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1 " Inhaling sharply, his grip on my door tightens. His deep yet hushed voice sounds pained as he says, “Nessa, do not make me reject you.”“Aengus, do not make me beg. "
― Naomi Kelly , Kalon: A Centaur Tail
2 " Even with my eyes shut, the dancing flickers and shadows penetrate through my lids. I try to remind myself it’s just from the fire, but an ever-growing part of me fears it is Hades stoking the pits of the Underworld in preparation for my arrival. "
― Naomi Kelly , Kairos: A Syren Story
3 " My heart skips a beat. Kairos. I hadn’t heard the ancient term in an era. I almost forgot it existed. It’s not often one declares this moment has been crafted by Fate. That this instant must be seized…or lost forever. "
4 " My sorrow forges into somethingelse. My slab of dark sadness begins to heat, cracking its way through whatever hold I had on it. Like coal forming into a diamond, what comes next is crystalline, hardened, and pure. Rage. "
5 " Callum leans back in his chair and smirks, “Not everyone can rely on the ‘Charybdis almost ate me’ sympathy sex like you. "
6 " You may have a golden heart, but gold is easily dented. I recommend you find a way to guard it. "
7 " It's a wonder you don't have swirls in your irises from rolling your eyes so damn often. "
― Naomi Kelly , Meraki: A Syren Story
8 " His face is so bland I worry if I took too long blinking I might simply forget who I was talking to. "
9 " If there's one thing I can always guarntee, it's that the chaos will follow me. "
10 " I want to pretend I have not massacred dozens of men in a handful of minutes without laying a finger on them. I want to act as if the rush of power doesn't set me alight, that this moment isn't the most in control I have felt in years. But alas, syrens cannot lie, not even to themselves. "
11 " I'm not cold but I wrap the large blanket around myself anyway, needing to have another layer between us. Anything to make him feel less close. "
12 " Kellan somehow pulls me a fraction closer. I can no longer tell where he ends nor where I begin. "
13 " I feel clammy against his heat, yet I do not move away. Maybe it's because I am too weak. Maybe it's because I don't want to. I guess there are worse places to die. "
14 " If there's one thing I can guarantee, it's that the chaos will follow me. "
15 " I do not need him anymore. I do not need anyone. Yet I cannot deny that I want him. And maybe it's okay to want something that isn't good for you. He wants his war and rum, and I, I want him. "
