" but I would ask for more from you, Mai. I want you to be my friend and my lover, as I will be yours. I owe you my life, and I will give it to you freely, one day at a time, every day I have, until we join our ancestors in the spirit realm." Her eyes held wonder, but also warmth. "

― Demelza Carlton , Dance: Cinderella Retold (Romance a Medieval Fairytale, #2)