Night of Masks and Knives Quotes

“Oh, the villainous lengths we all took. Truth be told, we all were a little monstrous in our own ways.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“The Nightrender on his knees, I never knew such a thing of beauty existed.” I rolled my eyes to her, grinning a little wickedly as I finally succeeded in the clasp. I pressed a kiss to her stomach, the bones of her hips. “I only bow to you.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“Malin Strom was my beautiful downfall. And I would take any pain if it meant more of her. Ruin me. Brutalize me. Just give me her.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“I survive by darkness, Malin. I keep it close, and it keeps me.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“Cold as I tried to be, I wished I felt less when she came too close. Fewer dips in my belly, fewer leaps in my chest.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“With two fingers, Ivar drew the runes he’d use to cast Malin’s face from my mind on my forehead. My grip tightened on the rose. I closed my eyes. He could warp her face, my thoughts, but I prayed to the fates—if they existed at all—that he would not touch where she lived in my heart. Even if it was hidden from my mind, let my heart hold tight to her. I loved Malin Strom. I’d lived my life loving her. If asked, I’d die loving her.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“He leaned close; his brow nearly touched mine. “She’ll be nothing but a nightmare in your head, Malevolent. I’ll make you fear her, despise her, wish a torturous death for the girl.” I looked past Ivar. If he met my eye, he’d see the fear in there.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“Everyone but the Nightrender had made it to freedom from the Masque av Aska.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“My jaw tightened. Bleeding Kase. I loved him. Fiercely. Enough I thought I might hate him for all those wicked things he tried to do to hide the good man inside.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“They stopped, allowing me to lean close to Eero. “But remember, I have marked you now. I never lose sight of my marks.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“Malin was the first, she was the only one, to hold my heart and soul in her hands. I would always choose her life over mine.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“You are the heir of the Eastern Kingdom. Malin, your mother was the last heir and murdered for it. She was not my wife.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“″As I said.” Eero sounded irritated the guard held any sort of stun. “Put that ring on her finger and Ivar is ruined. Imagine what he’ll pay to wipe her from existence.” ″You coward,” I snapped at Eero. “You betrayed your people, your family.” Eero shrugged. “Some things are worth it, Malin.” ″I am not a threat to Ivar’s throne!” I shouted. A lie.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“Eero had turned me over to skydguard. Why? Why would he betray his guild, why risk betraying the Nightrender? Whatever plan he had must be worth the risk.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“The kiss had meaning and spoke words I could not—I loved her. I had always loved her.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“I pressed a kiss to her stomach, the bones of her hips. “I only bow to you.” My kisses heated. Malin’s voice cut off,”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“″I became a monster to survive,” I told her. “You want me as some stupid boy from your past, and the worst part is, for you, I wish I could be. I told you I hate everything about my past except you, and it’s true. At nights, when I was finally left alone for a few moments of peace, I thought of you. Thought of how it always was together. Thoughts of you kept me alive many times, Mallie.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“″Damn you.” A harsh curse. It was all I was given before Kase kissed me. Where his touch had been gentle, his kiss was desperate. Fingers tangled in my hair, he pulled me closer.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“A remarkable gown. Full, no sleeves, and an intricate corset made of ribbons over the bodice. ″Fit for a future queen,” Kase said. “Do you agree?” What was this about? “It is beautiful, but I am no queen.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“The pain it caused was startling and captivating all at once. I was harming him—burning a memory he never asked for into his brain. What more could I do?”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“″I read enough to know it was believed the two royal lines never died off. Their descendants live in hiding, waiting for their queen to arise again,” Eero said. “Why the hells do you think the Lord Magnate has his little game at his masquerade? Fate’s ring was said to belong to the first queen. Only an heir will fit it.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“″These daughters, according to the legend, could see actual events,” Niklas said, facing me. “However small, such a thing would be coveted mesmer. To ancient folk, the clear rulers were the daughters who could give and take from memories. Their cousins were second in command. It is a tale as old as time.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“″The Norns. Fate itself. The myths say the Norns bestowed one family with a gift, a trinket that would let them see bits and pieces of fate’s sight.” ″The queen’s ring,” Eero said. My brows shot up. “The ring Ivar uses at the masque?”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“My stomach tightened. “Wait, you believe Alvers who stole memories once ruled here?”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“Contracts sealed with Alver blood are nigh unbreakable, but when two Alvers take vows with each other, their mesmer unites. Not a small decision, and unless both agree to leave the vow, it’s lifelong.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“I thought if you hated what I’d become, we would remain distant, and you would not unravel everything I buried long ago.” ″Did it work?” ″No.” I whispered. “You’ve always been my undoing.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“She’d been my first love; my only love. All these wicked turns later and she’d found the ability to command me once again and didn’t even know it.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“She knew me before . . . this life. We are not the same people anymore.” ″I’m sure you’re not,” Niklas said. “Yet, you leapt in front of her and took a bucket of eldrish in her place. I don’t think it was only because of what she is, either. I think it goes deeper.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“No matter how much he fought against it, the truth was the Nightrender had gripped onto the kinder parts of the past the same as me. He hadn’t rejected everything, and the boy I once knew was still there.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives

“No, it was not simple to watch her put her neck on the line. No, it was not easy for me to keep my hands off her, to ignore the insatiable pull I’d been fighting since I stepped foot on Strom land again.”
― L.J. Andrews, Night of Masks and Knives