Aurora

“Then Aelin said, “You’re last, Rowan.”
“I vote no. Not now, not ever.”
Rowan just stared and stared at his mate. His reason for breathing.
Elide asked softly, “What is your vote, Aelin?”
Aelin tore her eyes from Rowan, and he felt the absence of that stare like a frozen wind as she said, “It doesn’t matter.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“He came to life when she smiled, drew breath when her eyes brightened, died when she left a room.”
― Tahereh Mafi, All This Twisted Glory

“They came in the night,” we said, “the black and red horde. They burned down my castle, put my kin to the sword. The usurper was crowned, though my blood had not dried. But he did not account for the turn of the tide. For nothing is safe, and nothing is free. Debt follows all men, no matter their plea. When the Shepherd returns, a new day shall ring. Death to the Rowans… “Long live the King.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“The berry of rowans is red, always red. The earth at its trunk is dark with bloodshed. But a Prince is a man, and a man may be bled. He came for the girl.. And got the monster instead.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window