Vendetta

“I highly doubt that.” “Um, I’m sorry, but am I the only one here who didn’t know you speak Arabic?” Kenji is staring at me, wide-eyed. Haider laughs, eyes bright as he analyzes my face. “Your new friends know so little about you.” And then, to Kenji, “Your Regent Warner speaks seven languages.” “You speak seven languages?” Juliette says, touching my arm.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“Hate me, curse me, I cared little, so long as I was the first thought of her day and the last of her night.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“Listen,” she says softly. “You’re cute. Really cute. You’ve got a great face. But this,” she says, gesturing between them, “is not happening.” Kenji doesn’t appear to have heard her. “You think I’ve got a great face?”
― Tahereh Mafi, Restore Me

“In love with a girl I’d have bowed to long before she became my queen.”
― Lauren Roberts, Fearless