Sunaina Deepak

“Back to our old roles, eh?’ Nico smiled. ‘My little Night Light.’
Will groaned. ‘We’re not starting that now.’
‘My little Care Bear.’
‘Please stop.’
Nico gave Will a tight hug. ‘My little sun-therapy globe.’
‘All right, all right,’ said Will. ‘Go get some rest. Now.’
‘Yes, Field Medic Will Solace,’ said Nico.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sun and the Star

“He turned back to Gorgyra. ‘A story about what?’ he asked.
The nymph examined Nico’s face, then Will’s. Was she going to pull soul threads out of them again?
Nico felt something brush his knuckles. He glanced down and saw that Will was trying to hold his hand. He opened his fingers and let Will slip his in between.
Nico’s heart sank. Will’s grip was very weak.
Nico had to do this. He had to finish what they had started.
The whispers called out to him.
And then Gorgyra did, too.
‘Tell me about the two of you,’ she said.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sun and the Star

“It all came to Will so suddenly then: Nico might have been born to Hades. He might have suffered untold amounts of pain and sorrow. He was at home in darkness.
But that didn’t mean that he couldn’t choose the alternative.
Will knew that for a fact because Nico burned brightly as he fought Nyx, as he dodged her tendrils of smoke and hacked at her body. There was a ferocity in him, a power and a fury that could scorch the galaxy when he battled for those he cared for.
And he was now using it to fight for himself.
Even in the darkest parts of life, there was still … light.”
― Rick Riordan, The Sun and the Star

“Even if you do, Nico di Angelo isn’t leaving,’ she said. ‘Isn’t that right, my child?’
‘I’m not your child.’ Nico seethed. ‘My mother is Maria di Angelo, and she loved me and my sister.’
‘And where are they now?’
It was like she had slapped him across the face.
Don’t give in to her, he thought, and he felt Will squeeze his hand again. It’s what she wants.
Still, Nico couldn’t stop the tear that rolled down his cheek. ‘They’re dead,’ he said. ‘They have been for a while.’
‘And it burns you up inside, doesn’t it?”
― Rick Riordan, The Sun and the Star