" For the first time in her short existence on this earth she saw the expression of a man who would give his life for her without a thought. In her eyes he saw the look of a woman who would die by his side rather than be alone. That is, after all, what she had trained for all those years. He grinned. “Pedna, let us kick some shank. "

― Brian Godawa , Enoch Primordial (Chronicles of the Nephilim #2)