Veil Quotes

“The mercenary jerked back. She’d transformed her eyes into their fox form, slit-pupilled and tawny. She smiled with long canine teeth and pulled him toward the river.”
― Jae Waller, Veil

“Don’t do it.” Airedain didn’t look up from the alder block he was chiselling. Bright red woodchips fell into a basket at his feet. “Send kids to school, I mean.” My brow furrowed. “Tiernan enjoyed it back in Sverba.” “Different for pigeons, ain’t it? I had to use a Sverbian name and cover my tattoos. Couldn’t speak Aikoto in class. The teacher made us stand in the corner for mentioning the aeldu. Can’t count how many fist fights I got into with itheran kids.”
― Jae Waller, Veil

“Today you flew.”
― Jae Waller, Veil

“I pushed aside tins of salt and sugar to spread my form on a counter. He read it aloud for me, stumbling on the longer words. I filled out the form with a borrowed quill, leaving black smudges, asking Airedain how to spell things.”
― Jae Waller, Veil

“The ocean broke against the cliffs like an argument.”
― Jae Waller, Veil

“Sihaja fussed in my arms. I kissed her tiny nose, red from cold. This is the world we’ve forged for you.”
― Jae Waller, Veil