Riley

“I did many things to come here. I killed for coming here. My friend—” I didn’t have the vocabulary to describe what Serel had done for me, given for me. “I left my most important people. They need me. I cannot fail them. To help them, I need this.” I thrust my open palm down to the piles of drawings. “I have nothing without the Orders. No power. I need this. They need this.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

“Again, you have no control. Show me some of those butterflies you like so much and we’ll see how much you earned that little smirk.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

“He kept turning that glass flower around and around in his fingers as I ate. To my delight, he had nothing bad to say about it.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds

“he was awful at hiding his emotions, and it was clear that he wasn’t. Instead, I crafted a little butterfly from the swampy lake below and drew it up to hover in front of our faces. “How is it wrong?” I asked. He hardly looked at me. “What?” “What is wrong with it?” Slowly, he turned. Then looked to my butterfly. “So?” I prodded.”
― Carissa Broadbent, Daughter of No Worlds