Phoenix

“The girl did not see me. She inspected her palm, holding it up to the silver moon like an offering. Blood trickled, dark against the rocks. The magic I could taste was untamed— fierce and angry. She lifted her hand to her mouth, tongue hungry, and when she pulled it away her lips were smeared bloody red.”
― Fran Dorricott, Wild and Wicked Things

“Into the light, we are reborn. Within the flame, we are reforged.”
― Lyndsay Ely, The Lost Reliquary

“One for malice
Two for mirth
Three for a death
Four for a birth
Five for silver
Six for gold
Seven for a secret never to be told
Eight for heaven
Nine for hell
Ten to the devil wherever she may dwell”
― Fran Dorricott, Wild and Wicked Things

“The will to be polite, to maintain civility and normalcy, is fearfully strong. I wonder sometimes how much evil is permitted to run unchecked simply because it would be rude to interrupt it.”
― Alix E. Harrow, The Ten Thousand Doors of January