The spark of it starts small, well beneath Jiang Cheng’s notice, but builds steadily.
Sect Leader Nie has still not returned to the main hall over half an hour after the agreed time.
Jiang Cheng takes a dagger meant for Nie Huaisang. In the rapidly ensuing aftermath, bleeding out in the middle of the Unclean Realm becomes the very least of his concerns.
Before Lan Yi is alone with the Yin Iron, she's alone with the Yin Iron and Baoshan Sanren.
Or: being immortal means always having to say you're sorry.
“They'll have to make a few surgical incisions, of course.” With a single finger of each hand, Tsurumi traced two lines, one across each side of Ogata's face, from the corner of his warped jaw to the centre of his cheek. “You'll still look fetching as ever, I'm sure.”
"You want your choirboy back, don't you?"
"The problem with that whole strategy is that it only works once, Aaron. Once if you're lucky."
Friends do favors for each other. Will Graham really needs a favor.
He’s done his fair share of fucking up in this line of work, but this might be the worst he’s ever done it.
On Eadu, Krennic gets Lyra alone.