Amber Smith

“No. Goddamnit. I did not need a brat kink on top of my newly awakened praise kink. The two were supposed to cancel each other out, not act as amplifiers.”
― Navessa Allen, Lights Out

“I scrunch up the paper, toss it in the trashcan, and light a cigarette, filling my lungs with the smoky poison while I watch my sister through my phone screen. She’s hanging from the basement ceiling, chains on each wrist, a collar around her throat, ankles shackled with a spreader keeping her legs apart. She looks beautiful in her little goth-bride costume with her panties shoved into her mouth. She’s been hanging there for hours while I made sure our bedroom was ready. It is, and I can’t wait to share the bed with her.”
― Leigh Rivers, Little Stranger

“May you fight your own battles and forge your own wings.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Carry On

“He interrupted my meal—maybe now he’ll know better than to take away my food, the fucking asshole.”
― Leigh Rivers, Little Stranger