Steph

“How tragic, to be so ensorcelled by someone whose whole heart was steel and ambition, with no room for soft touch. How pathetic, to be the two of them, soul-broken and quiet in the twilight.”
― Isabel Cañas, The Possession of Alba Díaz

“A lifetime with Carlos over a stranger who wanted nothing but to rule her life and possess her body? It was a bargain.”
― Isabel Cañas, The Possession of Alba Díaz

“Some of us are shackled to the world we are born in. We cannot change. We cannot leave.” The bitterness of her own voice tasted like ash. “We can only dream of bigger cages.”
― Isabel Cañas, The Possession of Alba Díaz

“He was not seeing things. The moonlight on her hair and skin was real, so, too, were the shadows cast by her cheekbones. He could see the lines of taut skin at the edges of those massive sockets, waxen and tight. Her lips pulled back from teeth in a snarl. The glint of spittle on her teeth was real. Invisible hands yanked her shoulders back, one at a time; she jerked and shuddered.”
― Isabel Cañas, The Possession of Alba Díaz