Irunka

“She tried to imagine her former self. Enemy. Prisoner. Friend? Daughter. Spy. Prisoner again. “What am I now?”
Sarsine held both of Kestrel’s hands. “What ever you want to be.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“She’d wanted to put her fear inside a white box and give it to Arin. You, too, she would tell him. I fear for you. I fear for me if I lost you.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“She had done everything she could. And he didn't even know.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“You are important to me,” she said, and touched his face. Important. The word swelled and deflated. More than he’d thought. Less than he wanted.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss