Amy

“Sometimes it’s easier to be strong if someone else is showing cracks.”
― Brianna Bourne, You and Me at the End of the World

“She blinked. “What?” “Hit me,” Tao repeated, sensing just how on edge she was. “You’re gonna snap if you don’t get it all out of you. Don’t worry; I can take a punch from an itty-bitty thing like—motherfucker.” He stroked his jaw, trying to ease the pain pounding through it thanks to the blow she’d just dealt him. “You weren’t supposed to be that enthusiastic about it.” She shrugged, smiling sweetly. “Sorry.” Yeah?”
― Suzanne Wright, Fierce Obsessions

“Gardreel threw his head back and laughed. “You think that will work?” Just for fun I shot him in the throat. “I am sick of you speaking.” Dinah shivered in my hand. “Oh, that was a good shot. I felt it all the way to my lady balls.”
― Shannon Mayer, A Killing Curse