Hunted Quotes

“Emmeline made an impatient noise, her frustration clear. “You will come back to the Order and to the Lady’s service. We have need of you.” “No,” Max said, the word exploding out of her before she could stop it. The rejection rose from her toes all the way through her heart to the top of her head. “You sent me to the Order. The Order dismissed me. Neither you nor they have any claim on me,” she said, the words clipped, her own anger rising up in a clean, burning wave that chased some of her exhaustion away. “I have done my duty to you and to the Order. Now leave me alone,” she said.”
― Vanessa Nelson, Hunted

“Paperwork?” Max repeated, frowning. “There wasn’t any paperwork. I just had to complete the spell to open my Vault, and that was it.” “No paperwork? Of course there’s paperwork. What kind of an outfit do you think I’m running here?”
― Vanessa Nelson, Hunted

“Cas and Pol had been delighted when Max had changed into running gear when she had got home. They thought her attempts at running were hilarious, alternating between chasing each other in circles around her or running ahead and lying on the road, watching her with their ears raised, mouths open in grins while she pushed her body forwards.”
― Vanessa Nelson, Hunted

“I’m glad you noticed,” Audhilde said. “It was hard not to,” Kolbyr answered. “But do you know what you have done?” “Do you?” Audhilde challenged. “This one is far more than she appears to be. She called down the Lady’s light into the middle of a dark magic ritual,” Kolbyr said. Max shivered as she remembered the event. She had been trapped, convinced she was going to be dragged into the underworld. Calling the light had been an act of desperation. But it had worked. To Max’s surprise, Audhilde grinned, the danger and power in the air fading. “That must have been unsettling for you, old man,” the other woman said.”
― Vanessa Nelson, Hunted