“We are not that anymore. We are not only assassins trained to die and to kill. We do not abandon the weak or the hurt. And we never, ever leave our own behind." That, he decided at that instant, would be the new motto of the squad, be what all trainee Arrows were taught. No Arrow is disposable. No Arrow is to be left behind.”
― Shards of Hope
― Shards of Hope
“Every white knight needed a deadly black sword at his back.”
― Shards of Hope
― Shards of Hope
“We can decide to remain in our isolated bunkers, becoming more and more obsessed with looking inward instead of outward, or we can decide to be great together. We can decide to stagnate, or we can decide to grow. We can decide to settle for the status quo, or we can decide to reach for the stars. “Choose.”
― Shards of Hope
― Shards of Hope
“Sascha. The only child she had ever borne. The cardinal who everyone had told Nikita was flawed, but who she’d known was a power who could not be allowed to come into her own. To do so would equal her death. So she’d crushed her child, and in so doing, saved her life and forever lost her.”
― Shards of Hope
― Shards of Hope
“If I take you,” she said, and it was a warning, “I’ll keep you. Always.”
― Shards of Hope
― Shards of Hope
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