Paula

“I believe he slipped and fell upon my blade.” “Was it his throat that fell upon your blade?” “Odd, right?” “Odd, indeed.” Ezra tilted her head to the side as she stared blankly at me. “That happens quite often around you.” “Unfortunately.” I arched a brow at my stepsister. “Men with careless fists should be more mindful of where they step.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“It is far easier to be lied to than to acknowledge that you have been lied to.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I have never seen him sleep so deeply. Not even when he was just a babe. The slightest sound would wake him.”
Surprise rippled through me as the hand under mine remained relaxed and still.
“You knew him then?”
“I knew his parents. I called them my friends, and I call Ash one of my own,” he answered, head straightening. His gaze caught mine and held it.
“I think I will call you one of my own.”
I really had to be asleep.
“Why?”
“Because you’ve given him peace.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“You", he said, his thumb moving in a slow swipe over the side of my throat. There was something about the way he said that. “You are trouble.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember