Tabitha

“He tasted like single malt and trouble, felt like heaven and hell, and pressed every button I never Knew I had. I didn't care that this was inappropriate or that anyone could find us here. All I cared about was givign this brat what he needed and reminding him who was in charge.”
― Cambria Hebert, Whistle

“The desert exploded with life: yellow and pink flowers opened the tips of the cholla's spiny fingers; purple wildflowers sprang up in the meadows; and sunflowers lifted their heads. The Treaty of 1868 had been a victory, but not without cost. In order to secure a measure of freedom from the U.S. government, the Navajos had to accede to new methods of federal control. By signing the treaty, however, the government had acknowledged the Nagajos' sovereignty as a people, and that was a significant achievement. Now they had come home. Returning to Diné Bikéyah after four years of imprisonment and exile, the Navajos were trees blooming after a cold, dark winter.”
― Megan Kate Nelson, The Three-Cornered War: The Union, the Confederacy, and Native Peoples in the Fight for the West

“He kissed me like I was the breath in his body, like I was the blood in his veins. I kissed him back just as fiercely, as if his lips were the cure to the ache in my chest.”
― Cambria Hebert, #Nerd

“I know I was born for the sole purpose of being that man who will stand in front of you. When you're there in that dark place where it feels like a thousand demons are tearing you apart, know I'm there with you. Always, tesoro, because you are my treasure and my only.”
― Christine Feehan, Shadow Flight