Shanna

“You need to find your mate, Kel,” I finally manage. “Dance with someone who you feel a spark—” “It’s not a spark. It’s an eternal fire that burns from deep within my heart and reaches out to you.” Ferocity flickers in Kel’s gaze. “And every moment I am not touching you, it eats my soul inside out, tearing me apart, until merely looking at you is an anguish I would only wish upon my worst enemy.”
― Elizabeth Helen, Bonded by Thorns

“The mountains told me your name. The forest sang your song. My heart has been searching for you since the first dawn.”
― Elizabeth Helen, Forged by Malice

“securing the rigging to the docks.”
― Elisabeth Wheatley, Daindreth's Outlaw