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"The real question is, why is our betrothed living ina fucking box? We will be addressing this later. For now, run away from us again, and we'll chain you to our bed. Forever."

"The wind howled sharply. Branches clattered. We were nothing but two broken souls trying our best to survive in a cruel, unforgiving world."

'What I've endured for years - would kill you in a day."

"That night, I dreamed of piano music, a box full of body parts, glowing red eyes, skeletal monsters, a strange obsession tinged with possessiveness, a skeleton holding up its middle finger, scratchy writing on a note, and calloused fingers digging into my skin. The devil called me carissima and whispered that he was going to take care of me from now on. I woke up screaming."

"A long beat passed as Augustus furrowed his brow and stared at me. Soulless black eyes narrowed like he was trying to solve a puzzle. I stared back. Numb. Frozen. Barely alive. Break my mind. Take over my will. I dare you. For the first time, he looked away first. I didn't feel any satisfaction. In fact, I felt nothing at all."

"Nyx, I think i get what you mean. About the violence being.. romantic, and about devotion."

"It wasn't about women being as tough as men, it was the fact that they shouldn't have to be. Spartan women were rarer and needed to be protected at all costs. The future of our society depended on keeping them safe,"

"He smelled like a violent rainstorm - salt tinged with rain - a hurricane. Like death."

"Home is not a place. It's a person."