Simi

“Ancient eyes had stared at me, filled with ancient grief. And something more. Something so alien and unexpected that I'd almost burst into tears. I'd seen many things in his eyes in the time that I'd known him: lust, amusement, sympathy, mockery, caution, fury. But I had never seen this.

Hope. Jericho Barrons had hope, and I was the reason for it.

I would never forget his smile. It had illuminated him from the inside out.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Shadowfever

“We have to save the world," I reminded him.
He reached for me. "The world can wait. I can't.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Shadowfever

“If I'm a little girl, then that makes you a serious pervert.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Shadowfever

“When you know who I am. Let me be your man.”
― Karen Marie Moning, Shadowfever