Afnan

“For the first time in a long time, I fell asleep believing that maybe, just maybe, I was capable of something better. Because of her.”
― Briar Boleyn, The Bond that Burns

“It's not protection, little dragon. It's a claim." His gray eyes darkened as they flicked down to my exposed neck, an unspoken reminder hanging between us.
"You're mine. No one touches what belongs to me.”
― Briar Boleyn, On Wings of Blood

“I will say this once, angel, for I feel you should be warned. No man alive has ever loved a woman the way that I love you, and I would rather die, damned as I am, than disgrace us both with the pitiful, unrequited performance of my heart.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Every Spiral of Fate

“His bride.
His wife.
It would be simpler for him to lay down and die for her than to try to convey the enormity of all that he felt in her presence.”
― Tahereh Mafi, Every Spiral of Fate