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So, this is my life. And I want you to know that I am both happy and sad and I’m still trying to figure out how that could be.
“Don't forget, Sera. You are not afraid. You may feel fear, but you are never afraid.”
― A Shadow in the Ember
― A Shadow in the Ember
“Sometimes, it's better not to know,' he answered.
Penellaphe drifted closer. 'But, sometimes, knowledge is power.”
― A Shadow in the Ember
Penellaphe drifted closer. 'But, sometimes, knowledge is power.”
― A Shadow in the Ember
“I feel like I also have to let you know that one of the reasons I can't sleep is because I keep looking at the damn doors to your bedchambers.'
My gaze shot back to him.
'And then I lay there wondering why in the hell I placed your chambers beside mine. Sounded like a good idea,' he said, and my stomach rolled. 'Now I'm not so sure. Because I spent far too much time thinking that all I had to do was walk a couple of feet and that chamber wouldn't be empty. You'd be there.'
The tripping sensation turned into a falling one. 'And that is a bad thing?'
'Undecided.'
I laughed, looking away. 'Well, I feel that I should let you know that I too was staring at those damn doors, and I'm only a few feet away and...'
'And what?' Shadows gathered in his voice.
'And I don't mind engaging in bad ideas,' I told him.
Ash chuckled. 'You wouldn't, would you?'
I grinned as I tugged the edges of the throw up to my chin. 'I am particularly talented at engaging in bad ideas.”
― A Shadow in the Ember
My gaze shot back to him.
'And then I lay there wondering why in the hell I placed your chambers beside mine. Sounded like a good idea,' he said, and my stomach rolled. 'Now I'm not so sure. Because I spent far too much time thinking that all I had to do was walk a couple of feet and that chamber wouldn't be empty. You'd be there.'
The tripping sensation turned into a falling one. 'And that is a bad thing?'
'Undecided.'
I laughed, looking away. 'Well, I feel that I should let you know that I too was staring at those damn doors, and I'm only a few feet away and...'
'And what?' Shadows gathered in his voice.
'And I don't mind engaging in bad ideas,' I told him.
Ash chuckled. 'You wouldn't, would you?'
I grinned as I tugged the edges of the throw up to my chin. 'I am particularly talented at engaging in bad ideas.”
― A Shadow in the Ember
“Smile at me,' he murmured, the silver in his eyes swirling.
'Why?'
'Because when you do that, there's utterly nothing I would not allow you to do to me.”
― A Shadow in the Ember
'Why?'
'Because when you do that, there's utterly nothing I would not allow you to do to me.”
― A Shadow in the Ember
“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.”
― A Shadow in the Ember
I really had to be asleep. 'Why?'
'Because you've given him peace.”
― A Shadow in the Ember
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