Paulina

“How do you call this a house?” I ask rhetorically. “This is the kind of place that has a name like Chateau be Jealous of All My Money.” I look around in complete astonishment.”
― Ivy Asher, The Lost and the Chosen

“My idea of good company...is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.'
'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.”
― Jane Austen, Persuasion

“have got to get out of this castle because I’m trapped in an enormous luxurious prison filled with overly attractive men and I’m just supposed sit here and pretend like I haven’t seen half the room’s dicks!”
― A.K. Koonce, Claiming

“Now you listen to me...you may be one badass Sentinel, but guess what, so am I now. Stop questioning your place in our lives. Stop doubting us when we say that no matter what, this is what we want. You are what we want. The scorching I just got from those runes? That’s nothing compared to the hurt when you doubt me, doubt your place with us. So get your shit together, Killer. Either you’re in, or you’re out.”
― Ivy Asher, Awakened and Betrayed