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“You acted fearlessly. Each time I saw you. You interested me, and I hadn’t expected that. I didn’t want that. But at that lake, you were just Seraphena. And I was just Ash. There was no deal. No perceived obligations. You stayed simply because you wanted to. I stayed only because I wanted to. You let me touch you because that was what you wanted, not because you felt as if you had to. Maybe I should’ve told you, but I was…enjoying myself with you. I wasn’t ready for that to end.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Let me ask you a question. Would you have followed through if you never learned that killing him would not have saved your people?”
I opened my mouth. The word yes slithered up my throat, but it didn’t go any further than that. It wouldn’t go past my tongue because I didn’t know if I would have. I couldn’t say yes.
“That’s why. I think he knows that, too.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I wasn’t sure how one could seduce another into falling in love with them after stabbing them in the chest.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“What does…meyaah Liessa mean?” That eyebrow seemed to climb even higher. “It means my Queen.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember