Elena Hect

“The flare of Arlo’s anger was a familiar thing by now.
She wanted to say something. She always wanted to say something whenever people like Malachite said such terribly rude things to her and others around her, but the words would never leave her tongue. Every time she felt them bubbling up inside her, those good intentions turned to cowardice and were swallowed once more by nerves.”
― Ashley Shuttleworth, A Dark and Hollow Star

“While we live, the enemy shall fear us.

We are what's left.
We are what must survive.”
― Emily Tesh, Some Desperate Glory

“My hunger roused me. In the depths of the sea, I drew upon my greed, my insatiable ambition. I cried out to my shadow self, my truest self, and reached for her through her iron imprisonment. I understood now why I was called a perversion. It was unnatural for a woman to have this kind of ambition, and yet I existed. My existence was my birthright, and it would be my justification.”
― K.X. Song, The Night Ends with Fire

“Animosity built higher in me, brick by brick. Here it was again, that old ugly impulse. The first and maybe most powerful thing I’d ever felt about Wist.
You aren’t allowed to do that.
If anyone hurts her, it’s going to be me.”
― Hiyodori, Clematis and the Queen of the Void