Emily Messer

“I am not sorry. Perhaps I should be. But I will choose you every time. You, and Cat, and Laila, every time. I will lose them all if I must.”
― Nora Sakavic, The Golden Raven

“Kevin had the good grace to flinch. Jean felt the tendrils of an old and ugly rage stir, and he knotted a bruised hand in the sheets like he could somehow hold it at bay through sheer force alone.

“It was my only chance,” Kevin said. “I knew you wouldn’t come with me.”

“My place is at Evermore,” Jean agreed, “but you did not have to slit my throat on the way out.”
― Nora Sakavic, The Sunshine Court

“He hasn’t played a clean game in years,” Kevin admitted, “but he knows how to follow orders. If you tell him to submit, he will.” “Literally the most awkward way you could’ve worded it,” Jeremy said.”
― Nora Sakavic, The Sunshine Court

“Riko’s return to the court was inevitable: the King would cut his Queen’s throat and be done with the whole charade at last.”
― Nora Sakavic, The Sunshine Court