Hazen

“You use sarcasm as a way to deflect your true feelings. It’s like armor, but it’s okay to let the shield down once in a while.”
― Maya Raine, Ash and Poison

“You can cry and scream and fall apart. You can do whatever you want. You don’t have to be okay right now. It’s just us…”
― Lyla Sage, Wild and Wrangled

“What are you getting?” he asks, finally looking up, his voice soft like we’re sharing something intimate. “I don’t know,” I say, flipping the menu shut. “Maybe the arsenic.” He blinks, his expression wobbling somewhere between confusion and unease. “What?” “The arsenic,” I repeat, my voice flat. “I hear it pairs well with a dry white.”
― Mia Ballard, We All Rot Eventually: A Horror Novella

“There was beauty in it still, the way imperfect things can be beautiful, but it was a beauty of a dark and fading kind.”
― Johanna van Veen, Blood on Her Tongue