“Another thread snaps loose from my heart, the pain precise and acute. I embrace it, because it reminds me I'm still here. I'm alive. I'm empowered.”

“You have that boy on such a high pedestal. Its far too slippery up there for one so unprincipled as a solitary fae. Its not as if I havent tried to drag him down. I looked inside his soul. Hoped to...”

“We have regiments as innumerable as the sands...And arsenals as uncountable as the stars.”

“Im about to berate his tactics, to deny any feelings for him, when he cups the nape of my neck and presses his lips to mine, velvety soft. Its nothing but a peck, yet the flavor of the tart he samp...”

“They have both loved you with a childs love, and now a mans. It is the childs love that holds you together . . . cemented by the moments you shared with them that they treasure most.”

“His soft lips glide across my jaw. Im dazzled by his touch, drugged by his promises, falling deeper and deeper into him. Before he reaches my mouth, I catch his hands and roll him off until hes the...”

“Every great love starts with a great story...”

“I knew, in the silence that followed, that anything could happen here. It might be too late: again, I might have missed my chance. But I would at least know I tried, that I took my heart and extend...”

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”