The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow Quotes

“The only difference was I wasn’t their monster now. Their little pet had turned on its master.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“My brain was gone, consumed by her scent of vanilla and lavender, the softness of her hair, and my arm wrapped around her waist, flush against my front. She was going to be mine. One day. But at least for now, I could leave my mark so she couldn’t forget me.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“How…you kissed me…” I breathed out a sigh of relief. “Yeah,” I whispered, the air consuming my lungs again. “I did.” “Why did you stop?” Her voice was small and unsure, as if she didn’t understand how she got there. “Would you like for me to kiss you again?”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“Because,” I murmured, my smile faltering as I fought to catch my breath, the ache in my heart swelling to new heights. Her pouting lips drew my attention, and my focus slipped. “You’re so cute when you’re mad.” “I’m not mad,” Gray snipped.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“couldn’t stop the grin that pulled up my cheeks as she straddled me from behind and awkwardly wrapped her thin arms around my waist.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“He rubbed his jaw. “Fine. If you must know, I’m Shadow.” With a smirk, he added, “Shadow Freyr.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“New York,”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“our angelic powers”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“Do you understand that by activating the awakened Guardian Bond that exists between your souls, you are now her humble warrior for protection?” “I do.” The threads began to stitch themselves into a pattern in my soul. “Do you understand that by bonding your soul to protect the True Queen of Arcadia, you are to protect the True King, as well? If one perishes, the other shall fall into a pit of madness as their souls are eternally intertwined.” The Twin Soul Bond. Valik had explained that to me, too, the night I faced the Elementals. “I do.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“Do you, Slate Helair, descendent of Archangel Gabriel, pledge your soulful allegiance to protect the True Queen of Arcadia at all costs?” “I do,”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“Because you’re about to take a Soul Oath of Fealty. Once you do that, your powers are going to start blasting through like never before. Even if you’re not full-blooded,”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“Are you willing to do anything to protect the princess and Chrome?” I answered without hesitation. “Absolutely.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“I took them all, except for the day on the playground. I let that one remain so she had a thread guiding her back to me one day. Gods, it flayed me to do this again. I had only been ten years old last time, forced by the king to take away her memory of awakening her abilities down in the interrogation room on the day we’d met on the”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“I dove in. Allowing my magic to sift through any of her memories that involved me, including this one, and absorbing them. Every single memory of us. Even clear photos of what I looked like that hung throughout the palace.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“Was that kiss we shared on the rooftop…” she started, hesitating as she struggled to get her words out. “Was that real for you?” “There hasn’t been a moment that’s gone by in my waking state where I haven’t thought about it.” I wished I could tell her how much she unknowingly got me through the torture down in the prisons. There was so much I wished I could say. Gray’s eyes lined with silver in the reflection of moonlight streaming through the room. “Me neither.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“Slate will be good to you. He’ll love you as you deserve to be.” The vice grip on my heart cinched tight, threatening to obliterate it to ash. “But I’ll find you again one day. I promise,” I whispered against her lips.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“Let’s set you free, Brother.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“I love you, Peri.” I sniffled. “Please know”—I swallowed, my throat cinched tight—“that the Chrome you loved died with you.” My voice broke at the end. “So please forgive me.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“Go be free.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“I just made you indestructible. Should’ve done it a long time ago…” I tipped my head, feeling clearer than I had in weeks. “What do you mean?” Valik tilted his chin upward, biting his bottom lip as if debating what to tell me. “I just made it really fucking hard for you to die.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“But its hue caught me off-guard, causing me to frown. Instead of the off-white glow that he usually emitted from his palms, it shone silver.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“All I could think about was the princess, remembering Chrome asking me to protect and train her. And now, I wanted nothing more than to follow through. I had no choice. Whatever instincts were driving me screamed for it.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“I fought to suck in a deep breath, but my heart raced with a madness that oxygen couldn’t ease. I didn’t understand why I felt this protective. The feeling was so visceral that I would’ve fought through the entire crowd if it weren’t for Onyx’s reasoning. This new, odd buzzing did nothing to calm me; it only urged me to act. Gods, what am I doing?”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“I wiped the grin and nodded. “Absolutely. You’re…” the girl I’ve been pining over from afar for the past six years. “…a little bit of a savage.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“I need you to get close to her. Protect her.” It was a plea.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“I need to get to her, Slate,” he gritted out through clenched teeth. “Chrome.” My voice dropped lower, shaking my head. “You can’t—” “Fuck.” His breathing picked up, pinching the bridge of his nose as he closed his eyes.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“My chest tightened, and my nostrils flared at the possibility of her attaching to another guy. That felt so wrong, even though I had no way of claiming her. But I knew on a soul level that she was meant to be with me. I’d always felt that since I was ten years old. We would find each other again, but we needed Forest out of the picture first.”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow

“Despite my magnetic bracelet meant to mask my ability to detect his energetic signature, I could sense he was neither Kinetic nor Elemental, and especially not human. As if my senses weren’t at peak level already, all the fibrous hairs on my body now stood on end. What the hell was he?”
― K.L. DeVore, The Embrace of Steel and Sorrow