Janine

“You enrage me.” “The feeling is mutual,” I crooned sweetly.”
― Ella Fields, Amid Clouds and Bones

“I would never hurt you like that.” I found my voice, opening my eye. “Even if I wanted to. Even if you begged me to. Even if you cheated on me. Even if you killed me.” And then, because it felt too raw, too real, I added, “Protecting you is a compulsion at this point. I’d stop the night from falling if darkness scares you, Lila.”
― L.J. Shen, Bad Bishop

“No, you’re a woman. My woman. And I’ll be fucking damned if I watch you become a shadow of yourself. So we’re going to bed, Elena, and you’re going to let me hold you and stroke your fucking hair and for the next five hours, you’re going to forget the shitshow going on in our lives, and you’re going to fucking sleep! You got it!?”
― Ria Wilde, Steel & Sin

“Fear requires hope's shadow, and hope died in this basement a long time ago.”
― Charmaine Ross, Chain Me Knot