Daniel de Lorne > Quotes

“He took his hand and something sparked in the handshake. It coursed up his arm and fluttered in his chest. He gritted his teeth as he tried to keep his face smooth, pleasant, while lightning struck his heart. Reiner looked straight into his eyes, and when Thierry returned his intense gaze, he was bewildered as to where and when he was.

The breath he didn’t need to take caught in his dry throat.

The lights around him seemed to dim, leaving only the two of them illuminated. His muddled mind tried to understand what was happening, but as he groped for answers he found nothing to hold. Like trying to catch water.”
― Daniel de Lorne, Beckoning Blood

“Olivier throbbed in his veins. Not feeding put Reiner at risk. His own hunger mixed with Olivier’s madness meant Reiner’s throat would be too alluring for the wrong reasons. A descent into the wilderness would help dispel some of it; the blood would drown the rest.”
― Daniel de Lorne, Beckoning Blood

“Animosity grew like algae on a pond. While before they might not have talked a lot, there would still be a touch, however fleeting, or a look, sometimes even a smile, to stir in some kindness and disrupt hatred’s spread. Now light and oxygen couldn’t get in. Life withered, leaving in its place a dead indifference.”
― Daniel de Lorne, Burning Blood

“Soon, Etienne was lost to his clouded vision, and those three whispered words, which he finally uttered with a reverence saints would envy, went unheard.”
― Daniel de Lorne, Beckoning Blood