Hannah

“It is as acceptable to be resilient and to mourn in the back of your heart as it is to be fragile and for that mourning to take everything you have. Some people are left breathless from pain, and others can walk on broken legs.”
― Mallory Dunlin, Captured by the Fae Beast

“A toast, I think," I said, holding up my glass. "To love returned, in all its many forms: friendship, passion, romance, and loyalty." "I'll toast to that," Alluin said, and held up his own glass. "To opening the gates of our hearts, and accepting the risk of injury for the sake of love." "To the compassion that allows us to see where our loved ones need help, and the willingness to accept an outstretched hand," Zhiolas added, looking at me with gratefulness in his lavender eyes, and then to Alluin, devotion written plainly across his face. I turned my eyes to Dain, who was watching me with a small smile, his ears and wing-arms relaxed, and his beautiful golden eyes soft with love. "To forgiveness and second chances, and to finding a place to stand," he said, looking only at me. "To choosing one another, and the joy of being chosen in return.”
― Mallory Dunlin, Captured by the Fae Beast