but through the bond—the one we both pretended didn’t exist—I felt her want warring with her fear, felt her trying not to remember the way I’d kissed her like I was drowning and she was air.
“Cully startled awake and jumped to his feet when he heard the screaming. ‘No’, Madame Chastain said, ‘Stay put. That is not a scream of pain. The king does not need rescuing”
― The Courting of Bristol Keats
― The Courting of Bristol Keats
“I suppose anyone foolish enough to cage a wild bird shouldn’t expect them to sing for their captor,”
― To Cage a Wild Bird
― To Cage a Wild Bird
“Do not put your penis inside anything with a tail”
― The Red Winter
― The Red Winter
“Only fools and liars burn books and people’s homes.”
― Shield of Sparrows
― Shield of Sparrows
“Tell me you want to leave, and I’ll take you back to Roslo myself.” He was giving me the choice. All I had to do was say yes. “No,” I whispered. His eyes drifted closed, his forehead dropping to mine. “Good. I have no desire to live in Quentis.” “Wh-what?” I leaned away. “You are mine.” His hands dove into my hair, fingers threading through my curls. “Even if we are kingdoms apart, you are mine. But I’d rather not be a kingdom apart.”
― Shield of Sparrows
― Shield of Sparrows
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