Ria

“Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from you.’” He trailed his fingers down my arm in slow, torturous strokes. My head fell back on his shoulder, my eyes fluttering closed, as his lips continued to move against my neck. “‘Where you go, I will go. Where you stay, I will stay.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“I loved her. Despite everything. Despite the lies, the betrayal, the hurt. Despite the Archbishop and Morgane le Blanc. Despite my own brothers. I don't know if she returned that love, and I didn't care. If she was destined to burn in Hell, I would burn with her.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove

“And he whispered, “There she is.” All at once, I realized what he had been doing.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“If this woman is to be my wife,” he said, swallowing hard, “you will not touch her again.”
― Shelby Mahurin, Serpent & Dove