Shadow Magic Quotes

“No matter the cost, she couldn’t give up now, not when the possibilities unfurled before her. If she could make this work, she would be the first Phoenix Rider in history without a bond. If anyone could do it, Avalkyra Ashfire could.”
― Nicki Pau Preto, Heart of Flames

“Something powerful happened, however, when a shadowmage was invited in. Knowledge of shadow magic made a mind more susceptible to influence, and if that person chose to welcome that magic inside . . . well, it made putting a bind much easier. Avalkyra had put binds on her entire patrol, and she would do it again, one by one.”
― Nicki Pau Preto, Heart of Flames

“And when I strip away the last maroon bands—
Every eye widens.
Not because I stand exposed.
But because dense, dark magic pours over my skin, cloaking me
like living shadow.
A second skin woven from night.
The air shifts.
A tongue clicks behind me.
That sound.
It trails down my spine like a caress.
“Cariad.” Kol’s voice is low, threaded with danger. “I don’t enjoy others looking at what’s mine.”
My heart gives one hard, traitorous beat.
“And you are.”
― Aella Blake, Darkash