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“Lorcan reached out, grasping her chin and forcing her to look at him. Hopeless, bleak eyes met his. He brushed away a stray tear with his thumb. “I made a promise to protect you. I will not break it, Elide.â€�

“I will always find you,� he swore to her.

Her throat bobbed.

Lorcan whispered, “I promise.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

“And Elide sobbed as Manon Blackbeak emerged, smiling faintly.
As Manon Blackbeak saw her and Aelin, knee-to-knee in the grass, and mouthed one word.

Hope.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

“Lorcan had been born from and gifted with darkness. Returning to it was not a difficult task.

But letting that glimmering, lovely light before him die out . . . In his ancient, bitter bones, he could not accept it.
She had been forgotten—by everyone and everything. And still she had hoped. And still she had been kind to him.
And still she had offered him a glimpse of peace in the time he'd known her.

She had offered him a home.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

“The Wing Leader said from behind her, "Do you believe monsters are born, or made?"
From what she'd seen today, she would say some creatures were very much born evil. But what Manon was asking... "I'm not the one who needs to answer that question." Elide said.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“Ask me to marry you.â€�
Elide began crying, even as she laughed. “Will you marry me, LorcanSalvaterre?�
He swept her up into his arms, raining kisses over her face. As if some final, chained part of him had been freed. “I’ll think about it.�
Elide laughed, smacking his shoulder. And then laughed again, louder.
Lorcan set her down. “What?�
Elide’s mouth bobbed as she tried to stop her laughing. “It’s just ... I’m Lady of Perranth. If you marry me, you will take my family name.�
He blinked.
Elide laughed again. “Lord Lorcan Lochan?�
It sounded just as ridiculous coming out.
Lorcan blinked at her, then howled.
She’d never heard such a joyous sound.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“Because I am from Terrasen and believed my queen dead. And now she is alive, and fighting, so I will fight with her. So that no other girls will be taken from their homes and brought to Morath and forgotten.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

“Elide saw the sorrow on her face before she reached her. The dullness and pain in the golden eyes.
She went still. "Who?"
Manon's throat bobbed. "All."
All of the Thirteen. All those fierce, brilliant witches. Gone.
Elide put a hand to her heart, as if it could stop it from cracking.
But Manon closed the distance between them, and even with that grief in her battered, bloodied face, she put a hand on Elide's shoulder. In comfort.
As if the witch had learned to do such things.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“It was the sound of Elide's weeping-that girl of quiet steel and quick-silver wit who had not wept for herself or her sorry life, only faced it with grim determination-that made Manon snap entirely.

She killed those guards in the hall.

She saw what they had been laughing at: the girl gripped between two other guards, her robe tugged opened to reveal her nakedness, the full extent of that ruined leg-

Her grandmother had sold them to these people.

She was a Blackbeak; she was no one's slave. No one's prize horse to breed.

Neither was Elide.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“Elide immediately shrugged out of Lorcan's grip. Aelin and Aedion had stopped ahead, waiting for her. Smiling faintly—welcomingly.

So Elide headed for them, her court, and did not look back.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

“The witches, who lowered their eyes for no man . . . Until she could get away, perhaps she might learn a thing or two about what it was like to have fangs and claws. And how to use them.
“Blue,� she whispered. “My blood runs blue.�
“Good choice, witchling,� Manon said, and the word was a challenge and an order. She turned away, but glanced over her shoulder. “Welcome to the Blackbeaks.�
Witchling. Elide stared after her. She had likely just made the biggest mistake of her life, but . . . it was strange.
Strange, that feeling of belonging.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“But anyone with witch-blood in their veins was worth keeping an eye on.
Or Thirteen.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“Elide said, "Your mount doesn't seem evil." Abraxos's tail thumped on the ground, the iron spikes in it glinting. A giant, lethal dog. With wings.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“Does your blood run blue or red? You decide. If it runs blue, it turns out I have jurisdiction over you. Little shits like Vernon can’t do as they will to my kind–not without my permission. If your blood runs red â€� Well, I don’t particularly care about humans, and seeing what Vernon does with you might be entertaining.â€�
“Why would you offer this?�

Manon gave her a half smile, all iron teeth and no remorse. “Because I can.”
― Sarah J. Maas

“I will marry you, Elide Lochan. And proudly call myself Lord Lorcan Lochan, even when the whole kingdom laughs to hear it.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“Kaltain,â€� her uncle rumbled, a demand and a threat and a promise.
The silent young woman—the one who never spoke, who never looked at anything, who had such marks on her. Elide had seen her only a few times. Had seen how little she responded. Or fought back.
And then Elide was walking up the stairs.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“Abraxos lowered himself to the ground, stretching out his neck until his head rested on the hay not ten feet from Elide. Those giant black eyes stared up at her, almost doglike.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“She’d worried, after Asterin and Vesta had left them aboard the ship they’d sailed here, that she might have made a mistake in choosing to travel with three immortal males. That she’d be trampled underfoot.
But Gavriel had been kind from the start, making sure Elide ate enough and had blankets on frigid nights, teaching her to ride the horses they’d spent precious coin to purchase because Elide wouldn’t stand a chance of keeping up with them on foot, ankle or no. And for the times when they had to lead their horses over rough terrain, Gavriel had even braced her leg with his magic, his power a warm summer breeze against her skin.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“Closer and closer, they hauled her like a bucking horse toward the open cell door.

The two waiting guards sniggered, eyes on the flap of the robe that fell open as she kicked, revealing her thighs, her stomach, everything to them. Elide sobbed, even as she knew the tears would do her no good. They just laughed, devouring her with their eyes�

Until a hand with glittering iron nails shoved through the throat of one of them, puncturing it wholly. The guards froze, the one at the door whirling at the spray of blood�

He screamed as his eyes were slashed into ribbons by one hand, his throat shredded by another.

Both guards collapsed to the ground, revealing Manon Blackbeak standing behind them.

Blood ran down her hands, her forearms.

And Manon’s golden eyes glowed as if they were living embers as she looked at the two guards gripping Elide. As she beheld the disheveled robe.

They released Elide to grab their weapons, and she sagged to the floor.

Manon just said, “You’re already dead men.�

And then she moved.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows

“Murtaugh went on. “Vernon Lochan survived, but only because he was already the king's puppet, after Cal was executed, Vernon seized his brother's mantle as Lord of Perranth. You know what happened to Lady Marion. But we never learned what happened to Elide.â€� Elide—Lord Cal and Lady Marion's daughter and heir, almost a year younger than Aelin. If she were alive, she would be at least seventeen by now. “Lots of children vanished in the initial weeks,â€� Murtaugh finished. Aedion didn't want to think about those too-small graves.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire

“A life of open skies and roads, of wandering where the wind takes you, answering to no one and nothing? A life of freedom.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Empire of Storms

“Elide asked softly, “What is your vote, Aelin?â€� Aelin tore her eyes from Rowan, and he felt the absence of that stare like a frozen wind as she said, “It doesn’t matter.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“Together. They would either outrun this or die together.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Kingdom of Ash

“Most men, she'd decided, were bastards of varying degrees. Most of them were monsters.”
― Sarah J. Maas, Queen of Shadows