Gabrielle

“There are rumors that your Lantsov prince has been sighted.”

I drifted nearer, trying to keep my voice casual. “Where?”

He glanced up, his lips curling in a slight smile. “Do you like him?”

“Does it matter?”

“It’s harder when you like them. You mourn them more.”

“Tell me, Alina,” said the Darkling. “Has he claimed you yet?”

“Claimed me? Like a peninsula?”

“No blushes. No averted eyes. How you’ve changed. What about your faithful tracker? Will he sleep curled at the foot of your throne?”
― Leigh Bardugo, Ruin and Rising

“It looks like you are night incarnate, the stars in the sky, the power in my veins. Do you still want me? Do you ache for me the way I ache for you? Has this week been torture for you as it has been for me?”
― Gillian Eliza West, Ruin

“Why did you go to her?

Because with her he was human again.”
― Leigh Bardugo, Rule of Wolves

“Do you love him?” he pressed in an even smaller voice. This time, my smile grew so wide it hurt my cheeks, and my heart fluttered painfully against my chest. “More than anyone has ever loved another, even from before time was made.”
― Gillian Eliza West, Ruin