The Ever King Quotes

“Hate me, curse me, I cared little, so long as I was the first thought of her day and the last of her night.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“Hate me all you want, but don’t regret me. Promise me that.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“I am in your hands, I am at your command, for you have made me love you, and you will be my destruction because of it.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“Scars paint our stories, they give proof to the battles we’ve survived, the trials we’ve overcome.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“When I claim that moment of bravery, it will not be sudden. It will be slow. It will be well thought out. I will wait until I have you in my grasp. You may not even realize it has happened. In that moment, I will strike and watch you bleed.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“She was never theirs anyway. Not really. From the moment the songbird tried to appeal to a serpent, she was mine.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“So, who are you, little bird?” A rush of something dangerous hummed in my bones. “Yours, I suppose. For a little while.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“I kissed her until she understood I would crush worlds for her. I would cross the skies and seas chasing her light.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“You are not weak because of fears, but I will do what I can to help you wade between the fears that are plausible and the ones that are the mind trying to paralyze you.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“Do not sell yourself short and think you are not the most formidable of foes. I’ve no doubt you have the power to destroy me.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“You ruined everything, and I don’t care. Ruin me. Destroy me. As long as I have you.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“Ah, love. You think your peace was won with gentle morals? We all have a darkness within us, and desperation to survive can reveal the cruelest pieces.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“You, Erik Bloodsinger, are the kind of darkness I would follow across the skies and seas.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“I might’ve been his destruction, but he was my ruin.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“My mind lived within me, but I gave it too much control.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“Erik’s mouth turned up in a half grin, but his words were rife in something soft, something vulnerable. “Hate me all you want, but don’t regret me. Promise me that.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“I found my mantle, Songbird. It’s you.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“I notice your absence as much as I notice your presence.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“Speak more words like that, and I will need to keep you longer than a little while.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“You think him weak, but it is not a weakness to stumble. It is not a weakness to show you have a heart or . . . or to need others to hold you up at times.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“I would follow your darkness across the skies and seas.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“They ruled together. When one bent under the weight of their crown, the other would take it for them both.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“Without further ado, welcome to the Ever.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“Release my cousin. I’ll gladly take her place to repay the debt owed—” “Do not speak another word,” Erik warned”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“There are no Ever queens.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“The draw to her was like a crawl for water after being lost in the blaze of the sun.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“I think of you like this too often,”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“Don’t let down your guard, love. Not in the Ever.” Erik lowered his blade but kept close to me. His fingers brushed over the back of my neck when he leaned his mouth against my ear. “Fight me.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“So, who are you, little bird?” A rush of something dangerous hummed in my bones. “Yours, I suppose. For a little while.” My shadow made a noise, a sound deep and throaty like a growl. He leaned his masked face near mine; the heat in his strange eyes burned in desire. “Speak more words like that, and I will need to keep you longer than a little while.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King

“We all have a darkness within us, and desperation to survive can reveal the cruelest pieces.”
― L.J. Andrews, The Ever King