I hope she won’t remember me as the least talented of her kids.
“But I can’t . . . I can’t leave anyone to the darkness.”
― Cruel Beauty
― Cruel Beauty
“Most of all, I wanted to forget my mission and lose myself in the embrace of the one person who had ever seen my heart and claimed to love me after.”
― Cruel Beauty
― Cruel Beauty
“But you know what you are, and what you deserve. You lie to me but not to yourself. That's why I love you.”
― Cruel Beauty
― Cruel Beauty
“And he smiled the wild, vicious smile that had made me fall in love.”
― Cruel Beauty
― Cruel Beauty
“And that was how I ended up with the Gentle Lord in my bed, his head resting in my lap. He looked even younger when he slept— and since his eyes were closed, he looked human. I stroked his hair lightly; it was soft and silky as the fur of our old cat Penelope, and I wondered if he ever purred.”
― Cruel Beauty
― Cruel Beauty
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