Chester

“Why did I want to press his threads to my soul, deep enough I'd take their memory with me when I went?”
― Carissa Broadbent, Slaying the Vampire Conqueror

“I told you that strength is measured by the sacrifices we refused to make,” she said softly. “You were mine."

I squeezed her hand back, my response silent but unmistakable: And you were mine.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Fallen & the Kiss of Dusk

“I thought that, too,” I said. “But...” My voice trailed off. Because I hadn’t really thought about it this way before—that I actually felt like I had a home now, beside Oraya. I didn’t have to run from anything anymore.

For all the times I'd reassured Oraya about her safety, I'd never felt safe myself. Not until, I realized, now.”
― Carissa Broadbent, The Ashes & the Star-Cursed King

“Like a predator denied his prey, he swept his tongue over his lips, holding himself mere inches from my face. “Do not imagine there’s anywhere you could go, anything you could possibly say, to keep me away from you now, moon witch. I remember everything, and I will not lose you again.” Swiping up the sack of food, he strode past me, up the staircase.”
― Keri Lake, Eldritch