Irina

“I hate the way I cling to him, the nails of one hand digging into his back, my thoughts splintering, and the single last thing in my head: that I like him better than I've ever liked anyone and that of all the things he's ever done to me, making me like him so much is by far the worst.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“Yes, my sweet villain, my darling god… Sweet Jude. You are my dearest punishment”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“Jude Duarte, you will leave the High King's side,' Balekin says.

At that tone, Cardan's focus narrows. I can see him straining to concentrate. 'She will not,' he says.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King

“We should have called truce, he'd said, brushing back his ink-black hair impatiently. We should have called truce long before this.

But neither of us called it, not then, not after.”
― Holly Black, The Wicked King