L.J. Bus

“Don't make me sit here and watch you die. You don't do that to me.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Stone Cold Touch

“The demon?" Roth scoffed. "That's 'Your Highness' to you.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, Stone Cold Touch

“We’re from where we’re from,” she says back. “Scars are part of the deal, aren’t they?”
― Stephen Graham Jones, The Only Good Indians

“His fingertips gently wiped away a tear that had escaped down my cheek. "That's part of it," he said. "But also...well, you and I will both be Lissa's guardians someday. I need to protect her at all costs. If a pack of Strigoi come, I need to throw my body between them and her."
"I know what. Of course that's what you have to do." The black sparkles were dancing in front of my eyes again. I was fading out.
"No. If I let myself love you, I won't throw myself in front of her. I'll throw myself in front of you.”
― Richelle Mead, Vampire Academy