The Highwayman's Folly Quotes

“Something was different. Some difficult tangle had come undone in the bond between them. The weavers of fate had reworked the thread they shared into a taut, direct strand—one that could be plucked to render some exquisite note belonging solely to them. He could feel half of that note starting to ring out inside himself, unfamiliar and frightening. The vibrations sent a sickness through him at the thought of their parting.”
― Daria Vernon, The Highwayman's Folly

“When they’d been alone at the bottom of the ravine that first day, he’d learned who she really was. His first assumptions were picked up by the fist of truth and smashed upon the ground. She’d stared him down, threatening to fling herself once more down that horrible slope—it was in that moment that her animal eyes dragged his rakish heart to its knees in respect for her.”
― Daria Vernon, The Highwayman's Folly