03 - Blossom
‘Why?’ [Lief] asked. ‘Why bring us here, to a place so far from their home?’
‘Because,’ called a new voice, ‘you are too great a prize for the Wenn alone.’
DELTORA QUEST 1
The Forests of Silence
Ch 11 Beware!
👇 brace yourselves lol
‘Do not — try to avenge me,’ Jasmine murmured. [...] Lief felt that his heart was breaking.
DELTORA QUEST 1
Dread Mountain
Ch 15 The Dread Gnomes
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[Lief] vowed to himselt that if they all survived this test, their party would never again be separated. Prudence was all very fine. But other things were more important.
DELTORA QUEST 1
The Maze of the Beast
Ch 7 Where Waters Meet
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‘How could I be a queen? What am I but a wild girl, quick-tempered and troublesome, more at home in a forest than a walled garden?’ She tossed her head. ‘besides, I cannot stay here. This city is hideous to me. And the palace — a prison!’
‘Prison walls can fall,’ Lief said softly. ‘Gardens can become forests. Del can be beautiful once more. And as for what you can offer, Jasmine...’ For a moment, his voice failed him. This was so important. He had to chooose his words carefully.
DELTORA QUEST 1
Return to Del
Ch 16 The Last Secret
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[Barda] had gone outside, thinking she would surely make for the open air. She was glad of that. She did not want to be found and soothed. She wanted to stay angry. At least anger was a feeling she understood.
DELTORA QUEST 2
Cavern of the Fear
Ch 3 Shadows
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'I had not planned to leave you so soon,’ Lief went on carefully. ‘But I do not think that Jasmine will return for anyone but me, for I am the one who offended her.’
DELTORA QUEST 2
Cavern of the Fear
Ch 10 Pursuit
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[Lief] made himself smile, but the grin must have looked forced, for [Jasmine] did not smile back.
Jasmine knows me too well, Lief thought. [...]
Looking at Jasmine’s closed face, an immense feeling of loneliness swept over him. He wished with all his heart that the easy companionship they had once shared would return. But he knew that while he had to guard his tongue and his thoughts, this could not be.
DELTORA QUEST 2
The Isle of Illusion
Ch 2 Warnings
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'It is sometimes necessary for leaders to do things they would prefer not to do,’ the Piper said, as though he was speaking to himself. ‘Sometimes they have to put aside their own wishes, even their own deepest longings, for the greater good for all. It is... not pleasant. Especially when their actions anger those they care about.’
Jasmine did not raise her head. But Lief could see that she ahd heard. he prayed that she had also understood.
DELTORA QUEST 2
The Isle of Illusion
Ch 17 Peace
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'Jasmine, do not join Barda against me! Lief cvried. ‘I cannot act against my nature!’ Or my heart, he thought msierably. Jasmine, do you not see? Pirran Pipe or no Pirran Pipe, how could I let you go, and not follow?
DELTORA QUEST 2
The Shadowlands
Ch 3 Song of the Pipe
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Waiting for Lief in Del was his bride-to-be [...]. But Jasmine was here with Lief now. And she was his friend — his true friend.
DELTORA QUEST 2
The Shadowlands
Ch 4 The Grey Zone
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'Why, we gave him the news he was waiting for — the news of the girl and the black bird. Why else are we going to the Arena now?’
Lief’s heart thudded violently. The Shadow Lord had been waiting for Jasmine. He had been expecting her. It was news of her that had caused this haste.
The suspicion Lief had been fighting ever since they arrived in the Shadowlands reared it head once more...
DELTORA QUEST 2
The Shadowlands
Ch 13 The Tunnel
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'... it is a shame to me that I ever doubted you, Lief,’ Jasmine repeated awkwardly.
DELTORA QUEST 2
The Shadowlands
Ch 16 Reunions
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'When the time comes,’ Lief said, determinedly drowning her out, ‘I will follow Adin’s example, and marry for love.’ He glanced at her. ‘If the woman I love will have me, of course.’
‘She probably will,’ said Jasmine. ‘When the time comes.’
DELTORA QUEST 2
The Shadowlands
Ch 17 Secrets
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But he would rather Jasmine had remained in the west, in Tora, where she would be safe.
He shook his head. How could he have thought Jasmine would agree to that?
‘I must have been mad,’ he said aloud.
DELTORA QUEST 3
Dragon’s Nest
Ch 3 The Full Moon meeting
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'Jasmine! Stay — back,’ Lief gasped, as the men behind him pressed forward, groaning under the weight of their terrible burden. But either he spoke too softly for Jasmine to hear, or she chose not to listen. She darted towards him. In another moment her arm was around his waist, and she was half-supporting him as they moved through the gateway.
DELTORA QUEST 3
Dragon’s Nest
Ch 4 Act of Faith
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The bird lifted its beak from the watyer and raised it over Jasmine’s body. One downward jerk of its head, and the dripping, razor sharp point would plunge deep into Jasmine’s heart.
With a strangled cry Lief heaved himself onto his side, picked up the skull again and threw it wildly.
DELTORA QUEST 3
Dragon’s Nest
Ch 13 Sweet and Sour
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We cannot trust smiling faces or loyal words. Even here in Broome...
He felt a small, strong hand grip his own. He lifted his head and met Jasmine’s bright eyes.
‘I doubt we have an enemy in Broome, but we will take no risks,’ she said, as though she had read his mind.
DELTORA QUEST 3
Shadowgate
Ch 1 Warning
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'Jasmine!’ Lief croaked.
Jasmine’s eyes flew open in fright and widened even further when she saw Lief sitting up and looking at her.
‘Lief?’ she murmured uncertainly, scrambling to her knees. ‘Are you — all right? [...] Do you not remember what happened last night? What — what I did?’
DELTORA QUEST 3
Shadowgate
Ch 10 The Bees
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Steven glanced at [Lief], then back at Jasmine.
‘Cheer up, girl!’ he said to her loudly, raising his bushy eyebrows. ‘Your long face is worrying Lief half to death!’
DELTORA QUEST 3
Shadowgate
Ch 10 The Bees
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'I did not read them all,’ murmured Jasmine, flushing a little. She still felt awkward because she read so slowly.
‘You may not read fast, Jasmine, but you observe without even trying,’ said Lief. ‘That will be you part — and the most important one, if I am right.’
DELTORA QUEST 3
Shadowgate
Ch 11 The Trail
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We have no plan, Lief thought. We are walking into the web of this sorcerer with nothing but our wits and the Belt of Deltora to aid us.
He glanced at Jasmien, and she smiled. So be it, he thought, and straightened his shoulders.
DELTORA QUEST 3
Shadowgate
Ch 16 Shadowgate
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'Go,’ Jasmine shouted. ‘Lief, you must!’
But Lief could not leave her. And when she saw that, Jasmine lifted her hands and let herself fall back, disappearing into the mass of rock as if it were quicksand.
Lief gave a cry of anguish. Below him the groaning rock bulged and surged upward. He heard the hissing laughter of The Masked One.
A white rage such as he had never felt before boiled up within him. He flung himself back to face the stairs, looked up at the light, and climbed.
He no longer felt pain in his legs or hands or face. He no longer felt fear. He felt only that white-hot anger. It was as if it had burned everything else away. As if all that remained within him now was the will to destroy.
DELTORA QUEST 3
Shadowgate
Ch 18 The Guardian
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‘We both saw you fall,’ Barda panted. ‘Jasmine could do nothing, because she cannot swim. She is still up there somewhere, with the Kin. Worried out of her life, no doubt.’
DELTORA QUEST 3
Isle of the Dead
Ch 5 The Cruel Sea
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He did not want to think about what might be happening to Jasmine. Jasmine, who could not swim. Jasmine, pitching dangerously over the raging sea in the pouch of the smallest and most fearful of the Kin.
He saw Barda eyeing him, and wondered if his companion guessed the reason for his anger.
DELTORA QUEST 3
Isle of the Dead
Ch 7 Fool’s Gold
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'You have found Ava,’ the figure whispered. ‘Wht is your wish?’
Lief took a breath, but could not speak.
‘A love potion?’ Ava murmurmed. ‘No. I can see there is no need for that...’
DELTORA QUEST 3
Isle of the Dead
Ch 14 Ava
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Lief began to run. In horror he saw Jasmine reach Ava and catch at her arm. He saw Ava swing around. He saw the glint of steel.
And in seconds Jasmine was off the ground, a bony arm around her neck, the point of a knife pressed to her throat.
The movement had been all too familiar. With sick terror Lief saw the feather hood fall back. [...] Laughing Jack.
DELTORA QUEST 3
Isle of the Dead
Ch 19 Vows
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Lief’s heart began to pound. He strode to Jasmine and she reached out for him blindly, clutching the front of his jacket.
‘I went to the bird room,’ she said in a small, tight voice. ‘The guards were gone. And the birds... all the birds —’
‘Dead?’ Lief exclaimed.
‘Dead or — or dying,’ Jasmine whispered. ‘Lief, you must come. You must help me. If they cannot be cured, they must be put out of their misery. They — they are suffering.’
‘Stay with Paff!’ Lief called over his shoulder to Gla-Thon. And putting his arm around Jasmine, he hurried with her out of the room.
DELTORA QUEST 3
The Sister of the South
Ch 8 Fearful Discoveries
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'Go and bid [Kree] farewell, Jasmine,’ Lief said gently. ‘I will not leave the birds until you return.’
DELTORA QUEST 3
The Sister of the South
Ch 8 Fearful Discoveries
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It came to [Lief] that his family was cursed — cursed by the wonder that was the Belt of Deltora. [...] And suddenly Lief was almost glad that now he would never marry Jasmine, that they would never have a child to wear the Belt in his place.
DELTORA QUEST 3
The Sister of the South
Ch 10 Voices of the Dead
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'Gla-Thon — get away from here!’ a shaking voice called behind him.
Jasmine’s voice.
Jasmine...
Lief paused, a shadow of doubt flitting across his mind. For a moment he had forgotten Jasmine existed. How could that be?
DELTORA QUEST 3
The Sister of the South
Ch 12 Creeping Darkness
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If the dragon has me — has the topaz — there is still a chance it can survive, to destroy the Sister.’
Jasmine held his gaze for a moment. Then she nodded and took his hand. ‘Filli is with Barda,’ she said.
And Lief understood that this meant she intended to stay with him — indeed, that she had always thought it would come to this.
We fight together or not at all.
DELTORA QUEST 3
The Sister of the South
Ch 14 The Battle of the Pit
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He gripped Jasmine’s hand more tightly. That small, rough hand had become a lifeline for him, a link to what was real, what was true.
DELTORA QUEST 3
The Sister of the South
Ch 15 The Hidden Enemy
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Hand in hand they were married there, before a crowd the like of which Del had never seen. [...] But for Lief and Jasmine it was as if they were quite alone, for both of them were gaining the dearest wish of their hearts.
DELTORA QUEST 3
The Sister of the South
Ch 20 Full Circle
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With Jasmine by his side, Lief ruled the land long and wisely. But he never forgot that he was a man of the people, and their trust in him was the source of his power...
DELTORA QUEST 3
The Sister of the South
Ch 20 Full Circle
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phew sorry lmao i was like “haha im gonna get a few quotes of key moments of their relationship” and then the spicy brain was like “no half-assing this” and now there’s a big block of quotes im sorry also this isnt even all of them lmAO this was me holding back (sorta) anyway
lowkey forgot where i was going with this one. i think because initially i wanted to do the progression of jaslief and then my brain went abstract into whatever i tried to do in the drawing lmao
anyway i’ll leave you with this good fic. my beloved. i think about it a lot. and it fits the vibe.
Missing Moments by PJBlindClown
Summary:
Lief and Jasmine really did kiss in the novels, we just had to use our imaginations to figure out when. Here are my interpretations of those missing moments.
Wordcount:
6.2k 'Why, we gave him the news he was waiting for — the news of the girl and the black bird. Why else are we going to the Arena now?’
Lief’s heart thudded violently. The Shadow Lord had been waiting for Jasmine. He had been expecting her. It was news of her that had caused this haste.The suspicion Lief had been fighting ever since they arrived in the Shadowlands reared it head once more...
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