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“I didn't feel a thing."
"My dear", he said gently. "Did you really think, after all this time, that I'd let it hurt?”
― Marianne Gordon, The Antlered King

“You were always too honest, you know," he said unhappily. "You always had to make sure everyone had the truth of things. Even when it hurt.”
― Marianne Gordon, The Antlered King: A Raven's Trade Novel

“Where the bloody hell did you hide my things, you imp?” he demanded. Ariadne gave him a weary but victorious grin. “Your cloak is in the closet inside Dr. Rose’s spare one, which I turned inside out. You looked right past it. As for the boots, one is in the flower box outside and the other is in plain view in my bedroom, which you hate to look at because of the mess.” “Good Lord,” Wendell muttered. “You have your aunt’s devious mind.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands

“I’m afraid I have not gotten over my resentment of him for saving me from the snow king’s court in Ljosland earlier this year, and have made a solemn vow to myself that I shall be the one to rescue him from whatever faerie trouble we next find ourselves in. Yes, I realize this is illogical, given that it requires Wendell to end up in some dire circumstance, which would ideally best be avoided, but there it is. I’m quite determined.”
― Heather Fawcett, Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands