Court of Serpents and Secrets Quotes

“Then you need to let her love you in return. To refuse her love when you long for it would be a cruelty no woman deserves.”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“eyes were bright and fierce, flashes of gold playing across them. “Do you know how hard it has been to fight this? To make you angry, to keep you away? To force you to hate me, so I don’t fall to my knees before you and pledge my heart and soul?” I stared”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“Life. There was a stirring of life… inside her belly.”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“I was the only rune-marked fae left in Yggdrasil because my mother’s actions had changed everything. The Vanir decided there was too much power wielded by the rune-marked fae, and that the balance of humans and fae was wrong. They made the rune-marked human, and removed their history from the scriptures. But I was protected by my mother’s magic, inside the tree.”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“My mother had sent Voror, from the Vanir homeworld, high in the canopy above Yggdrasil.”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“But this time, I saw the shadow-fae handmaid too. She retrieved the staff and returned to the Shadow Court, where she hid it inside the mountain, then pledged her service to Mazrith’s mother.”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“If I am not able to return and wake her, you must hide my staff, and leave a trail — one only she will be able to follow. She will be able to wield my staff, she will be able to see what to do. I have disguised her as human. Wake her when the time is right.”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“make me realize that the shadow-fae was my mother’s handmaid. They were close. Friends.”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“saw a shadow-fae, standing behind who I now knew was my mother.”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“I held my empty hand out. It had, just as the vision had shown me, turned to mist.  “You freed them.”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“Slowly, Orm lifted the Queen’s mist-staff. The now very dead Queen. “I never thought to own two mist-staffs, but one that controls an army of undead?”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“If I use this to free you, then I lose it. All its power. Mazrith will lose his Court, never wield his magic again.” The Elder took a step toward me, and Maz shook his head. “I don’t want power. Just you.” “Or, I could use this to control you,” I said, and the Elder paused. “I could use this to turn you into my weapon.” Mazrith’s swirling eyes widened. “Reyna, why would you—” “Or I could use it to destroy you.”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“They had killed my mom’s human husband to try to force her to harm other humans? And she had taken rage-fueled revenge and cursed them instead.”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“A rune-marked fae created the Starved Ones,” I breathed. “Using this mist-staff to steal Vanir magic.” “You mother created us,”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“Undo what was done! You are the only one who can. If you refuse, I will make you one of us.”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“I already am! I love you.” The shadows stopped. Tears flowed down my cheeks as I stared into his eyes. Black was creeping across them, but they were still his.”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“Mazrith, I want the bond!” The shadows flurried as his sad, resolute eyes widened. I held my wrist high and willed the black mark to return. “I want to be bound to you!”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“How did she die?” “A disease. One of the rare few that can kill fae. He always believed his stepmother caused it somehow.” “Caused a disease?”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“Why would that rune have appeared on the tapestry? I was sure it meant something.”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“Prince is not cruel. But, he is not true. There is darkness in him.”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“Yes. Dwarves, wolves, and the high fae, or Vanir as the gods called them. That made eight. Then the goddess Freya and the mighty Thor took one each for themselves.”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets

“My actions are no better than my true face.” I barely heard his words, they were so quiet.”
― Eliza Raine, Court of Serpents and Secrets