“Remember when we told each other no distractions?Yes. He runs a blazing finger over my earrings, touching each one in turn.Distract me.”

“Thank you, I whisper. Words I never thought I would say to her. They unsettle us both.You want to thank me, Barrow? she mutters, kicking away the last of my bindings. Then keep your word. And let t...”

“In the palace, during my imprisonment, I learned that Maven had been made by his mother, formed into the monster he became. There is nothing on earth that can change him or what she did. But Cal wa...”

“In what life can I trust anything out of your mouth ever again?”

“Cameron, my heart is quite literally in this,”

“As you enter, you pray to leave. As you leave, you pray to never return.”

“Only his eyes remain the same. Bronze, red-gold, like iron brought to blazing heat.”

“Only his eyes remain the same. Bronze, red-gold, like iron brought to blazing heat.”

“Cal stares ahead, as if his eyes alone can set the entire world on fire. I think he wants to. That would make this easier.”

“Each of us is born with a box of matches inside us but we can't strike them all by ourselves”

“Love, like fire, goes out without fuel.”

“She's mad, but she's magic. There's no lie in her fire.”

“In the palace, during my imprisonment, I learned that Maven had been made by his mother, formed into the monster he became. There is nothing on earth that can change him or what she did. But Cal wa...”

“In the palace, during my imprisonment, I learned that Maven had been made by his mother, formed into the monster he became. There is nothing on earth that can change him or what she did. But Cal wa...”