Pearla

“Elm’s eyes narrowed, jumping from Jespyr to Ravyn to me. When he noted the choke of red up my neck,”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“War didn’t end, not so cleanly—it just kept building up in little hurts that piled on one another until they exploded afresh into raw new wounds.”
― R.F. Kuang, The Burning God

“Your uncle confirmed it.”
― Rachel Gillig, One Dark Window

“In three, two, one, action.” The McCoy family stares at him numbly. “And cut!” Plutarch crosses to the McCoys. “Sorry. Obviously, I wasn’t clear. When you heard them call Louella, it was a big shock, right? ‘Oh, no!’ Maybe you gasped or cried out her name.”
― Suzanne Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping