❦..serena

“Would you, um, like to unpack now or do you want to finish the tour?" she breathes, looking back up at me. I smell a fresh waft of that orange blossom and marshmallow scent of hers and instantly make up my mind. "I'll do it later. Let's finish the tour.”
― Eden Victoria, Close Protection

“You’re so narcissistic.” “Confident,” he replies. “A cockhole.” His brows raise. “What the hell is a cockhole?” “Cocky asshole. Therefore, you’re a cockhole.”
― Meghan Quinn, A Not So Meet Cute

“There once was a girl,” he murmured, “clever and good, who tarried in shadow in the depths of the wood. There also was a King—a shepherd by his crook, who reigned over magic and wrote the old book. The two were together, so the two were the same: “The girl, the King… and the monster they became.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“She looks at me like I've just hung the moon, if it doesn't make me want to do everything in my power to protect her, task force be damned”
― Eden Victoria, Close Protection