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“You understand why you must go through with this marriage.You say you couldnt live with yourself if anything happened to Caspida. Yet you ask me to live with myself, knowing I sentenced you to this...”
“Destiny isn't something you make as you're told. By overcoming difficulties, life and this whole world can advance forward. That's what destiny is for. A world that has lost the power to advance fo...”
“I've learned that from a war ignited by revenge, nothing can be born, but sorrow. - Aladdin”
“I know who you are, he says.Something about his tone causes my heart of smoke to flicker in response, and I throw my guard up. Oh? And who, O boy of Parthenia, am I?He nods to himself, his eyes ali...”
“Find me, my thief.”
“For the last few centuries, these jeweled fruits have been my constant and sole companions. The greatest treasure in all the world, as comfortless as light to the blind.”
“Women! They think it so romantic to break the rules. But what are we if we don't hold to tradition, am I right?" ~Darian”
“Everything in the world is actually connected. That means, even if we get separated, we'll never be alone”
“Im not for you, I say desperately. We are so different. Our lives are a thousand and one worlds apart. It wouldnt work. And its dangerous.But his face only brightens. Then you do feel the same.We a...”
“Youre beautiful and wild and kind, and I cant stop thinking about you. A sunny, foolish smile breaks across his face. Its wrong and stupid and wonderful, Zahra. I didnt mean for it to happen, but h...”
“I do, and the now-familiar warmth of his lips steadies me. He tastes of salt and the wine we shared with the others at our small farewell party.Aladdin pulls away first and lifts one of my hands to...”
“I rest my head on his shoulder, feeling his heart beating against me. I wish I could gather time around us, slowing the minutes, making them last a lifetime.I was born on the island kingdom of Ghed...”
“And what if you werent a jinni? What if you were free from their rules?I stare at him. His jaw tightens, his eyes steely with determination that frightens me to my core. A cloud drifts across the f...”
“But Aladdin says nothing.Instead, he lowers his face and softly kisses the side of my neck, his mouth trailing up to the skin behind my ear. Goose bumps break across my skin, and I turn my face to ...”
“Zahra, what happens to you when I make my last wish?When your third wish is granted, you will cease to be my master. You may possess the lamp, but you cannot call me. I will return to it and await ...”
“Whore! he snarls, slamming me into the wall so hard stars burst in my eyes. I hiss at him, the tiger in me threatening to emerge and rip out his throat, but a shout brings me back to myself.Zahra!I...”
“For a moment we are weightless, eyes open and locked underwater, flowers drawn down with us, swirling around us in a current of white bubbles. My hair floats around us both like black silk. His han...”
“Have I told you I love you?" he whispers.I smile. "Not since this morning.""Unforgivable. I will tell you every hour of every day.”
“Why do you care what happens to her? I thought we humans were vapors to you, here today and gone tomorrow.Caspida is . . . different. She reminds me of someone, someone Id give my life for if I cou...”
“He makes a face and tosses the flower at me. It lands on my cheek, and I pick it up and twirl it between my fingers. I could lie out here all day, not moving an inch, feeling the sun above and the ...”
