" But there’s something about him . . . He seemed gracious and humble, but humble in a . . . powerful way. That sounds foolish, doesn’t it?” “No, you describe him very well.” Odette remembered how he had put his arm around her and guided her through the crowd of revelers, how he had made her feel so safe. She sighed. "

― Melanie Dickerson , The Huntress of Thornbeck Forest (A Medieval Fairy Tale, #1)