" Lie to me,” she whispered. “Do what you do best.”
His expression was difficult to read. “We’re going to live,” he said finally, his voice hoarse. “We’re going to live and put a stop this and convince our damned countries to end this war. I’m going to leave the Vultures and take you somewhere far away and you can be just Nadezhda, the nightmare girl who stole my heart. We’re going to be happy, finally. "

― Emily A. Duncan , Blessed Monsters (Something Dark and Holy, #3)