Dayna

“Desire?” He gave a dark, throaty laugh. “Desire is a pathetic word for what I feel for you. I require you. I am sustained by you. You are the flame that fuels my fire. Don’t you dare question that—not for a second.”
― Penn Cole, Heat of the Everflame

“Luther tipped his forehead until it lay flush with mine, our eyes closing as we bathed in the charged air humming around us. “You are my Queen, and I am your sword. Point me at your enemies, and watch them fall. Lead this world, Diem, and I will follow you—into war, into death, into the tundra of hell itself.” He took my palm and set it against his chest, just above the patch of unscarred skin that lay beneath his jacket. “You are the fate my heart was spared for. As long as it beats, you will never fight alone.”
― Penn Cole, Glow of the Everflame

“All eyes beneath us turned upward as the power of the Acrux line, which had stood unchallenged for far too long, buckled and broke beneath the might of a Vega.”
― Caroline Peckham, Sorrow and Starlight

“Lionel Acrux would look me in the eye and see his death had come calling for him. When I threw him to the mercy of the ghosts beyond The Veil, I knew they would make him suffer in endless torment for all he had caused in this life.”
― Caroline Peckham, Restless Stars