Madeline

“She morphed into her father’s personal monster but never lost her kind heart, even if it was damaged. She gathered all the pain that was dealt to her and forged herself into a weapon that she vowed to one day turn on the kingdom, forcing them to suffer her wrath for all they had taken from her.”
― Olivia Rose Darling, Fear the Flames

“You go first :)” she typed back, with an uncharacteristic smiley—Hel wasn’t usually much of a one for emojis, but this wasn’t exactly a normal situation. “What’s your one lead?”
― Ruth Ware, Zero Days

“The world is often unkind to new talent, new creations. The new needs friends. —Anton Ego”
― Fredrik Backman, My Friends

“While the argument has been made for a number of villains to ascend to the coveted spot of Supreme Evil, notably Everild the Necromancer, Scorlisha Baneblade of the Mounted Beasts, The Plague Bringer Norasthmus, and Dave from Next Door Who Insists on Doing Yard Work at Dawn,”
― A.K. Caggiano, Throne in the Dark