Hazel Salazar

“Aethelthryth, nothing would make me happier than having you with me here, or in any other place that I will call home, for as long as I live. Please, come in.”
― Ali Hazelwood, Hot for Slayer

“Isn’t that what we crave, at the end of the day? To belong. To a family, to parents, to partners, to communities?”
― L.J. Shen, Fallen Foe

“Life is beautiful and wild, and it doesn’t wait for you to decide to participate in it. You need to jump into the water headfirst. And when you do? Make sure to make a splash.”
― L.J. Shen, Fallen Foe

“Thirty-two years ago, my mother was attacked at a camp along with the other counselors—she survived by stabbing the guy in the chest. His body was never found . . .” Chase looks down at one of the headlines, all the dots seeming to connect in his head before he blinks up at me, ashen and shocked. “It was this Billy guy?” Our eyes lock as I finally tell the goddamned truth. “Billy’s my father. And he’s back to finish the job.”
― Trilina Pucci, One Killer Night