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1 " That night she wrote a hasty sketch and showed it to Oliver. " It's all right," he said. " But I'd take out that stuff about Olympian mountains and the Stygian caverns of the mine. That's about used up, I should think. "
2 " But neither could compare with the gargantuan natural edifice that was the mountain upon which Nachtstürm Castle rose. It was a mountain made of the darkness between two lightning bolts. It was made less of earth than Stygian frost. Whole towns fell away as they ascended, as though the ranks of black and frowning conifers waged war against the humans below. Even the path – rather narrow and rarely straight – seemed less made by centuries of pilgrim feet and more by the trace of some careless demon’s claw.It was, in fact, perfect. "
― Emily C.A. Snyder , Nachtstürm Castle: A Gothic Austen Novel
3 " Nico strode forward. The enemy army fell back before him like he radiated death, which of course he did.Through the face guard of his skull-shaped helmet, he smiled. " Got your message. Is it too late to join the party?" " Son of Hades." Kronos spit on the ground. " Do you love death so much you wish to experience it?" " Your death," Nico said, " would be great for me." " I'm immortal, you fool! I have escaped Tartarus. You have no business here, and no chance to live." Nico drew his sword-three feet of wicked sharp Stygian iron, black as a nightmare. " I don't agree. "
4 " I noticed how Brent twitched when I lifted the hem of my tank top to bare my stomach and ribs. The reflex was not an effort to shy away from seeing my body, but from something more carnal in nature. I deduced this from the subtle flicker of red in his blue eyes. Even this Reaper, the most powerful Stygian I had met, next to Head Reaper Marin, couldn’t mask his desire. "
― Abigail Baker , The Reaper's Kiss (Deathmark #1)
