The Deer and the Dragon (No Other Gods #1)

by Piper C.J.

For a few minutes, sometimes even for a few days, I could pretend that I was someone different. I could let go of the chains that shackled me to the earth and disappear into a marvelous something.

What a sensation to know someone well enough to hear the cadence of their silence.

“Pain builds character.

“If someone adores you for your chaos, what’s the best way to honor that love? If they treasure your rootlessness, if they celebrate your anarchy, if they love you as you are, do you think they’d be dancing in the streets if you gave up the very essence at the core of your being that made them fall for you?”

“I am yours, and you are mine. And whether it’s in this life or the next, we will always find each other.”

“If you wouldn’t burn the world to the ground for the one you love, are you even in love?”

She may be a serpent, but I ran with wolves.

“I know it’s dark. I know. But we’re going to be sunflowers.”

“Let’s be sunflowers.”