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But is it not the most unsuspecting people who do the most extraordinary things?
People are often threatened by love when they realize both the absence and power of it. What is love if not the one thing in this world that defies logic? Love is the emotion that can make someone run toward danger, but those threatened by it sometimes become the danger.
Vengeance is a promise signed in blood,
I want too much out of this life and have too much resting on my shoulders to cower in the dark. I may keep to the shadows, but I also wield them.
Hope is a dangerous emotion. It renders us immune to logic.
“If any of you touch her, you die,” Cayden declares while stretching his broadsword before me, “and I promise to make it painful.”
“Make them fear the flames of a queen.”
think it’s ironic that poisonous plants often grow the prettiest flowers. Consistently underestimated by onlookers until they feel the deadly sting.
“Never let anyone make you feel guilty for letting yourself choose how you want to live your life”—she blinks rapidly—“and give those bastards the hell they deserve.”
I’m doing this for the people who had their worth stripped away. The people who have only received hatred at the hand of someone who should have loved them. The people who have been shoved into darkness and clawed their way out with the sheer willpower to survive.
The only thing I love about being underestimated is always proving people wrong.
“Killing you is the only pleasure I’ll take from you.”
“Why do I have a feeling you’re going to be the bane of my existence?” “Because it’s a title I’ll happily take.”
“Words are food for my soul,”
Sadness and pain are the price we pay for opening our hearts, but I’d rather die penniless than never know love.
“You don’t need to surprise me with knives, angel. I’ll bleed for you if you ask nicely.”
“Don’t belittle all you’ve endured for a perception of yourself that someone made you believe you need to be.”
“Careful, angel. You give a man a taste of salvation, and he might keep coming back for more.”
“Is that what I am to you? Your salvation?” I whisper, brushing my lips against his. “If you are to be my damnation, it’s an end I’ll happily meet.”
“I swear to you, I’m coming back. I’ll never make you a promise I can’t keep.”
I cross my arms over my chest. “I’d like to stab you.” His grin widens. “I love it when you sweet-talk me.”
I told you not to make me into a better man than I am. For you, Elowen, I’ll become the worst version of myself.”
You’ve driven me to madness. You haunt me while I sleep and you’re there when I wake. Your presence is agonizing and yet I’ll beg for the pain if it means I can have a moment with you.”
“I didn’t know I had a soul until you stole it from me,”
“The only time a person can truly be brave is when they remain standing as fear tries to cut them down.”
“Nothing easy is worth doing,”
I’ve always found it strange how people seek to judge what they don’t know rather than taking the time to appreciate new things. I wonder how different the world would be if people ceased thinking the unknown is a threat. People remain ignorant when they don’t open their minds to new teachings. They remain frozen in time like a statue while everything progresses around them.
“I’ve never been a religious man, but I will worship you in ways the gods will envy.”
“Every part of you, every scar, both visible and invisible, is utterly beautiful to me.”
“I can have you every day for the rest of my life and I will still die a starving man.”
“I’ll happily be the villain for you if it ensures your safety. I’ll watch this kingdom burn to the ground if it means you live.
I’m yours. All of me, every darkened part. Until the moon crashes into the sea and all the stars blink out of existence.”
