Taylin

“She was gratified to have possibly earned his respect, but a part of her grated at the idea that she’d had to in the first place. He was her father. He should have respected her before she was useful, should have loved and cared for her before she had proven she deserved it.”
― Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith

“Matthias was dreaming again. Dreaming of her. The storm raged around him, drowning out Nina’s voice. And yet his heart was easy. Somehow he knew that she would be safe, she would find shelter from the cold. He was on the ice once more, and somewhere he could hear the wolves howling. But this time, he knew they were welcoming him home.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Crooked Kingdom

“And despite what had happened between them the past few days, they were not friends. Not really. They were each other’s only life raft in a storm, but the storm was over, and they were back on solid ground. For now.
No, they weren’t friends.
They weren’t anything.”
― Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith

“She thought she had known what it felt like to blink into the shadows, to gasp for breath— to not know what horror might lurk around the next corner.

She thought she knew fear.”
― Nicki Pau Preto, Bonesmith