“The ox feels the yoke, but does the bird feel the weight of its wings?”
― Siege and Storm
― Siege and Storm
“Anything worth doing always starts as a bad idea.”
― Siege and Storm
― Siege and Storm
“Scars made good reminders.”
― Siege and Storm
― Siege and Storm
“Like calls to like. I'd sense it when the Hummingbird entered the Unsea, but I'd been too afraid to embrace it. This time, I didn't fight. I let go of my fear, my guilt, my shame. There was darkness inside me. He had put it there, and I would no longer deny it. The volcra, the nichevo'ya, they were my monsters, all of them. And he was my monster too.
"My power is yours", I repeated. His arms tightened around me. "And yours is mine," I whispered against his lips.”
― Siege and Storm
"My power is yours", I repeated. His arms tightened around me. "And yours is mine," I whispered against his lips.”
― Siege and Storm
“So many men had tried to make her a queen. Now she understood that she was meant for something more. The Darkling had told her he was destined to rule. He had claimed his throne, and a part of her too. He was welcome to it. For the living and the dead, she would make herself a reckoning. She would rise.”
― Siege and Storm
― Siege and Storm
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