Isabelle Reads

“Your life," he seethed. "Is not a game of luck".
"Since when," Juliette spat, "did you care about my life?'
"I don't." He was trembling with fury. "I hate you".
And when Juliette didn't recoil, Roma kissed her.”
― Chloe Gong, Our Violent Ends

“You kneel before my throne unaware it was made of lies.”
― Anonymous

“These violent delights have violent ends, you have always known this.”
― Chloe Gong, Our Violent Ends

“No, Little Nightmare. In all the many years before you first terrified me, I never ... married." He raised an eyebrow as if to suggest more by the word. "That kind of knowledge of a person has its own kind of power. I have never felt so overcome that I have desired another person to know what makes me gasp with delight or sigh with pleasure. Knowledge is power. And I have kept that power to myself." He looked up at the stars before continuing. "It's so much harder to be cruel when you're in love. And so much easier to be betrayed.”
― Sarah K.L. Wilson, Fae Captive