Elizabeth

“Sanders had seen death and emotional scarring in the eyes of a few. The people the Inkna had conquered looked at the world through a hollowed-out funnel of misery, but Sanders had never seen such turmoil and raw pain bleeding through the eyes of a emotionally desecrated soul. This man had clearly seen some shit, and it had torn his world out from under him. He wasn't an empty shell; he hadn't shut off to hid from the agony of his past. He's hardened it, sharpened it, and filed it down into a vicious killing edge that would slice right through an enemy three times his might.
Sanders glanced over to see Shanti helping someone to his feet.
...
Both of these had not only seen Hell, but had run out of it on fire. Within the green eyes staring at him, he could see that fire still burning, fueling his vengeance while eating him from the inside out.”
― K.F. Breene, Hunted

“The people had fled into the buildings, but the thick, salty mark of their fear still hung heavy in the air, coagulating with the bees' magical stench of rotting, acid-dripping flowers into a nauseating miasma of crumbling courage and ill intentions.”
― Ella Summers, Magic Kingdom

“I was surprised that he was so muscular. I had always assumed he was eighty percent alcohol and twenty percent irritation.”
― Lynnie Purcell, Nightingale

“Thanks for the pep talk, but I'm fine," I told him with a smile.
"Liar", he replied, arching an eyebrow at me.
"Fine. I feel like throwing up and running away, but that's what courage is about, right? Doing something when you're terrified...”
― Lynnie Purcell