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“I’d spend a lifetime at the tip of your blade, and it would have been worth it.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King

“I turned away, breaking our stare. Strange how all these eyes on me meant nothing to me. But Raihn’s… my fingers fell to my chest, over my quickening heartbeat.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King

“Did you like it? When he kissed you?" Because he had to know. "Not at all", she whispered. "Why? Did he do it wrong? Was he a bad kisser?" "It felt wrong." "Why?" "Because he wasn't you." The soft look in her eyes killed him. He would do anything for that look. Anything.”
― Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

“Maybe it was because there was something different in the way they looked at me now—not like another blood vendor or a curious forbidden delicacy. They looked at me like I was an actual threat, and I liked that.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King