“And don’t tell me you’re sorry, because that would make you a very pitiful assassin.”
“I’m not an assassin!” My head snapped up and I saw that he was kneeling right beside me.
“Oh. I’m sorry. That would make you a very pitiful saboteur who carries a knife for nonviolent purposes.” His crimson cat eyes were laughing at me.”
― Cruel Beauty
“I’m not an assassin!” My head snapped up and I saw that he was kneeling right beside me.
“Oh. I’m sorry. That would make you a very pitiful saboteur who carries a knife for nonviolent purposes.” His crimson cat eyes were laughing at me.”
― Cruel Beauty
“But I can’t . . . I can’t leave anyone to the darkness.”
― Cruel Beauty
― Cruel Beauty
“Guard your throats and hide your eyes. He’s not dead, you fools. Legends never die.”
― RoseBlood
― RoseBlood
“Ignifex knew me. And loved me And he had never asked me for anything. Even Shade wanted me to die for him.”
― 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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