Alexia

“Because I don’t believe that you are a slave to what you’ve become. I don’t believe that you simply can’t.”
― Bella Forrest, A Shade of Vampire

“You're not a pawn, Sofia. You're the queen.”
― Bella Forrest, A Shade of Blood

“I know an excuse when I hear one. Don't you dare deceive yourself into believing that you're the victim, Derek Novak.”
― Bella Forrest, A Shade of Vampire

“I’d been unable to stop questioning if I knew what I was doing, even just kissing, and I’d sort of sheepishly apologized for my inexperience. Lucius had drawn back, a strange look in his eyes and a half smile on his lips as he’d said, 'I don’t think I could allow another man who’d touched you to continue walking this earth. The only reason Zinn survives is the debt that I owe him.' He’d smiled a little more broadly, joking, 'Your inexperience saves lives, Antanasia.”
― Beth Fantaskey, The Wedding of Antanasia Jessica Packwood and Lucius Valeriu Vladescu