Morally Gray

“The most powerful being in the entire realm is not the World Ender, but the one who protects the World Ender. The one who brought him back from the dead.”
― Amber V. Nicole, The Dawn of the Cursed Queen

“You’re supposed to protect the world, not me.” “You are my world.”
― Amber V. Nicole, The Dawn of the Cursed Queen

“Do you know what it feels like to have your soul cleaved in two? To have it ripped from you? That's what it felt like when you died in my arms. Pure, blinding, pain that I don't think this world or the next has a word for. So don't stand there scolding me like a fucking child. You are not my father. I killed him to get to you, and I still wasn't in time. I would burn the world for you, Samkiel, and I would happily hand over my soul so that you may live. I would do it all again if it meant you existed.”
― Amber V. Nicole, The Dawn of the Cursed Queen

“This.” He held the ring between us, its diamonds shimmering in the setting sun. “This is no matter what.” “I’ll hurt you.” My voice came out as small and damned as I felt. “Then hurt me.” Samkiel’s eyes softened, and he stepped closer, his body almost flush with mine. “But don’t leave me.”
― Amber V. Nicole, The Dawn of the Cursed Queen