queen of nothing chapter twenty-six
Holding the bridle, I swing down from its back and move closer to the monstrous creature that was once Cardan. It has grown in size, longer now than one of Madoc’s ships, head large enough that were it to open its mouth, a single fang would be half the size of the sword on my back.
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You are pardoned. I revoke your banishment. I rescind my words.
Come home and shout at me. Come home and fight with me. Come home and break my heart if you must.
Just come home.
— Holly Black, Queen of Nothing
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Spoiler Alert- don’t read if you haven’t finished the folk of the air trilogy.
I think the song “Evermore” from the Beauty and the Beast live action perfectly describes Jurdan’s relationship at the end of of wicked king and start of queen of nothing.
Especially when Cardan exiles Jude to the human realm. She doesn’t know that she can pardon herself since she didn’t figure out the loophole behind his plan.
Meanwhile Cardan is a mess. He is distraught. He misses Jude so much and can’t get her out of his mind.
A few lines from the song- credit to the Beauty and the Beast Soundtrack- sung by Dan Stevens.
“I was the one who had it all
I was the master of my fate
I never needed anybody in my life
I learned the truth too late
I'll never shake away the pain
I close my eyes but she's still there
I let her steal into my melancholy heart
It's more than I can bear”
If this doesn’t remind you of Carden then I don’t know what does.
“Now I know she'll never leave me
Even as she runs away
She will still torment me
Calm me, hurt me
Move me, come what may
Wasting in my lonely tower
Waiting by an open door
I'll fool myself, she'll walk right in
And be with me for evermore”
this reminded me of the letters that he sent to Jude but she never got to read them.
“I rage against the trials of love
I curse the fading of the light
Though she's already flown so far beyond my reach
She's never out of sight”
- this song is such a Jurdan mood. * mic drop moment*
- for anyone who has a Spotify playlist for Cruel Prince or wants to make one, you should add this song :)
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@booksociety‘s to me she is royalty event - the queen of nothing ( holly black )
Seelie and Unseelie, Wild Folk and Shy Folk, I am glad to have you march under my banner, glad of your loyalty, grateful for your honor. To you, I offer honey wine and the hospitality of my table.
But to traitors and oath breakers, I offer my queen’s hospitality instead. The hospitality of knives.
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“I missed you," I whisper against his skin and feel dizzy with the intimacy of the admission, feel more naked than when he could see every inch of me. "In the mortal world, when I thought you were my enemy, I still missed you."
"My sweet nemesis, how glad I am that you returned.”
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