Noelle

“The gesture earned him an exasperated breath. "Of course it will happen again. I have other men to lie to me, Adrian. Now sit and give me truth.”
― L.J. Stanton, The Dying Sun

“Shadows replaced fog. They were in the catacombs underneath the High Temple. Ruya pushed the lid from an ossuary in front of them and placed the black tome within. Surprise and fear replaced Ruya’s homesickness. She’d underestimated Merikh.
A splitting headache hit him. The world went black. He could feel Ruya’s panic. And then the warmth of her hand on his wrist grew cold.

He could smell blood.”
― L.J. Stanton, The Dying Sun

“Maybe sometimes, time doesn’t help. It just…stretches. Widens the gap between the loss and the after.”
― Raven Kennedy, Goldfinch

“Though I know they grieve, it will never be the same for them as it is for me. Carrying her is the last gift I’ll ever get. The last chance I’ll ever have to feel her. I’m not ready to give that up. How can I?”
― Raven Kennedy, Goldfinch