Makenna

“I’m the kind of man who will crawl across the floor and lick the dirt off your shoes like a peasant begging a king for some scraps. Just to make you think I’m weak. So, when they look away from me, I can slit their throats.”
― Shantel Tessier, The Ritual

“Earlier in the shower made me realize I’ve gone fucking soft on you, Blake. Know why?” He doesn’t let me answer. “Because you cried. Because another man tried to hurt you. That’s what I’m trying to protect you from. I should be your biggest threat. But instead, I’m falling in love with you.”
― Shantel Tessier, The Ritual

“This was the stare of a creature who understood she was confronting death itself, and still chose to spit in its face.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“I’d set the world on fire, including myself, if it meant saving her.”
― Shantel Tessier, The Ritual