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41 " Let me help you," he whispered, leaning down to kiss my fingers. "Do it out of pity for a worry-prone man who goes out of his mind when you're not with him. Just please, for my sake, let me be of service. Let me help you. "
― Rachel Bach , Heaven's Queen (Paradox #3)
42 " You want to protect me?" I said sharply. "Then stay here and help me see this through. That's what I need from you, not some self-sacrificing bull about leaving me for my own safety. You were the one who promised I wouldn't have to do this alone, right? So prove it. Stay with me." I tilted my head back, smiling at him. "Please? "
43 " From the moment you found out the truth, you've been fighting for everything I always knew I should but was too afraid to reach for before I met you. That's how I know you're the one who can stop the abuse we perpetrated over seventy years of well-intentioned cruelty. Not because of the virus, but because you are too stubborn and proud to settle for anything else. "
44 " That's why I love you, brave girl," he whispered. "Because I know without a doubt that your path is the right one, and now that you've given me the courage to walk it with you, no one, not the Eyes or Caldswell or the Sacred King himself, will ever put me from it. Or from you, Devi Morris" - he smiled wide against my hair - "the one who gave me back my life. "
45 " It wasn't just that he was a good kisser (he was), it was everything. The way his fingers clung to mine like I was the only thing holding him down, the way his mouth slid over my body like every inch of me was the most important inch in the universe, the way he whispered my name against my skin like a prayer, his lovely accent rolling the word into something so beautiful I barely recognized it. "
― Rachel Bach , Fortune's Pawn (Paradox #1)
46 " The weakness he’d opened in me was here to stay no matter what, so why not enjoy the fall? "
47 " I was trying to give you a chance to come forward on your own. Now, though, I think it’s time you told us exactly what you’ve been seeing.” “You’ll think I’m crazy,” I warned. Caldswell shrugged. “I have a pretty high threshold for crazy. Just try me.” I "
― Rachel Bach , Honor's Knight (Paradox, #2)
48 " The captain’s sister-in-law had traded her mechanic’s coveralls for a colorful shirt, shorts, and a huge straw hat. She looked like a tourist, and because I’m the helpful sort, I told her so. “And "
49 " Suffice it to say, I didn’t sleep well. "