Katie Downing

“With knee-shattering force, my dragon breaks through the arch, shattering the silver beams, and lands right behind me, shaking the ground. I can feel the steam of her breath above my head.
The goddess' eyes widen. "You made a blood oath not to kill me."
"I never said anything about my dragon." I look up at my silver companion. "Eat."
The goddess can't even summon a flicker of power before my dragon swallows her and her thousand gems whole.”
― Alex Aster, Starside

“Horace’s lips curled up, a sadistic glint in his eye as he twisted the blade in his fingers. “I think I’ll start with the girl. I’ll make you watch as I carve her up and make her corpse dance like a puppet on a string. How would you enjoy that, Your Highness?” My heart stilled as Ella stepped up behind him. “I don’t dance for bastards like you,” she said. Horace wheeled around and raised his blade, but Ella drove the shattered heel of her glass slipper straight into his eye. He screamed and stumbled back with his hands clasped over his face. She swung again, this time ramming the sharp heel into the side of his neck. Blood spurted over her arms, but she struck over and over until he crumpled and fell to the earth.”
― Linsey Hall, Reign of Cinders and Glass

“She felt his rage and restraint warring against one another, then the male standing at her side snarled, pulling his lips back to reveal razor sharp teeth. But it wasn’t Rion who lunged for him, crashing into his full frame. Before she knew what she’d done, Arianna had the male pinned beneath her body, her hand at his throat, and her fangs bared. His eyes flew open wide and his hands released their grip on her arms, pulling back to open his palms in surrender. She couldn’t stop the growl in her voice. “Threaten him again and it will be the last threat you make.”
― J.E. Reed, The Revered and the Pariah

“Arianna didn’t know what her future would hold. She didn’t know how hard it would be to keep Rion in her life, but she knew one thing with utmost certainty. No matter what challenges they’d have to face, she wanted this male at her side. “I want you.”
― J.E. Reed, The Divine and the Cursed