Shannon

“And once we are gone from this earth, I will continue to love you among the stars. I will be the night, the darkest patch of sky around you, just to ensure that everyone can see how you sparkle. And once your light starts fading, I will take you into my black embrace, and that is where I will love you beyond death.”
― Liv Zander, Shadows So Cruel

“You’re beautiful as you are. And I’d wager even more so with steel in your hand and the blood of your enemies splattered across your face.’ Her breath caught. ‘Althea.’ Her name sounded like a melody and he leaned across the gap between their horses, his gaze dropping to her lips, his voice low. ‘There is nothing more attractive than a woman who knows what she wants.”
― Helen Scheuerer, Blood & Steel

“No one, neither man nor monster, was going to stop her. ‘I am the storm,’ she vowed. And so, freshly forged with blood and steel, Warsword Althea Embervale, the Shadow of Death, stepped into the darkness”
― Helen Scheuerer, Fate & Furies

“There is no growth without rot. There is no sun without the dark sky. And there is no me without her.”
― Raven Kennedy, Goldfinch