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Detours to You - 26
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Here we are with another chapter. Now this is tooth rotting fluffy. Maya gets to find out she is a big sis and well... her reaction is very Maya like. Also, Aelin and Rowan have to try and navigate the seas of "telling your kids about pregnancies and babies" Hope I made it fun.. And then of course we have the grandparents...
So well... enjoy
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The day after the wedding Rowan opened his eyes and the first thing he felt was the familiar weight of his daughter on his belly. While still single he loved sleeping belly down and a starfish spread. Now he had he had started sleeping on his back to allow his two women to use him as a pillow. 
He looked down and saw Maya on top of him, head tucked in the crook of his neck and her arms spread as if to hug him.
Aelin was sprawled on the bed with her legs draped over his, her arm reaching to cover Maya and her hair all over the place. Yes, it was always a shock to wake up that way, but he would not trade it for anything. He was happy. He kissed both their heads and with his arm he held them both.
After the wedding they had all come back a bit later and Maya had crashed in their bed so they just changed her into her pyjama and slept all together. The bed was big enough to accommodate the mayhem of limbs that the sleeping arrangement caused.
A gentle kiss on Aelin’s head and his stomach fluttered at the memory of the previous day and the news that he was becoming a dad again. He was elated and this time he would be there for every step. It was his second chance and he was not going to miss a single moment.
When he woke up from his thoughts a pair of green eyes identical to his stared back at him “morning, my elf.”
“Morning, dad!” She shouted all excited. Maybe a bit too loud for the hour, but Maya had always a lot of energy from the moment she opened her eyes. 
“Shh, mama is still resting.”
“No I am not,” she croaked, her face smashed on Rowan’s chest. Aelin then rolled over and a moment later she was running for the bathroom.
Aelin came back five minutes later and crawled in bed nested in Rowan’s arms.
“Dad, is mum ill?”
Rowan stared at Aelin and she nodded.
“Can you keep a secret for today?”
The girl nodded and Aelin rolled on her back and Rowan exposed her still flat belly. Gently he caressed it enjoying the feeling of knowing that their child was growing inside of Aelin. 
“Would you like to have a brother or a sister?”
Maya sat up and looked at her parents in excitement.
He brushed Aelin’s belly once more “See? Your mum is carrying your little sibling.”
The girl look confused and then shocked “did she eat it?”
Aelin laughed “No, my love, your sibling is growing inside me and when they are ready they will be born.”
Maya still looked confused and Aelin thought it was far too early to have the bees and flowers conversation. Rowan had confessed her that they had to order books on how to explain such topic to a child. After the elation of the news now he was panicking at the possible question that Maya might ask. 
“They are like a little fish, swimming inside mama’s belly.” Added Rowan.
“Aren’t they scared?”
“No, Maya, your sibling is safe and they are quite cozy too.”
Maya touched her mother’s stomach right where Rowan’s hand was.
“Right now they are very small, but soon they will start to grow. Just like you did.”
She looked at both of her parents “I was inside mama too?”
Aelin nodded.
“Can they hear me?”
Rowan brushed her head “not yet, but soon they will and you will feel your sibling kick as well.”
“Did mama eat the baby?”
Aelin stared at Rowan and he nodded “I love your mum very much and she loves me and together we made the baby.”
Maya was silent for a second pondering the next question for her poor parents “Can I have one too?”
This time it was Aelin’s turn to speak up “Not yet, you need to be much older, but one day, if you want you will be able to have yours too.”
Maya fell silent and then leaned her head on Aelin’s tummy “Hi, I am your big sister.”
Aelin sobbed at the scene and Rowan pulled Maya in his arms “Now, mum will be more tired and you and I need to be super nice to her.”
“I will be nice to mama.”
Rowan rolled out of bed and lifted the girl in his arms “let’s go and make breakfast.”
“Yes! I want waffles.” She quickly got free of her father’s grip and ran out of the door.
Rowan leaned over to Aelin “do you think you can eat something?” A kiss “do you really need to go to work?”
Aelin sat up “I will be fine and I can’t leave Elide alone while Lys is away.”
“Ok, do you want me and Maya to stay with you both?”
“All day at the shop? You will be bored.”
“Think about it,” a kiss on the lips “what if I make you a milkshake?”
Aelin’s arms wrapped around his neck “I will be downstairs soon.”
Once in the kitchen Eiddwen was already there busy preparing a nice Sunday breakfast “Good morning all.”
Maya ran to her grandmother ‘Nana Wen, I am going to be a big sister.” She shouted happily.
Rowan froze. Apparently the concept of not telling anyone did not apply to her grandmother. He and Aelin had planned on having all the grandparents to dinner that night and make the announcement, but Maya had other plans. 
“Rowan?”
He looked at his mum and nodded “Aelin told me yesterday. We were planning on having Evalin and Rhoe over tonight for the big reveal.”
His mum stepped closer to him and hugged him tight “another baby?”
Rowan nodded and Maya joined them “I will be a big sister.”
Eiddwen crouched down “yes, you will.”
In that instant Aelin entered the room and Rowan’s mum walked quickly to her crushing her in a hug “I am so happy for you both.”
“Maya blabbed,” added Rowan with a smile.
“Maya! It was a secret.”
“Not to nana!” Added the little girl while trying to climb on her chair.
Eiddwen laughed and started fussing over Aelin who rolled her eyes “You Whitethorn really do fuss a lot.”
“We wear it like a badge of honour.”
Rowan smiled while cooking the waffles “it must be genetic.”
“So what does this mean?”
“We are a family,” added Maya happily “I have a dad too!”
Aelin sat at her daughter’s side and pulled her closer. A soft kiss on her head and in silence she thought about how much different her life was. In the span of months she had gone from being a single mum, to this. To have the family she had imagined with Rowan. She was glad he had been pushy because seeing Maya that happy was worth all the heartache. 
“Waffles ready!”
Maya screamed and the chaos that was breakfast could eventually commence.
*
“Mum, I was going to cook!”
“Shush,” Eiddwen waved her wooden spoon at her son “Now, while Aelin is not here,” the woman started stirring “what are you intentions? You live together, have a daughter and there’s another child on their way. Surely you are going to marry the woman?”
Rowan hummed happily “The perfect proposal takes time.”
His mother gasped and threw her arms around him “You have the ring, just seal the deal.” Rowan hugged his mother back and silence fell “Dad should be here. He would have loved Maya.”
“I miss him too, Rowan, but I am sure he is very proud of you.”
“I hope so,” he kissed his mother’s head and pulled back.
“Evalin and I were just discussing a while ago having more grand-babies. I am glad we don’t have to beg.”
*
Evening arrived and when the doorbell went off Rowan went to welcome Aelin’s parents.
“Evalin, Rhoe, do come in” the couple entered the house and removed the shoes “Rowan, this house is stunning.”
“Did you get here okay?”
Rhoe nodded “your instructions were very clear. I agree and it’s a stunning location.”
Rowan agreed “I am barely on the city boundaries, most of the land around me is under the Forestry Services jurisdictions.”
“Mum is cooking and Aelin and Maya are upstairs having a bath.” He added.
Evalin disappeared in the kitchen and Rowan sat down with Rhoe “anything to drink? I have driver’s friendly drinks.”
Rhoe nodded and Rowan came back a moment later with a few options.
“So, is the return to work all going fine?”
Rowan grabbed his drink “Yes, the first few days were a bit chaos as I had to play catch up, but now it’s all fine. The commissioner and I are working on some community projects, he has been supporting me on some changes in safety protocols for some factories after the last big fire.” The hellish fire in which he almost died. He pushed the thought away “I had been at that factory a few times before the accident and I had ordered them to make some changes in storing all the chemicals.”
“What about the man who almost endangered my daughter and Maya?”
Rowan flinched “he is rotting in jail. With the police we discovered a lot of nasty things about him.” A pause “we also stopped another building nearby to be repurposed into offices. Forty five families almost were sent on the streets and some of the ones in Aelin’s building are still in temporary accommodation.”
“That is scandalous.” Rowan nodded and then was silent for an instant. He loved to talk to Rhoe and the man was always very interested in his job.
“One of the initiatives we have introduced is to raise awareness to the fact that the fire services can go to houses and do inspections, make suggestions and in general work on prevention.”
Rhoe stared at him interested “I never knew.”
Rowan nodded “It’s not very well publicised. The previous chief did not believe in it, but the number of house fires that could be prevented is staggering.” Rowan took a sip of his drink “The fire department in Wendlyn encourages it a lot and the Commissioner loved the idea.”
“Any chance you can come and have a look and our house?”
“Of course.”
They were talking and making arrangements when a little silver-haired tornado ran towards them “grampa!”
“Maya!” Rhoe grabbed his granddaughter pulling her on his legs “Grampa I am a big sister!!”
Rowan sighed. Apparently they were not allowed to have secrets with the grandparents.
Rhoe looked at Rowan in question and the man nodded “Evalin! Evalin!”
The woman came running in the living room alerted by her husband’s voice.
“Nana, I am a big sister!” Screamed Maya.
Evalin froze and Aelin appeared in that instant on the threshold.
“Aelin?”
“Yes?”
Evalin ran to her daughter “I am so happy for all of you.”
She looked at Rowan and he shrugged. 
“We were planning on a better reveal but Maya is so excited that apparently she needs to tell everyone.”
The woman grabbed Rowan’s hand and pulled him into the hug “Both of you, thank you. This is such a wonderful news.”
“Now all you have to do is to get married.” Added Rhoe deadpanned.
“Dad!” 
The man sighed “Aelin, it’s just the next logical step.” He grabbed Maya on his lap again “What do you think? Do we want mum and dad married?”
“Yes!” The girl squealed “and I want to have the rings again.”
Rowan and Aelin were silent.
“Don’t tell me that you two are still fighting on things. I thought all was resolved,” added Evalin who had sat down near her husband.
“We are not fighting,” she replied, looking at Rowan in support and he nodded.
“We are still settling in, in this new arrangement.”
“Aelin is pregnant. Looks to me you two are more than settled.”
Rowan sighed. Rhoe was right and he really was planning on proposing but he was still working on when and how. It had to be special. It had been long time coming and it meant everything to him.
Eiddwen called everyone to battle station when she announced that dinner was ready saving both Aelin and Rowan from further talks of marriages and proposals.
*
That night after the meal was over and Maya in bed, Rowan and Aelin were getting ready for bed. Rowan was already sitting under the covers, his back against the backboard and a book in his hands while Aelin was finishing to change in her night attire.
“I am sorry about my parents tonight,” she called from the ensuite bathroom.
Rowan chuckled “It’s fine, they are just excited.”
Aelin emerged a moment later with shorts and a baggy t-shirt and climbed at his side “I know but maybe be less nosey.”
He folded his arm around her waist and pulled her closer “They just want to see us happy. They know what we have been through,” a kiss on the side of her head “Unless you don’t want us to get married.”
Aelin stiffened “I do, but as you said, we are still getting adjusted to all the changes that happened so quickly.”
Rowan chuckled again “here I agree with your dad, I think we are more than settled.”
She melted in his embrace “I am overthinking again?”
“Ae,” Rowan turned Aelin towards him “there’s nothing wrong in being over cautious,” a kiss on her lips “but if I hadn’t left I would have asked you to marry me a long time ago. You are it for me.”
Aelin was silent and let the closeness to him push away all of her remaining doubts. Rowan was right “There’s no way without you, remember?”
Their song. “All the ways of my life, I’d rather be with you. There’s no way without you.” He sang to her.
Aelin hummed and pulled him down “but I want a fun proposal.”
He rolled over and kissed her “that can be arranged, m’lady.”
“Include Maya, it will make her feel important.”
Rowan smiled. All of a sudden he knew exactly how to propose to Aelin.
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Throne of glass fans will hate Chaol, who was going through trauma, because he was mean to Aelin 🥺 but then turn around and see Rowan who punched and bit her and judge her and be like "oh yes bird daddy"
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Yes I am a bit biased
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My new fic
Hi all,
So, I am trying to gather all the possible courage and post the Prologue of my Hockey fic. I still don't have many chapters, but I am hoping that posting it for the public will give me the push I need to write more.
So, Rowan is a Pro Hockey player in the THL (Terrasen Hockey League) and Aelin in an ex pro figure skater now working as instructor. Rowan has suffered a serious head injury in a game and has been off for a few months and is now dealing with his healing. Aelin plays tough girl but she is still dealing with the accident that destroyed her career.
A very small part of Rowan's injury and recovery is inspired by "Unsteady" by Peyton Corinne (which I recommend to everyone if you love hockey romance) and also just a smidge of Icebreaker.
Also, Rowan is a single dad to a lovely 5 years old tornado called Maya (yes, I know always the same but I love it.)
The title.... Check my heart.... a play on the concept of cross check. Not the greatest but I am bad at titles.
Anyway, I will leave you to it.
CW: mention of injuries, panic attacks
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PROLOGUE
The ice rink was empty and quiet on a Saturday afternoon.
Rowan slowly walked the familiar path that took him from the changing rooms to the ice, the feeling of walking in skates still strange after two months off.
As he finally exited the tunnel, the coolness of the stadium hit his face as he sat down on the home team bench. His team’s bench. Hockey had been a huge part of his life. He had started playing as soon as he had learned to walk. His dad had been a great champion in the Wendlyn Hockey League, leading his team to many championships and countless other major victories. His dad, Alasdair Whitethorn, had been the hero for many kids. Under his guidance, Rowan had learned to skate, and to get better. He trained, he played, he breathed hockey. In high school people had started to call him his father’s heir. He signed up for uni and graduated in aeronautical engineering. Aircrafts being another passion of his. At uni he played in the team and made captain and in his final year the offers from pro teams started to rain.
His first year as a pro in Doranelle he showed the world his skills and lead the team to a cup victory. Rowan thought he was at the top of the world, until the THL, the Terrasen Hockey League, found him and got his first offer. After three years in Doranelle, Rowan was called by Perranth with an offer that was impossible to turn down. Rowan’s career exploded, brought him across different teams in Terrasen until he landed in Orynth as captain for the Hawks. Together they won a cup and other teams kept begging for trades but Rowan always refused saying that he had finally found his team.
His career had been on a trajectory for more success until the last season. 
Until the final game in the championship when they battled the Skull’s bay Pirates for the cup.
Until…
A deep breath and he stopped as the usual wave of nausea hit him and the fuzzy memory of that night threatened to surface and break him.
If he closed his eyes he could still hear the sound of his body colliding with violence against the boards. The pain. The terror and then the darkness.
Still on the bench, Rowan shook his head, trying to chase away the memory. His team had won, after Lorcan had led the Hawks to the triumph while seeking revenge for his captain.
Even with his team mates chasing minor penalties to avenge him. Even with Lorcan getting a five minutes major for roughing after he thumped Rolfe, they still had won.
Rowan had been in a hospital bed when they told him. He should have been elated, but all he had felt was emptiness.
He blamed it on the bad concussion. His team had explained him that Rolfe had checked him from the back, pushing violently against the boards. His head had taken a bad hit as he collapsed on the ice.
All Rowan remembered was the sound of Lorcan’s voice calling for a major penalty on Rolfe, the feeling of ice under him and the taste of blood.
Another shake of his head to clear his mind and finally Rowan stood, gripping the edge of the gate. That was progress. He had made it a bit farther than last time. This time, the gate was actually open and his right foot was on the ice. He took a deep breath and the left foot joined his companion on the ice. Gently, he pushed himself away from the boards and stood there. He stared at the Hawk logo painted under the ice and then took a tentative skate towards the middle. But when he paused and took a look at the empty stadium, memories betrayed him and the screams and the noise of a game hit him. His head started pounding and a moment later he found himself sitting at the centre of the rink, his chest tight and his breathing laboured. A panic attack.
“Are you okay?” A voice called behind him.
He heard the distinctive sound of blades scraping the ice but did not turn until he saw a woman kneeling in front of him. Even in his confused state he could not fail to notice that she was the most stunning creature he ever saw. Her hair was blonde and tied in a tight high bun and her eyes. The woman in front of him had deep blue eyes with a ring of gold in them.
Was he dead? Had he actually died on that hockey game and this was finally heaven? Was she an angel?
“Hey, you okay?”
She touched his shoulder and felt real. No. He was still alive.
“You fell?”
He nodded lightly.
“Come on big guy, get up, I need the ice.”
“Oh.”
“I have a class coming and I have the rink booked up.”
Rowan stared at the woman, she had black leggings and a jumper. Her body was definitely the one of an athlete but at the same time he could see elegance in the way she stood on the skates in front of him.
“Come on, off the ice.”
“Hey, I can use the rink too. How much space are you going to need?”
“The whole of it?”
He scoffed “I just need a small part.”
Aelin snorted “The ‘learn to skate’ class is tomorrow morning.”
Rowan stared at her aghast. Did she have no idea who he was?”
“I can skate.”
“You fell and look unsteady. I doubt it, big boy.”
“What, you never fell in your life?”
Something strange passed in her eyes and Rowan had a feeling it was hurt.
“You really have no idea who am I?”
The woman folded her arms at het chest “Should I?”
“Captain Whitethorn of the Hawks.”
She snorted loudly “a hockey barbarian, I should have suspected.” Her tone dripped disgust.
“I assume you don’t follow it.”
“What, watch a game where ten men skate on the ice like brutes and pound each others just for the sake of it?” She protested, not moving from her stance “the only thing I know is that you oafs destroy my ice and it takes the Zamboni a lifetime to repair the mess you make.”
He was about to reply when he heard voices and saw a group of kids entering the ice “Well, princess, your class is here,” he touched his head in salute and in a powerful move he skated to the opposite side of the rink, well far away from the woman.
*
It was later on when he finally left the venue with a sliver of hope. It had been his first day out on the ice since the accident and he had gone through some basics exercises that coach Gavriel had recommended. It had not been easy and being back on the ice had felt alien all of a sudden. A few times he had stopped to watch the strange woman teach young kids figure skating. He had watched her demonstrate some basic moves and he had been totally enthralled by her.
Now he was finally home and a smile appeared on his face when a little tornado crashed against his legs “dad, you are back.”
Rowan kneeled and kissed the girl who was his clone “I am, muffin, did you have a great time with grampa and nana?”
“Yes, we baked.” She grabbed his hand and dragged her father in the kitchen where on the table lay numerous trays of chocolate biscuits.
“Did you bake for an army?” He asked his mother.
“We are taking some of them for her friends at skating classes.”
Aside from hockey, Rowan had another big love in his life. His daughter Maya. His life. His everything. Maya had been born five years earlier from his first marriage. He had met Lyria still back in Wendlyn. Lyria was a rising star in the world of figure skating. He had fallen hard for her and a year after dating he had asked her to marry him. Not long after they got married he got drafted in the THL and Lyria refused to move due to her busy competition schedule. One of the biggest championship was happening in Wendlyn that year and Lyria wanted the win. 
Lyria’s dream got destroyed when she discovered she was pregnant. Rowan had gone back to Wendlyn to watch one of her competitions but Lyria never turned up. She gave birth to a baby girl a month before the world championship.
The day after she had been discharged she had served him the divorce papers and a letter in which she renounced to all her rights as mother. Lyria had left the house the following day. No goodbyes, no last words. Just a a note on the bed reading You ruined my dreams.
Two days later he was back in Terrasen with a newborn baby and a career as pro hockey player. He had tried to find some information on Lyria after he was back. She had moved to a land very far across the ocean and had tried to restart her career but eventually gave up and became a trainer.
“Were you on the ice?” Asked his father sitting at his side on the sofa.
Rowan closed his eyes and nodded.
“How did it feel?”
“Alien,” the answer barely a whisper “I hated being on the ice, dad.”
“It takes time.”
“The team will be back from summer training camp in two weeks and then we need start preparing for the season. We have the first friendly game at the beginning of September against Perranth. I don’t have much time.”
Alasdair placed a gentle hand on his son shoulder “I know, but recovery takes time. Especially after such trauma.”
“I am the captain and I am letting my team down.”
Alasdair was about to reply but Maya came running and screaming for her father’s attention. “Dad, nana says that dinner is ready. Wash your hands.”
The girl was about to run away but Rowan stood in a powerful motion and lifted his daughter upside down on his shoulder. Maya laughed freely and patted his back screaming to be let free.
Rowan deposited his daughter on her chair and inhaled the scent on his mother’s cooking.
Being a famous THL player came with perks. He had signed a very good contract with the Hawks that allowed him to live a very comfortable life. He had bought a beautiful house in the outskirts of Orynth near nature. While all of his team mates had modern luxury mansions in the centre, he had gone for a cottage that he had slowly expanded and fixed up. It was cozy and, most of all, Maya loved it. They had a lake at the back that in summer was used for swimming and in winter they would use to skate together. Most of his money went to make sure his daughter had a good life. When he came back from Wendlyn with an infant, his parents had flown to Terrasen to help him and Rowan would be forever grateful to his parents for the help they had given him especially when he was away for his games. 
His mother’s voice woke him from his thoughts “Are you taking Maya to the rink tomorrow morning? It’s her learn to skate class.”
“Yes. I need to go and train anyway.”
“Rowan, you should not push yourself too much.” 
He sighed. His mum was a sports doctor and she saw his situation from the point of view of a physician. His hand curled in a fist and took a deep breath, he knew his parents were just looking after him “Mum, I am just getting again familiar with the ice.”
“Nana, can you skate?”
Rowan mentally thanked his daughter for the interruption.
“Yes, my love. Your grampa taught me to skate a long time ago.”
Maya smiled happily.
“Once the lake is once again frozen we can go you and I so you can show me all you have learned.”
The girl’s grin spread and her green eyes brightened in happiness “my teacher said I am good.”
Eiddwen lifted the girl on her legs and stamped a kiss on her cheek “of course baby, you are a Whitethorn.”
The dinner eventually finished and after his parents left, he took his daughter upstairs and helped her get ready for bed. 
She climbed in bed and grabbed her soft toy “dad, can you tell me a story of when you won a cup?”
Rowan smiled and sat at her side. Maya had grown surrounded by hockey. Her grampa, although retired, was still an important personality in the hockey federation. He would take Maya to the games if possible and would explain what was happening. She loved listening to some of the stories of his victories from both her dad and her grampa. 
“You don’t want a story from the last book we bought?”
Maya shook her head “not tonight.”
Rowan sat properly with his back against the board of the bed and pulled Maya against him “It was the third period of the cup final and we were down by one and down one man….”
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talesofanavidreader · 2 years
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ℚ𝕆𝕋𝔻: Do you reread books? ⁣ ⁣ I do a few times a year! Sometimes to refresh my memory before a sequel comes out, but often I reread my favorite series. Last year I did a relisten of the GrishaVerse and ADSOM and I loved being back in both worlds. ⁣ ⁣ You all know TOG is my all time favorite series. I’ve been really missing it lately so I’m thinking a reread is in my near future. It’s a commitment but I can’t wait!⁣ ⁣ Also I will absolutely be ordering the new covers. I love all the details! Plus I don’t think I have enough copies (ebook not pictured) 😂😂😂⁣ ⁣ ✨Hashtags✨⁣ #ThroneofGlass #SarahJMaas #AelinAshryverGalathynius #RowanWhitethorn #Rowaelin #TheWorldOfSarahJMaas #SJMaas #FantasyReads #FavoriteBooks #BookStack #Reread #BookstagramIt #ReadingIsMagic #BookObsessed #ReadersAssemble #NoShelfControl https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg13uCiLfwz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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nessietwihard02 · 2 years
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✨✨✨“𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒖𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕: 𝒂 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌.”✨✨✨⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣ Hello, bookish friends!⁣ ⁣ 𝐐𝐎𝐓𝐃: What made you collect a particular book or book series?⁣ ⁣ 𝐀𝐎𝐓𝐃: To be honest, I didn’t plan on buying the entire TOG series 😅 The first one I got, and it was by accident, was Empire of Storms (that I didn’t know was an exclusive edition back then) at a book fair I attended. It was hardbound, and quite a steal for 150 pesos! That’s about 3USD more or less. But after I won a giveaway from one of our local bookstores and my signed pb was part of said prize did I seriously, on a whim, committed to actually buying the rest of the books. And now I have at least 2 copies of each freaking book 🤣⁣ ⁣ Will be catching up with everyone a little later, lovelies! I got sick all of a sudden and it’s difficult looking at a screen right now🥲 ⁣ ⁣ Have a great Monday🌸🌷✨⁣ ⁣ #TheBookwormPrincess👸🏻⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ #bibliophile #bookstagram #books #readersofig #igreads #booklover #bookaholic #mybookfeatures #bookstagramcommunity #booklovers #PageTurnersPH #bookstagramfeaturesonly#booksbooksbooks #MaasMonday #TOG #ThroneOfGlass #CelaenaSardothien #AelinAshryverGalathynius #RowanWhitethorn #ChaolWestfall #DorianHavilliard #SJM #SarahJMaas #Terrasen (at Terrasen) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfT-nZYLaMd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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justtaketheelle · 2 years
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Shape-shifter #lysandra #throneofglass #crownofmidnight #heiroffire #queenofshadows #kingdomofash #sarahjmaas #sarahjmaasbooks #aelingalathynius #aelin #aelinashryvergalathynius #rowanwhitethorn #lysandratheshapeshifter #lysandraofcaraverre https://www.instagram.com/p/CcwFJiiJyPI/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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