Kayleigh

“All my life, I’d never felt anything like that. I don’t have a single story to tell, but whatever’s in me, whatever I’m made of…it knows you, too. And I’m some kind of luckless coward, because all I wanted to do was run from it. I had to get away as fast as I could, because, right then, I knew my life wasn’t going to be the same. Even if I’d dodged you, you would’ve stayed with me. I would’ve gone back to the Tankard and looked for you every night, even if you never knew I was there.”
― Renee Dugan, A Story Spun in Scarlet

“I missed you. That’s all." His tone was devoid of its usual levity, his eyes earnest. I had to fight not to retreat in the face of his honesty. Instead, I made myself meet his eyes.”
― Robin D. Mahle, The Ever Falls

“Two tornadoes — thin, like lanky twins — forming at the same time, almost dancing with each other as they blow through a soybean field.”
― Nellie Wilson, Storm Warning

“You’re bloody right I do, sweetheart.”
― Renee Dugan, A Tale Told By Traitors