And I didn’t need to hide my scars.
The loss of a parent or a family member lingers long after they’re gone, the pain lessening but never fading. Years later, you’ll still find yourself thinking that you’d do anything to get them back.
I like both of you. Together. You’re two halves meant to be one. Always have been. Always will be.
I am of the belief that there are few things more empowering than love. Only the already weak would be further weakened by it.
I would always be cold, from here until the end.
Be careful.” The female wolven pressed her forehead to Hisa’s. “But be brave,” she replied, kissing her. “Always,” Hisa confirmed. “But be brave,” I whispered, looking away. I liked that. Be careful but be brave.
The one thing that would tie his lifespan to mine so neither Casteel nor I would ever have to say goodbye to him. The Joining.
But as soon as they get to know her, none of that will matter. They will come to love her as fiercely as I do.
This wasn’t a romantic getaway at the Ritz, unless running for your lives counted as foreplay.
God, Evie, do you know that you’re the only thing I’ve ever cared about?
So, I know all about how the past doesn’t remain where it should. How it likes to pay visits when you’re at your weakest. There is never a need to apologize, nor should you ever feel shame.
Sometimes the right side of history is made up of those you’d least expect.
You are not the great conspirator, but one of two who will stand between what has awakened and the retribution it seeks to reap against man and god.
You always had the power in you.
You may be born of Nyktos’s blood, but you and I both know what you are and what you will always be. The Maiden who is part beauty and part disaster.
Do you, Casteel Da’Neer, enter this Joining freely and with will of your own, only your own?” I asked as I lifted my left hand. It trembled slightly.
A crucial part of their all-encompassing control is creating a rift between mortals who have and mortals who have not.
Fear made you so reckless, stupid things, and I already did enough of those for no good reason.
I would kill any and all who stood between Casteel and me because we deserved to be together. We deserved a future, a chance to explore each other’s secrets. To love one another. We deserved to simply... live. I would do anything to ensure that.
I wanted to remember his face when the world turned dark. I wanted to remember what it felt like to be in his arms, to hear his voice and feel his mouth against mine. I wanted to remember the way he smiled when I threatened him, and how his eyes lit up and warmed whenever I challenged him. I wanted to remember the pride I felt from him whenever I silenced those around me with words or by blade. I wanted to remember how he touched my scars reverently as if he wasn’t worthy of them – of me.