Erin

“I couldn't see her, a blackness hung before my eyes, but I felt her fall back and I felt her skin beneath my nails, her bones beneath my fingers, my beloved sister, my enemy, my protector, my betrayal-(you sent him to me!)-and then she was hitting me, shoving me to the ground, kicking my stomach, my side, my ribs, my head. She was screaming (I saved you, all those years it was me, I saved you, I was the only one who saved you, nobody but me) and above it Emily was wailing, stop it! stop it! you're hurting her! Then her small body was between Lilith and me, pushing Lilith away, but Lilith's hands were on her throat, (not you, you got none of it, ever, you were safe, safe, safe, SAFE) and I couldn't get up, my ribs were in agony, the world was spinning, but I got to my knees and I shouted, "Let her go!" because Lilith was shaking Emily back and forth so that her hair whipped and flew- and she did stop, for just an instant, Emily's pale, fragile throat in her hands, and the whole dark earth held its breath.”
― Heather Young

“We were an oldest sister growing up, and a middle sister being left behind. A youngest sister wanting to belong.”
― Heather Young

“She either loves the lad who beat her, or there's someone else there she loves.”
― Keira Montclair, Jake

“Do you realize that once a lass reaches womanhood that she has to deal with that sensation every day of her life? Every time she walks alone she has to look over her shoulder. Every time she relieves herself in the woods. Every time it's dark out. Every time a man moves toward her and puts her in the corner or an alcove. Every time she s alone in the stables. They must be always aware of where they are and who is around them. They have to be.”
― Keira Montclair, Jake