“I kept coming back to you, not because of Legend, or the game. But because you’re so real and alive and fearless and daring and beautiful and if what’s between us isn’t real, then I don’t know what is.”
“That foolish part was the silly girl who’d loved stories of romance and adventure, staying up late to read them to her sister. She was the girl who’d hoped to one day marry for love. She’d been innocent of duty, of reality.”
― A Kiss of Iron
― A Kiss of Iron
“Deep down, that’s what haunts you. That wish to be free.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
“Life—life was pain. Pain, and joy. Joy because of the pain.”
― Kingdom of Ash
― Kingdom of Ash
“Survival is a slow death. No one can keep treading water forever—it’s just a slow way to drown. If their situation doesn’t change—if no lifeline comes or they don’t find a boat or solid ground—they will sink.” His eyebrows knitted together even tighter as he searched my gaze. “I don’t want to see you sink, little ember.”
― A Kiss of Iron
― A Kiss of Iron
“I’ve always known I’ll die in combat. I just don’t want it to be today.”
― Onyx Storm
― Onyx Storm
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