Maigs

“Are you prepared to die, Grey?" I demand. "Because that is all that exists at the end of this path. I am sure of it. This was never a curse to be broken. This is a death sentence. The true curse has been the thought that we might find escape.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“Rhen,” she calls after me.
I pause in the doorway and face her.
“I’m not going to fall in love with you,” she says.
Her words are not a surprise. I sigh.
“You won’t be the first.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“I do not understand how she can fill me with such hope and fear simultaneously. I pull her hand to my chest and lean in to her, until we share breath. My lips brush across hers.
It is barely a kiss, but she is somehow closer to me, her body a pool of warmth against mine.
I want so desperately to turn it into more, to see where this blossoming attraction will lead.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely

“Not all scars can be seen, my lady.”
― Brigid Kemmerer, A Curse So Dark and Lonely