Kristi

“Chest pain randomly skewered my sternum. Great, I’m having a heart attack at eleven. Any other day, I would have welcomed a cardiac embolism with open arms. But not now. Not when Charlie was depending on me.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“Nyx clicked her fangs. “Fine—but someday, kid, I’ll kill them for you.” I huffed. “You can’t. Killing is a sin. It’s morally the worst thing you can ever do. Your soul will be corrupted. Father John says so.” “Father John sounds like a stupid idiot—you’re too young to know what you speak of,” Nyx said. “When you’re older, you’ll think differently.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules

“His hand brushed a lock of her hair out of her face. “Little wren, I am a monster. A monster in a suit, but one with claws nonetheless.” “I don’t care,” she told him. “That’s what I want.” “You don’t want…” “Don’t tell me what I want. I’ll tell you what I want. I want you.” Her hand came to the tie on his suit, dragging him in closer to her. Their mouths were a hairsbreadth apart as she commanded, “Let the monster off its leash.”
― K.A. Linde, The Wren in the Holly Library

“I’m an echidna, an ancient race of invisible snakes.”
― Jasmine Mas, Blood of Hercules