Xaden: "don't mistake me for soft or kind"

also Xaden: *has 107 scars on his back for the protection of all the marked ones*

also Xaden: *falls in love with Violet months before she does but keeps his distance because he thinks he's the worst thing possible for her and keeps disregarding his own feelings as he's done his entire life*

also Xaden: *leaves a jar of violets next to Violet's bedside when he has to leave early for a leadership meeting the morning after they first sleep together*

also Xaden: *is repeatedly shown as a competent and caring wingleader who does well by his cadets*

also Xaden: *saves Aaric by dragging him through the closing Archives door even though Aaric hates him*

also Xaden: *immediately jumps into action to help Lynx when his shadows start manifesting, even though Xaden knows this implies his own doomed fate*

also Xaden: *literally leads an entire revolution to protect those who can't protect themselves*

....I could go on

That's my book husband fr