Cali Mae

“What does that mean?"
His hands are warm, but his tone ices over. "It means if it comes down to losing your character now, or losing you forever, I will skin that costume off you myself.”
― Shannon J. Spann, A Stage Set for Villains

“I will not apologize for loving you, dear heart," he says. "But I hope you'll forgive me for having done it so dreadfully.”
― Shannon J. Spann, A Stage Set for Villains

“JUDE: "Good! I'm Jude, by the way." As if I don't know exactly who he is. I mouth nasty insults at his statue each time I pass it in the District.”
― Shannon J. Spann, A Stage Set for Villains

“The third thing," I demand, my voice hoarse. Jude shuts his eyes, resigned, and I press on. "The third thing you would have me know before the end of this. Tell me what it is."
Jude's eyes flutter open, bright with determination. "That I have loved you." He raises his head, voice steady, certain. "Unreasonably. Entirely. Unfairly and, gods know, selfishly. In every life that I have lived.”
― Shannon J. Spann, A Stage Set for Villains