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“See? Injustice. Here we are, risking our lives to rescue Kai and this whole planet, and Adri and Pearl get to go to the royal wedding. I鈥檓 disgusted. I hope they spill soy sauce on their fancy dresses.鈥�

Jacin鈥檚 concern turned fast to annoyance. 鈥淵our ship has some messed-up priorities, you know that?鈥�

鈥淚ko. My name is Iko. If you don鈥檛 stop calling me the 鈥榮hip,鈥� I am going to make sure you never have hot water during your showers again, do you understand me?鈥�

鈥淵eah, hold that thought while I go disable the speaker system.鈥�

鈥淲hat? You can鈥檛 mute me. Cinder!”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“You think I鈥檓 perfect?鈥�
He didn鈥檛 look away. Didn鈥檛 look bashful or even nervous. Just stared at her, like she鈥檇 asked him if Luna orbited the Earth. Then he leaned over and brushed a kiss against her forehead.
鈥淛ust sort of,鈥� he said. 鈥淵ou know. On a good day.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“She heard footsteps thumping from the crew quarters and Jacin appeared in the cargo bay, eyes wide. 鈥淲hat happened? Why is the ship screaming?鈥�

鈥淣othing. Everything鈥檚 fine,鈥� Cinder stammered.

鈥淣o, everything is not fine,鈥� said Iko. 鈥淗ow can they be invited? I鈥檝e never seen a bigger injustice in all my programmed life, and believe me, I have seen some big injustices.鈥�

Jacin raised an eyebrow at Cinder.

鈥淲e just learned that my former guardian received an invitation to the wedding.鈥� She opened the tab beside her stepmother鈥檚 name, thinking maybe it was a mistake.

But of course not.

Linh Adri had been awarded 80,000 univs and an official invitation to the royal wedding as an act of gratitude for her assistance in the ongoing manhunt for her adopted and estranged daughter, Linh Cinder.

鈥淏ecause she sold me out,鈥� she said, sneering. 鈥淔igures.鈥�

鈥淪ee? Injustice. Here we are, risking our lives to rescue Kai and this whole planet, and Adri and Pearl get to go to the royal wedding. I鈥檓 disgusted. I hope they spill soy sauce on their fancy dresses.鈥�

Jacin鈥檚 concern turned fast to annoyance. 鈥淵our ship has some messed-up priorities, you know that?鈥�

鈥淚ko. My name is Iko. If you don鈥檛 stop calling me the 鈥榮hip,鈥� I am going to make sure you never have hot water during your showers again, do you understand me?鈥�

鈥淵eah, hold that thought while I go disable the speaker system.鈥�

鈥淲hat? You can鈥檛 mute me. Cinder!”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“I will accept this side effect. I will accept any amount of monsters my mind wants to give me, but I will not become a monster myself”
― Marissa Meyer, Stars Above

“You鈥檙e perfect,鈥� he said, finishing his thought as if she hadn鈥檛 interrupted. 鈥淚 don鈥檛 care if you see dead wolves and turn into a living ice sculpture when you鈥檙e having a bad day. I don鈥檛 care if I have an imprint of your teeth on my shoulder. I don鈥檛 care if you鈥檙e 鈥� fixed.鈥� He spat the word like it tasted bad. 鈥淚 want you to be safe and happy. That鈥檚 all.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“Jacin鈥檚 fingers curled around his knife. It was torture. Jacin looked more afraid than when he鈥檚 stood on trial. More afraid than when his torso had been stripped raw from the lashings. This was the last time she would ever see him. This was her last moment. Her last breath. Suddenly, all of the politics and all of the games stopped mattering. Suddenly, she felt daring.
鈥淛acin,鈥� she said, with a shaky smile. 鈥淵ou must know. I cannot remember a time when I didn鈥檛 love you. I don鈥檛 think such a time ever existed.鈥�
His eyes filled with a thousand emotions. But before he could say whatever he would say, before he could kill her, Winter grabbed the front of his shirt with both hands and kissed him. He thawed much quicker than shed expected. Almost instantly, like he鈥檇 been waiting for this moment, he grabbed her hips and pulled her against him with a possessiveness that overwhelmed her. His lips were desperate and starved as he leaned into the kiss, pressing her against the rail. She gasped, and he deepened the kiss, threading one hand into the hair at the nape of her neck. Her head swam, muddles with heat and a lifetime of desire.
Jacin鈥檚 other hand abandoned her hip. She heard the ring of steel as the knife was pulled from its scabbard. Winter shuddered and kissed him harder, filling it with every fantasy she鈥檇 ever had. Jacin鈥檚 hand slipped out of her hair. His arm encircled her. He held her against him like he couldn鈥檛 get close enough. Like he meant to absorb her body into his.
Releasing his shirt, Winter found his neck, his jaw. She felt the tips of his hair on her thumbs. He made a noise and she couldn鈥檛 tell if it was desire or pain or regret or a mix of everything. His arm tensed against her back. His weight shifted as he raised the knife.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“So much importance pressed into so few words. It was just like Jacin.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“Jacin said nothing else. Neither did she. After the first ring was completed, she leaned her head against his thigh, making herself more comfortable as she picked out a sunburst orange. Overhead, Jacin sighed, and she felt the faintest brush of fingertips against her hair. A hint, a suggestion of togetherness, before he became a statue once more.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“Don't try to push your swoony psychodrama on me.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“I have lived in fear of her my entire life," she continued. "If this is the only chance I'm given to stand against her, then I have to take it. I don't want to hide. I don't want to be afraid. And I don't want to be separated from you, ever again.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“I serve my princess. No one else.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“I know that you are my guard, and you are my best friend. I know you would die for me. And I know that should that ever happen, I would die immediately after.”
― Marissa Meyer, Winter

“The only way through this is to fight.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress

“In case you haven't noticed, people tend to get killed around you.”
― Marissa Meyer, Cress