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“You remember what I told you about chess pieces? That I didn’t know what piece you were?” “Yes.” He turned his neck to put his eyes on hers. “You’re the queen on the board, Amara. You’re my most powerful piece, but my most vulnerable. They get you, they get me, and the game is over. So, I’ll do whatever I need to make sure they never get you.”
― RuNyx, The Emperor

“You and I are going to have a reckoning, Georgia. It doesn’t have to be this week, but it’s going to happen.”
― Jessica Joyce, The Ex Vows

“You’re immune to her.” “I’m not. I just know when she’s trying to get something out of me.” “Is resistance not the same as immunity?”
― Bree Porter, Kingpin's Foxglove

“I would beg,” he murmured. “For you, I would. You have fucking destroyed me, Oraya. Do you know that?”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night