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“I paused, considering those words. It was true. He had come to me the night of the battle, wailing about what he had perceived of their location, locking it down despite all the magic those vagrants had used to conceal themselves. It had surpassed all realm of my imagination in what I believed him capable of, and I could not deny it now. Though that did not excuse him from punishment.”
― Sorrow and Starlight
― Sorrow and Starlight
“I’m sorry for last night,” she said, kicking aside a stocking. “Oh? What for?” Shrugging off her satchel, Rune pulled out a spell book. “When I saw Gideon in your bedroom, I overreacted.” Verity sat on her small bed, staring straight ahead at the white roses on her wallpaper. “I remembered the Blood Guard soldiers coming for my sisters, and I guess I panicked.”
― Heartless Hunter
― Heartless Hunter
“The ruby pendant hanging around my neck seemed to heat against my skin as I battled to keep control of myself, my fingers moving to touch it, and I could have sworn I felt an imposing shadow moving over me. A shiver ran down my spine, the scent of smoke and cedar filling my lungs as I inhaled, and I swear I could almost feel-”
― Sorrow and Starlight
― Sorrow and Starlight
“Unhelpful,” said Verity, shooting him a look. She joined Rune on the floor, crossing her legs beneath her dress and leaning over the map as the carriage jolted beneath them. Rune’s nose prickled. One of these days, she would gently suggest to her friend not to dab so much perfume on …”
― Heartless Hunter
― Heartless Hunter
“This is different. I should have been strong enough to fight the Shadow Beast off before it ever got as far as it did. I’m supposed to be some all-powerful Phoenix but look at me now. I’m nothing.” “You are everything,” I said firmly, and she tried to push past me, but I slammed my palms to the wall either side of her, not letting her go. “And you will not run from me.” “How can you even stand to look at me?” she hissed. “I’m a monster. I look like her. Like Lavinia.” She winced as if she wanted to cringe away from her own skin and a frown furrowed my brow. “Listen to me, Blue. I loved you when your soul shone with all the starlight in the night sky, and I’ll love you now when your soul is the blackest you’ve ever known. I will love you whole and I’ll love you in pieces. It doesn’t matter, light or dark, I am here. That is what mates are for. It’s what I’m made to be for you by the stars themselves, so stop trying to shut me out.”
― Sorrow and Starlight
― Sorrow and Starlight
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