myself well enough to realize when there’s really a problem and when I’m just being too precious about it (which I probably was, yesterday).

Your all’s kind words mean so much, though! I write for myself but I post for you, so the positive feedback always means a lot. Thank you guys 🥹🫶🏻

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I’ve come to the realization I’m never going to be 100% happy with this, but DOA made it to 30k hits today, so let’s celebrate! Chapter 12 is now up! Enjoy 🫶🏻

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Home decor is a ✨️pain✨️ but if you have a Kohl's near by or even if you do shipping (...I feel like I know you're in america but I'm making an assumption here), they have some good deals with coupons and sales sometimes! I've gotten a really nice runner rug for $20 before.

lol I am in fact American! It’s been a while since I’ve been to kohls but I’ll def have to check it out! I have all the major stuff I need, I’ve just been slowly upgrading some stuff from my college days and making everything more cohesive, so some stuff is definitely worth the splurge because I know I’ll keep it for a long time. I just have specific tastes and I like to be sure before making bigger purchases!

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also sorry for the double asks but i saw your post about home shopping and wanted to say im buying stuff for an apartment (first apartment, so i’ve gotta buy everythinggggg lol) and Costco and HomeGoods are currently saving my life!! Not sure where you’re located, but if you have those they can be good options!!

Love HomeGoods!!! The main three places I shop for home stuff are homegoods(/tj maxx/marshalls), target, and ikea. I don’t have a Costco membership but I need to check out some of their stuff online and see if they have anything I need

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thinking about the Tessa and Aaric fic you’ve mentioned before… if that’s still in the planner (ZERO pressure!! fr fr) i’m curious what that fic will entail! Will it include more about the circumstances of Xaden finding her, and how she came to be a cadet at the Aretian War College after that? As much as I’m obsessed with getting more Tessa/Aaric in the future, I think Tessa has such a fascinating backstory and I’d love to see more of it, especially in terms of how far she’s come!! 🩷

It is, tentatively, still in the planner! It will absolutely have her backstory in it, plus her and Aaric having lots and lots of very good sex (and pretending like it means nothing), Aaric thinking she has no idea who he is and her realizing from the moment they meet that he’s the prince of Navarre, her adopted dad in Aretia, more on her relationship with Xaden, and some outsider perspective on Riorgail and how utterly terrifying they are. It’s just gonna be long I’m afraid, so it’s definitely going to take a minute to get there. But I’m still looking forward to it, and I’m glad other people are too!

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not this scene specifically but it iiiiiis coming in the future 😇

She slipped a hand between their bodies and beneath his t-shirt, flattening her palm against the ridges of his abs. His stomach rose and fell beneath her touch as he breathed. His teeth scraped her lip again, harder this time. "Go easy on me, Violence." There was a rough edge to his voice, sharpening his next inhale, right against her lips.

She laughed breathlessly. "I haven't even done anything." Though there was plenty she wanted to do.

He dragged his mouth from hers with exaggerated effort. "You have no idea, do you?" he murmured.

She peeled her eyes open to meet his dark gaze. As he trailed his lips across her cheek, her jaw, he shifted her just a little, and the movement caused one of her knees to slide between Xaden's own, and he was hard against her thigh.

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She slipped a hand between their bodies and beneath his t-shirt, flattening her palm against the ridges of his abs. His stomach rose and fell beneath her touch as he breathed. His teeth scraped her lip again, harder this time. "Go easy on me, Violence." There was a rough edge to his voice, sharpening his next inhale, right against her lips.

She laughed breathlessly. "I haven't even done anything." Though there was plenty she wanted to do.

He dragged his mouth from hers with exaggerated effort. "You have no idea, do you?" he murmured.

She peeled her eyes open to meet his dark gaze. As he trailed his lips across her cheek, her jaw, he shifted her just a little, and the movement caused one of her knees to slide between Xaden's own, and he was hard against her thigh.

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very super important, serious question. In a future violet/xaden with a child situation, who gets the baby to say their first word?

I want to say Violet because you know she’s always reading and talking and singing to the baby as soon as she finds out she’s pregnant. She and Xaden both talk to the kid like she’s (they’re having a daughter argue with the wall if you disagree) a fully grown adult the moment she enters the world. So she definitely talks early

But the real answer is Xaden and Violet are both gone doing something Important and Serious for Tyrrendor. Garrick, as godfather, is very trustworthy with tiny humans and so is babysitting, and he gets her to say dragon. He never lets anyone hear the end of it. Xaden and Violet come back and the baby is just babbling away and Garrick is so smug he can’t even pretend to hide it