Danielle

“Filip was removing his vest, sleeves, and tunic. Of course he was. The man loved being half naked.

"And why is he disrobing?" Her teeth ground together.

"I assume it's so his entire uniform doesn't suffer from the water?" Sunniva retied the black ribbon holding her knotted hair at her neck.

"Right"

Filip tried to focus on Aury's voice within the mess of noise from the running water and the many humans lined up around the field.

"...he disrobing?"

He chuckled. "To watch color rise to your lovely cheeks, amant," he whispered.”
― Alisha Klapheke, Enchanting the Elven Mage

“After all, if love was a choice as she’d been told, then how long did it take to make a choice? Only a moment, really. A series of moments as a person kept living out and making the choice again and again.”
― Tara Grayce, Fierce Heart

“And Essie was real. Even without the heart bond existing, warm and taunting him with the life now out of his reach, he would know she was real. Because he never would have dreamed a talkative human princess with her flaming red hair and freckles. He did not have enough of an imagination to have conjured her.”
― Tara Grayce, Death Wind

“Being yer laird gives me the responsibility to pay attention to yer needs and see they are met whether ye wish to recognize them or not. Being yer betrothed does the same thing but it also makes me want to try to please ye. Being a man? Well that just gives me the ability to appreciate how very beautiful ye are as well as the desire to spend more time in yer company.”
― Ceci Giltenan, The Pocket Watch