A Demon's Guide to Wooing a Witch (Glimmer Falls #2)

by Sarah Hawley

“As your sworn enemy, I can reliably inform you he did not succeed. It would take magic beyond the most powerful witch’s abilities to turn you into anyone but exactly who you are.”

“Proper presentation can set you at an advantage before you even engage with an opponent.”

“So, my warrior queen, where are we going?” Calladia nearly tripped over her feet. A laugh burst from her. “What did you just call me?” Astaroth gave her a crooked smile. “I was aiming for a new spin on violent harridan that would express the respect element more.”

“You’re a good person, even if you don’t always believe it, but I’m not. Say the word, and I’ll punish him in the vilest ways you can imagine.”

Calladia wasn’t a prize to be won—she was an equal competitor in this battle of wills and wants, and the only way to woo a woman like that was to leave her wanting until she got impatient and seized the prize herself.

You are wholly yourself, and that in itself is perfect, because anything else would be a lie.”

“And is my entire worth and identity boiled down to one incident? Will you always look at me and see the demon who hurt your friends, no matter what else I do or say?”

“I’m not afflicted by madness.” Lilith winked. “Madness is afflicted by me.”

“Stalking is my love language.”

“Love does mean helping someone be the best version of themselves,” she said. “It means supporting and uplifting them. It means even when you argue, you do it from a place of compassion.”

Love wasn’t trying to force someone to be who you thought they should be. It was loving them as they were while supporting them on their journey toward becoming their best self.

“The sun could die and the stars could fall and the earth could rip itself apart, and none of that would matter, so long as you were in my arms.”