The last time she was up here, she had been... staring up at the sky and dreaming of stars. Now, she looked down and plotted flames.
So the question becomes, Daughter of the Dragon, what will you sacrifice? What will you let be taken away so that you, too, can have power?
Some victories are merely defeat wearing the wrong clothing.
Souls and thrones are irreconcilable.
They are less than the mud. You do not get angry at the mud for clinging to your shoe. You wipe it off and never look at it again.
If you are too weak to stand being hit and too stupid to avoid it, then you deserve more pain.
She plucked a rose and held it to her face. She hated the way roses smelled, their sweetness too fragile. She wanted a garden of evergreens. A garden of stones. A garden of swords.
Why’s the faerie so obsessed with you anyway? You’re not that cute.
But people don’t need to remember how it felt to be happy and safe in the past. They need to have hope that they can get there again in the future.
Well, are you ready, Lada Dragwlya, daughter of the dragon?” Fire burned in her heart, and her wounded soul spread out, casting a shadow like wings across her country. This was hers. Not because of her father. Not because of Mehmed. Because the land itself had claimed her as its own. “Not Dragwlya,” she said. “Lada Dracul. I am no longer the daughter of the dragon.” She lifted her chin, sights set on the horizon. “I am the dragon.
The world will destroy her in the end. Too much spark leads to explosions. But your sister will destroy as much as she can before she goes out. She will go down in flames and blood.
No one will be more brutal than me. No one will be more ruthless. And I will never stop fighting.
I wonder if anyone gets through childhood without being broken. I certainly did not.
They’re crystal blue, a shade that shouldn’t exist on the human body, I shade I immediately crave, a shade that makes my heart beat a little bit faster – almost as if I recognize it. I want to steal it, paint it, throw it into every room I ever decorate. It’s the most perfect blue I’ve ever seen. Even from this distance his eyes are simply remarkable.
But you always have a choice. You can choose to find comfort and solace in God. You can choose to be brave and compassionate. And you can choose to find beauty and happiness wherever they present themselves.
Shadows go in front of you, leading into your future, and trail behind you, leaving a part of you in the past. They are clearest when we are in the light, and disappear when we lose ourselves in darkness.
Fire burned in her heart, and her wounded soul spread out, casting a shadow like wings across her country.
Just as he reached for my neck, I tased him. I was there to bag and tag, not to kill. Besides, if I had to carry separate weapons for every paranormal I took out, I’d be dragging around a full luggage set. Tasers are a one-size-fits-all paranormal butt-kicking option. Mine’s pink with rhinestones. Tasey and I have had a lot of good times together.
You are the only real thing in my life.
That is the thing with giving your heart. You never wait for someone to ask. You hold it out and hope they want it.