"She is the very thing he’s spent his whole life hunting.
He is the very thing she’s spent her whole life pretending to be."
Tropes
Trials, Enemies to Loversish, Bantering Banter, and a BadAss FMC
Important Lingo
Elite (person with strong powers)
Mundane (person with weak powers)
Ordinaries (people with no power)
Purging Trials (deadly competition every 5 years to showcase people’s power).
Ilyea (the kingdom where they live)
Loot ( the slums)
Plague (disease that ordinary people carry that weakens Elite’s powers)
Main Characters
Paedyn- FMC Grew up in the slums. Her father dies at 13 and she is forced to live on the streets. Is really good at reading people, stealing from them, and kicking their asses. Ordinary
Adena - Paedyn’s best and only friend. Master Seamstress. A shining light in the dark. Elite -Phaser
Kai- Cocky Bastard, Prince, Enforcer, Beautiful Specimen, Dark and Brodey. Elite- Weilder
Kitt- Kind, handsome, Future King, Kai’s brother. Elite - Elemental
The King - Liar, Cruel, Murderer. (Least favorite character) He has a power but I don't even care to remember what it is.
High Points
Paedyn steals from Prince Kai in the slums without knowing he was the Prince. Shortly after, she saves him from a “Fatal.” Kai is in the slums carrying out his job killing Ordinaries (people without power). Paedyn is deemed the “Silver Savoir” and voted to compete in the Purging Trials (think Hunger Games). She has to move to the castle until the trials are over where they have balls and show off the contestants. She is instantly targeted by Blair (Uber Bitch) , another contestant with very strong powers. Kai and Jax (youngest prince) are also picked to be in the trials. Kai is expected to win by the King. Kai has a very strained relationship with his father who has beaten and tortured him on more than one occasion. Shortly before the first ball she realizes she needs dresses made and is allowed to summon Adena to come from Loot. During the first of three trials Kai and Paedyn team up to survive. So much flirty heated banter between them. They both survive but many do not. Now Kitt and Kai are both falling for Padeyn and their Father is not having it. The Resistance (not Star Wars) looks for ways to rebel against the Elites. They want to live in peace. Kitt and Kai tip toe around the fact they are both falling for Paedyn who just wants to avenge her father who was killed by the King. The 3rd trial comes and Paedyn uses information she drug out of Kitt to help slip the Resistance into the arena where the trial is taking place. She finishes the maze only to find Adena at the center tortured and bound. She holds her while she dies then she RUNS. She is found running from the castle by the King. He promises to kill her and carves an O on her chest for Ordinary. He confesses it was actually Kai that killed her father and insinuates that there isn’t a plague; he just wants Ordinaries eradicated so they do not weaken the Elite population. A physical fight ensues and Paedyn kills the king. Kai sees her running and promises to find her and avenge his Father but first gives her a head start.
Best Quotes
-“Remind me to make you smile like that again, when you aren’t dying, and I have all the time in the world to memorize it.” Kai
- “She is the embodiment of a bad decision. The twin of danger and desire. The fine line between deadly and divine. And I can feel myself drowning.” Kai
- “When his eyes lock with mine, I wonder why I ever bother looking at anyone else.” - Paedyn
- “What do you want to call me?” “I want to call you mine.” Pae and Kai
- “The strongest weapon a woman has at her disposal is that she is often underestimated.” Paedyn
- “It’s the way he’s looking at me that suddenly makes swallowing seem like a struggle, breathing seem like a chore. I’ve never been looked at like it’s a privilege to be in my presence, an honor to hold my gaze, a gift to get a glimpse of me. Not until I met him.” - Paedyn
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