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P. 2: “You know the odds aren’t in your favor—and yet it has to happen for someone, right?”

P. 261: “I rest a hand on my belly—“ this isn’t about you anymore.” The lying, cheating father of my child stares at me for a few seconds before his face collapses in on itself. His eyes drop to the floor, as he begins to weep softly. Maybe it did work out for the best that I couldn’t kill him. Living might be a worse punishment.”

P. 208: “It’ll take an hour tops for the place to be absolutely mobbed. But all of those people will be wasting their time. Because only the best offer wins—and finally, that offer will be mine.”

P. 141: “I have been racing against something, or toward something for as long as I can remember. Racing to grow up and get away. Racing against deadlines. Racing to make enough money. To start a family. To find the house. To feel like I’ve finally made it. To feel like I can finally just live.”

P. 876: “Me,” he whispers, a faint, almost indistinguishable red ring emanating from his gold-flecked onyx irises. “You should be scared of me.”

P. 869: “As soon as my power—Aimsir’s power—lives within the stone, fire it. Raise the wards. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do to keep you safe. Do you understand? Everything was to get you to this moment, when you’d be strong enough—You’re everything we dreamed you would be,” Mom says quietly, her skin paling even as Sloane’s flushes scarlet. “All three of you.”

P. 844: “You looked like a part of the cliff.” I stare at Andarna like I’ve never seen her before. Maybe I never have. “I told you I could hide.” She blinks at me.