s.moon

“You foolish idiot,” he suddenly rasped, drawing himself to his feet. “You went without orders from your superior. You ignored the call. You could have killed yourself, you dumb girl.” Vhalla shrunk back as though he’d slapped her. “And you stopped the storm.” He sat heavily on the edge of her bed. Without hesitation, Aldrik reached up and cupped her cheek gently. “You foolish, amazing, astounding woman, you saved us all.”
― Elise Kova, Fire Falling

“They could have at least tried to hide it," one of the soldiers around her remarked.
"Not very hard to tell which one is the Windwalker," another agreed.
"As if the Fire Lord would let his dark darling out of his sight.”
― Elise Kova, Fire Falling

“Let the self judge the right and the wrong, let others decide to praise or to blame, let gains and losses remain uncommented on. I, too, know what i should and shouldn't do”
― Mò Xiāng Tóngxiù, 魔道祖师 [Mó Dào Zǔ Shī]

“I love you,” he repeated, a determined fire lighting his eyes. “It is one of the worst things I could ever do,” Aldrik confessed. “I swear to the Mother, I have tried not to damn you with it. But you’re a rather persistent, beautiful presence in my life. And, for once, the silver-tongued prince is tired of pretending.”
― Elise Kova, Fire Falling