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“We each play several roles in life 鈥� that doesn鈥檛 make them all lies.”
― Erin Beaty, The Traitor's Kiss

“I have to go,鈥� he said softly. 鈥淏ut you should take a few minutes to fix your hair; it鈥檚 a real mess. And your face is all flushed.鈥�
鈥淢aybe I鈥檓 just not practiced in these sorts of things.鈥�
For a long moment, Ash said nothing. Then he whispered, 鈥淣either am I.鈥�
His next words were forced out like a confession. 鈥淚f I was any good at it, it was only because I鈥檝e imagined it so often.”
― Erin Beaty, The Traitor's Kiss

“Several pallets had been pulled to the middle of the open space and stacked two high with a large blanket over them. The implication stunned her 鈥� it was so unexpected, so unlike what she believed about him 鈥� her mind only registered denial.
She heard Ash bolt the door and remove his leather jacket, felt his hands on her shoulders as he turned her around to face him. He stroked her cheek with one hand while the other reached for his belt. 鈥淢y sweet, innocent Sage,鈥� he whispered, and still her thoughts could gain no traction.
There was the snap of a release from his belt, and though she continued to meet his eyes, she saw a sheathed dagger in the hand he raised between them.
鈥淭onight I must teach you how to kill a man.”
― Erin Beaty, The Traitor's Kiss