Maya

“Qin Zheng clasps my hand harder. "Fear has never ruled me," he says, like a mantra, a red blaze igniting in his irises.

A matching heat rises through my meridians. "Neither will gods.”
― Xiran Jay Zhao, Heavenly Tyrant

“My whole life, all anyone's ever wanted was to possess me," said James. "The only one who ever set me free was you.”
― C.S. Pacat, Dark Rise

“I believe you should start as you mean to go on, so I was born gorgeous, Aiden wrote.”
― Sarah Rees Brennan, Striking Distance

“The Plenimarans lay scattered in a wide circle. At its center, Seregil and Alec lay side by side, hands clasped between them even in death.”
― Lynn Flewelling, Shadows Return