Home > Work > Bloodline (Whyborne & Griffin, #5)
1 " Then the town will rise to his hand," I whispered. "One for the sea, and one for the land. "
― Jordan L. Hawk , Bloodline (Whyborne & Griffin, #5)
2 " I hope I'm not disturbing anything," he said with a smile."Just considering what birthday games Whyborne will be missing out on thanks to this wretched idea of the director's," she replied cheerfully. "I've gotten to Blind Man's Duff."Griffin laughed. "How about Pin the Tail on -""Would you two stop? "
3 " but we’re not going to let a little thing like being a shambling horror on your mother’s side change our opinions. "
4 " I didn't want to cry. I didn't. But she was my /sister/, and she'd died in my arms, and... Griffin only held me quietly, his hands stroking my back. Once, he pressed his lips against my temple. "Thank you," I whispered, when I could speak again. "For what?" "Everything. Going with me tonight. Fetching me a suit to change into, and pouring be brandy, and making sure none of the servants were listening in, and putting up with my awful family, and this...""I love you." He kissed me softly, once on each eyelid. "Whatever family you claim is mine as well. I'm with you no matter what." I spoke thirteen languages, and yet I had no words to express what his presence meant to me. "
