Call Down the Hawk (Dreamer Trilogy #1)

by Maggie Stiefvater

Funny, Ronan thought, how sad an empty house felt and how preferable an empty landscape was.

Ronan knew Declan was made of secrets, but he still managed to be shocked by the reveal of a new one.

The doorman, smoking, watched her cross the lot to him. Not rudely, not salaciously. Just with interest. Even with large parcels tucked under one arm, she had a walk that seemed like there should be a slow-motion explosion occurring behind her. She would watch herself, too, if she wasn’t herself.

Belonging in more than one world means that you end up belonging in none of them.”

It felt as if there should be consequences for being a boring, grown frat boy who enjoyed making people uncomfortable, and yet there did not seem to be.