She was followed by another thaumaturge, one rank beneath Sybil, who had dark skin and piercing eyes and no purpose, it seemed to Kai, other than to stand behind his queen and look smug.
And if her dreams were to be believed, he was a very, very good kisser.
Kai caught himself before he could smile at the memory of Cinder, shy and stammering.
Where’s the cyborg?” asked the guard. Iko snarled at him. “Bite me.” He raised an eyebrow. “Tempt me.
Her heartbeat felt like horse’s hooves trampling her chest.
She might be broken, she might be crazy, but she would not be defeated.
He came here meaning to take your heart, but it was clear from the night he brought you to the tea party that he was going to lose his, instead.
She felt like she could.
One cannot be afraid,” he said, “when they have nothing left to lose.
Even the blackest heart once beat red.
We were all heroes in the end.
The world was full of small enchantments, when one was willing to look for them. And Serilda was always looking.
Your stories, I think they’re sort of like spinning, too. Because it’s like you’re making something beautiful out of nothing.
I believe I’m a good person. But what if I’m not?
No, I’m not a witch. And I didn’t summon you. I was just sitting here, crying, contemplating my own demise, thank you muchly.
A laugh like that is richer than gold to a man of my profession. I’ll make it my life’s work to hear the sound again.
As the boy collapsed, Phobia withdrew the blade, sending blood splattering across the stands. He took hold of the helmet with one skeletal hand and lifted it off the boy’s head. Callum Treadwell. Wonder. “One cannot be awed who has no soul,” Phobia said, and it seemed almost as though there were humor in his brittle voice. “Just as one cannot be brave who has no fear.
None of this happens, of course. My dreams of cosmic justice never do come true.
The boundary between truth and fiction felt thinner every day.
He created Phobia,” she whispered, taking the child’s drawing from Narcissa and inspecting it with mounting dread. She was startled to find her vision misting as she tried to imagine what Adrian would feel if he knew the truth. “He created the monster that killed his mother.