Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle #1)

by Jay Kristoff

But then, I’ve never seen things the way you have. Never truly lived in the world you call your own. Nor did she, really. I think that’s why I loved her.

“You’ll be a rumor. A whisper. The thought that wakes the bastards of this world sweating in the nevernight. The last thing you will ever be in this world, girl, is someone’s hero.”

If you can’t hurt the ones who hurt you, sometimes hurting anyone will do.

The boy stared at the hands that held his. “This is a dark road we walk, Mia.” “Then we walk it together. I watch your back. You watch mine. And if I fall before the end, you get Scaeva for me. Make him scream. And I’ll swear the same for you.”

but kindness should reap kindness even in a field like this

The shadowwolf ceased her pacing. Lifting her head and filling the air with a heart-wrenching howl. Lying down in the dirt beside Cassius, trying to lick his face with a tongue that couldn’t taste. Pawing his hand with claws that couldn’t touch.

😭😭😭😭😭

“Tell him I miss him.”