Kai Butler > Quotes

“And if my husband was going to face a fire dragon, I might as well join him in the foolishness.”
― Kai Butler, Shadow Throne King

“Tell her I want the food. Now. Or I will eat her and anyone else standing between me and dinner.”
― Kai Butler, Shadow Throne King

“And fire is rage. Fire is raw emotion,”
― Kai Butler, Shadow Throne King

“him look like the most handsome man in the world, baby blue eyes and the sort of bone structure a smart studio could build a whole superhero franchise off of. To be honest, I wasn’t sure which was real, but I had a feeling his fae look was his real face.”
― Kai Butler, Wormwood Summer

“You outnumber them, even if you don’t have their power. So, my advice would be a lot of chairs to the backs of the heads. WWE approved.” “Baseball bats.” At my raised eyebrow, Cade clarified, “More aerodynamic.” “Baseball bats,” I agreed. “Either way, you don’t need us.”
― Kai Butler, Contested Crown

“Ice magic was all about finding the truth in your heart, wanting something so badly that the desire brought it into existence. Fire magic was about emotion. Anger, love, fury—that was what powered fire.”
― Kai Butler, Shadow Throne King

“Yorîmu had always taught me to fight as though the important thing wasn’t protecting my own life but doing the most harm to others. An assassin fought to kill, not to survive the attempt.”
― Kai Butler, Betrothed to the Emperor

“The key to the belief was accepting the mystery of the universe. They believed every piece of knowledge came with more questions, and pursuing all the answers rather than accepting the mystery led to madness. Having faith in the universe—that absolute, true faith—meant accepting that some things couldn’t be explained.”
― Kai Butler, Cypress Ashes

“The servants at the Lakeshore Palace are trained as warriors,” I said. “If the generations of them that have defended it from Krustavian warriors have not proved their capability, then the fact that I cannot steal a single meat bun from the kitchen without being firmly beaten in combat by the cook proves that the years of peace between the Imperium and the dwarven kingdom has not been spent in idleness.”
― Kai Butler, Dragon Blood Curse

“Then, because it had been a long day, I passed out.”
― Kai Butler, Betrothed to the Emperor

“Come on,” Nick murmured into my hair. “I’m making pancakes.” “Pancakes?” I teased. “Or those whole grain griddle cakes you keep trying to convince us are just as good?”
― Kai Butler, A Shattered Silver Crown

“Was that the only way I knew how to love something? By desperately yearning for it, missing it when it had disappeared?”
― Kai Butler, Emperor's Wrath

“Ice is for the desires you cannot shake. Ice is unmoving and permanent. Ice is what lives in your soul when there is nothing else.”
― Kai Butler, Shadow Throne King

“but his promises grew even more like ice over a lake:”
― Kai Butler, Shadow Throne King

“Know that if it was an attempt on my beloved’s life… death will not come for you. I will.”
― Kai Butler, Shadow Throne King