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

“I pulled her closer, my breath warm against her ear. “You certain you want to entertain my wicked desires?” She looked up with eyes that threatened to take my soul. “Tell me them all.”
― Veronica Douglas, Kingdom of Roses and Flame: Belle and the Dragon King

“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

“For the first time in over a hundred years, rain befell upon Apollo. The sun hidden by thunderous clouds. Light slowly beginning to dissipate from the land. And as she walked toward the Golden Castle, she discarded her cloak. Letting the rain cover her in its smothering embrace, her tears mixing with the water from the heavens. The Apollons were no fools, they took the rain as a bad omen. For, they had unleashed the Bane of Apollo. Let Riaan have mercy on their souls.”
― Shweta Kistan, Music in the Shadows