

“He smelled like the sky—he tasted like falling. His lips met mine like he’d been waiting his entire life for this kiss and had known exactly what he would do when he got it. We kissed like we fought together, responding to each touch, each movement. We understood each other by now.”
― The Serpent and the Wings of Night
― The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“His eyes softened as they flicked back to me. I really did try not to notice, or care, that they drank me in the same way he drank in sunshine.”
― The Serpent and the Wings of Night
― The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“Fear is a collection of physical responses, I told myself.
Fear is accelerated heartbeats and rapid breaths and sweaty palms. Fear is a doorway to anger, and anger is a doorway to power.”
― The Serpent and the Wings of Night
Fear is accelerated heartbeats and rapid breaths and sweaty palms. Fear is a doorway to anger, and anger is a doorway to power.”
― The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“That wasn’t how I’d imagined making you come for the first time,” he remarked. I stopped chewing.”
― The Serpent and the Wings of Night
― The Serpent and the Wings of Night

“Hundreds of years later, historians and scholars would look back upon this moment. This decision that, one day, would topple an empire. What a strange choice, they would whisper. Why would he do this? Why, indeed. After all, vampires know better than anyone how important it is to protect their hearts. And love, understand, is sharper than any stake.”
― The Serpent and the Wings of Night
― The Serpent and the Wings of Night
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