Samantha

“No, Arin. Sit down. Other wise you'll make an ass out of yourself, and that role is mine.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“I told her that I belong to you, and no other.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“She said, I'm going to miss you when you when I wake up.
Don't wake up, he answered.
But he did.
Kestrel, beside him on the grass, said. "Did I wake you? I didn't mean to."
It took him a velvety moment to understand that this was real. The air was quiet. An insect beat it's clear wings. She brushed hair from his brow. Now he was very awake.
"You were sleeping so sweetly," she said.
"Dreaming" He touched her tender mouth.
"About what?"
"Come closer, and I will tell you."
But he forgot. He kissed her, and became lost in the exquisite sensation of his skin becoming too tight for his body. He murmured other things instead. A secret, a want, a promise. A story, in its own way.
She curled her fingers into the green earth”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss

“He struggled, knuckled his eyes, and let the words come. "I want you to be mine, wholly mine, your heart, too. I want you to feel the same way.”
― Marie Rutkoski, The Winner's Kiss