Diana

“The elf came alive against him, his mouth and body hungry. He tried to pull forward, to tempt Akiem in, but this… just this kiss… was enough. It was just… right.”
― Ariana Nash, The Black Prince

“It was as if June had given her a box—as if every parent gives their children a box—full of the things they carried. June had given her children this box packed to the brim with her own experiences, her own treasures and heartbreaks. Her own guilts and pleasures, triumphs and losses, values and biases, duties and sorrows. And Nina had been carrying around this box her whole life, feeling the full weight of it. But it was not, Nina saw just then, her job to carry the full box. Her job was to sort through the box. To decide what to keep, and to put the rest down. She had to choose what, of the things she inherited from the people who came before her, she wanted to bring forward. And what, of the past, she wanted to leave behind.”
― Taylor Jenkins Reid, Malibu Rising

“I care about you too,” his elf said. A blush of heat warmed Zane’s cheeks, and it was all Akiem could do not to grab him and devour him in ways dragons did not normally devour elves.”
― Ariana Nash, The Black Prince

“Is this love?” the Black Prince whispered.
“Yes.” Zane pulled him close, clasping his arms around him and holding on. “Yes,” he whispered against Akiem’s neck.”
― Ariana Nash, The Black Prince