SOMEONE STOP THE PLOT RIGHT NOW i'm serious i haven't posted anything because EVERY CHAPTER SOMETHING HAPPENED AND I COULDN'T STOP. this is gonna be a ramble because i've panicked so much i forgot what i panicked about first

1. starting off with a murder mystery, how fun! fitz it's totally normal that you have a DEN in your happily ever after home where you keep PARTS OF YOURSELF CLOSED and you longingly stare at a carving of your BEST FRIEND. him clutching the carving to his chest the way beloved clung to his in the famous "i held him as if he were my lover moment" 😭😭 so the messanger(s) are all whites, but the people hunting them down are also whites? is there a civil war happening there?

2. WDYM PATIENCE DIED 😭😭😭 TAKE ME INSTEAD HOBB

3. great and now chade is dying. i'm having such a great time y'all. fitz playing wordle with his mind was funny though

4. me when i started the book: ok, for how long has hobb separated fitzloved again? no more than 6 years right--wait wdym fitz is 47. WDYM THERE'S A THREE YEAR TIME SKIP??? this woman just loves making me suffer

5. i was so afraid fitz wouldn't mention beloved for a long time BUT HE DOES. AT EVERY CHAPTER. AND EACH TIME IT'S WORSE AND SADDER AND MORE YEARNING. hobb joined the war on fitzloved on the side of fitzloved

guys i won't survive this book