“I will strip away all that you know, all that you love, until you have no shelter but mine.”
― Ruin and Rising
― Ruin and Rising
“The Darkling slumped back in his chair. “Fine,” he said with a weary shrug. “Make me your villain.”
― Shadow and Bone
― Shadow and Bone
“Think of me sometimes," he returned. "When the snowdrops have bloomed and the snow has melted.”
― The Girl in the Tower
― The Girl in the Tower
“Then Day reaches out and touches my hand with his. He encloses it in a handshake. And just like that, I am linked with him again, I feel the pulse of our bond and his- tory and love through our hands, like a wave of magic, the return of a long-lost friend. Of something meant to be. The feeling brings tears to my eyes. Perhaps we can take a step forward together.
“Hi,” he says. “I’m Daniel.”
“Hi,” I reply. “I’m June.”
― Champion
“Hi,” he says. “I’m Daniel.”
“Hi,” I reply. “I’m June.”
― Champion
“Day just smiles at me, an expression so sad that it breaks through my numbness, and I begin to cry. Those bright blue eyes. Before me is the boy who has bandaged my wounds on the streets of Lake, who has guarded his family with every bone in his body, who has stayed by my side in spite of everything, the boy of light and laughter and life, of grief and fury and passion, the boy whose fate is intertwined with mine, forever and always.
"I love you," he whispers. "Can you stay awhile?”
― Champion
"I love you," he whispers. "Can you stay awhile?”
― Champion
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