Status Updates From La prometida del conde

"Muddy water splashed up into
her face.
'Are you all right?" Rafe called to her.
She armed the water out of her eyes." (200) I do like "armed" as a verb here

"Eloise seemed to want to visit for a while. Rafe suggested Scrabble, as he knew his grandmother enjoyed trouncing everyone at a good word game. They played for three hours. Eloise won. She always did." (135) grandma goals

"He had a streak of soot on his unscarred cheek, and in his eyes she could see all the lovely things they'd done the night before. She swallowed that last big bite of sausage and reached for her napkin." (120)