Alison Maloney

“Bale stretched out his neck, snarling against the lightning as he took them higher, higher with each mighty pound of his wings. At his speed, rain surged down his scales and blinded her eyes. The storm showed no end to itself; the clouds lasted for an eternity. There was no right time to any of this, no feeling in her gut on when to dive. She squeezed her knees to prepare. And she trusted Bale to let go.”
― Jasmine Young, A Battling of Continents

“But this wasn’t like that. I’d struck this deal of my own free will. I’d given my life for hers and her sister’s because I knew that they were far more deserving of life than I was anyway. I may have hated my father and was working against him with all I had”
― Caroline Peckham, Heartless Sky