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“If I were a good man,鈥� he says, 鈥淚鈥檇 acknowledge that Taltrayn is an honorable fae, that he loves you and would take care of you. I鈥檇 step down and let you have the man you鈥檝e always wanted, but, McKenzie, I鈥檓 not as good as Taltrayn. I never will be, and I can鈥檛 step down. I鈥檒l fight for the chance to be with you.”
― Sandy Williams, The Shadow Reader

“He鈥檚 had ten years to make you fall in love with him. I haven鈥檛 had ten weeks! Tell me how that鈥檚 fair!”
― Sandy Williams, The Shadow Reader

“I know,鈥� Aren says. 鈥淏ut I wanted to apologize. I don鈥檛 want Taltrayn to convince you I鈥檓 the bad guy.鈥�
At that, I give a short laugh. 鈥淵ou are the bad guy, Aren.鈥�
He frowns, and I realize he鈥檚 taking my words the wrong way.
鈥淲hat I mean is you鈥檙e the . . . well, the rebel. Kyol鈥檚 the good guy. He鈥檚 made mistakes, yes, but he loves me.鈥�
He cocks his head to the side. His gaze makes my skin tingle. The step he takes toward me is hesitant, careful, and when his silver eyes peer down at me, I stop breathing. His lips are so close. I remember the way they felt pressed against mine. I remember his taste, the heat of his edarratae.
The smallest distance separates us when he whispers, 鈥淵ou don鈥檛 think I鈥檓 in love with you?鈥�
鈥淚 . . .”
― Sandy Williams, The Shadow Reader

“I'm fine Aren."

"I know you are. And I know you can do it yourself. But let me do it for you anyway.”
― Danielle L. Jensen, The Traitor Queen

“He鈥檚 tall, taller than Kyol, but not as thickly muscled, and his silver eyes, while intense, have a lighter, livelier hue to them. He鈥檚 wearing a poorly made, dark jaedric cuirass over a once-white tunic, loose gray pants, and scuffed black boots. His golden-blond hair looks like it鈥檚 been chopped off with a knife or, perhaps, the sword in his hand. Despite his haphazard appearance, he鈥檚 confident, he鈥檚 alert, and he鈥檚 completely focused on me, his prey.”
― Sandy Williams, The Shadow Reader

“The complete truth, McKenzie, is I鈥檇 do anything for you, but you ask for nothing. You won鈥檛 confide in me. You won鈥檛 rely on me. You鈥檙e so preoccupied trying to decide if you can trust your feelings that you won鈥檛 consider giving in to them.”
― Sandy Williams, The Shattered Dark

“I鈥檓 not a mistake, McKenzie,”
― Sandy Williams, The Shattered Dark

“If I could undo my past for you, McKenzie, I would. But I don鈥檛 have that power. No fae does.”
― Sandy Williams, The Shattered Dark

“I鈥檒l get some more firewood,鈥� I said, turning away from the fire. 鈥淲hat we have won鈥檛 last the night.鈥�

鈥淏est do that, I think,鈥� Kith said. 鈥淲andel and I鈥檒l see about dinner.鈥�

鈥淚 thought the woman should do the cooking,鈥� said Wandel, teasing but still half-serious. He hadn鈥檛 eaten what I could cook over an open fire.

鈥淲e鈥檒l cook,鈥� replied Kith, who had.”
― Patricia Briggs, The Hob's Bargain

“He smiled, and, drawing his own knife, he continued talking. It can cut you as easily as it will cut your opponent: keep it away from your fingers. The second thing to remember is that you can do a lot of damage with it just by holding in your hand and punching.
He closed his hand into a fist and demonstrated with an imaginary opponent. He moved with swift efficiency and his imaginary foe's instant death was obvious.”
― Patricia Briggs