“There once was a girl,” he murmured, “clever and good, who tarried in shadow in the depths of the wood. There also was a King—a shepherd by his crook, who reigned over magic and wrote the old book. The two were together, so the two were the same: “The girl, the King… and the monster they became.”
― One Dark Window
― One Dark Window
“I love when they argue,” Emory said into his soup. “Keeps my weak little heart beating.”
― One Dark Window
― One Dark Window
“Some nights, when he’s walking past her door, he has to whisper to himself: “Keep going.”
― Bride
― Bride
“because when I asked myself if I had the right to those tears, the answer was always no, and it was easy to stop myself.”
― Check & Mate
― Check & Mate
“The berry of rowans is red, always red. The earth at its trunk is dark with blood shed. But a Prince is a man, and a man may be bled. He came for the girl… And got the monster instead.”
― One Dark Window
― One Dark Window
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