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Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2) QUOTES

Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2) QUOTES

1 " A snake,” I replied, breath hitching. “I suppose . . . I’m a snake. A liar. A deceiver. Cursed to crawl on my belly and eat dust all the days of my life.”
“Ah.” To my surprise, Claud’s face didn’t twist in disgust or revulsion. He nodded instead, a knowing smile playing on his lips. “Yes, I would agree with that assessment.”
Humiliation hung my head. “Right. Thanks.”
“Louise.” A single finger lifted my chin, forcing me to look at him. Those eyes, once warm, now blazed with intensity, with conviction. “What you are now is not what you’ve always been, nor is it what you always will be. You are a snake. Shed your skin if it no longer serves you. Transform into something different. Something better. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

2 " What you are now is not what you've always been, nor is it what you always will be. You are a snake. Shed your skin if it no longer serves you. Transform into something different. Something better. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

3 " It’s a real pity,” Beau finally muttered, shaking his head and looking at each of us in turn. His eyes shone with disappointment. “I know you’re all too preoccupied with your pining to notice, but I just caught my reflection in that last puddle—and damn, I look good. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

4 " You see magic as a weapon, Reid, but you’re wrong. It simply . . . is. If you wish to use it for harm, it harms, and if you wish to use it to save . . . Together, we looked to Toulouse, who tucked a flower behind the woman’s ear. She beamed at him before rejoining the crowd. It saves. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

5 " What you are now is not what you’ve always been, nor is it what you always will be. You are a snake. Shed your skin if it no longer serves you. Transform into something different. Something better. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

6 " The world didn’t end in a scream.
It ended in a gasp.
A single, startled exhalation.
And then— Nothing.
Nothing but silence. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

7 " You don’t get to leave me. Do you understand?” Cupping my face, he wrenched me backward and kissed me hard. His voice was fierce. His eyes were fiercer. They burned into mine, angry and anguished and afraid. “You don’t get to do this alone. If you retreat into your mind—into your magic—I’ll follow you, Lou.” He shook me slightly, tears glistening in those frightened eyes. “I’ll follow you into that darkness, and I’ll bring you back. Do you hear me? Where you go, I will go. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

8 " Hello, Chass.”
Blood roared in my ears. “Hello, wife. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

9 " With an exasperated sigh, he turned his head to kiss my fingers. “You’re impossible.”
“I’m impractical, improbable, but never impossible. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

10 " Lou might’ve lied. She might’ve deceived me. But when I’d followed her to the Chateau, I’d chosen my fate, and I’d done it with my eyes wide open. I’d chosen this life. This love. And with my fingers trembling in hers, with her heart beating alongside mine, I still chose it. I still chose her. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

11 " We’re natural enemies, Reid. You’ll always be a witch hunter. I’ll always be a witch. And we’ll always bring each other pain. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

12 " I don’t even know if you’re real,” I whispered, laughing and crying and feeling infinitely foolish. My hands trembled. “I’m probably talking to myself right now like a madwoman. And maybe I am mad. But—but if you are real, if you are listening, please, please . . .” I dropped my head and closed my eyes. “Don’t abandon me. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

13 " Each of Reid’s smiles—so rare, so genuine—was a gift to me. He couldn’t know how much I cherished them, how I wished I could keep them in my pocket to pull out whenever he felt sad. He felt sad so often. After all this was over, I’d make sure he never felt sad again. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

14 " Sometimes when I look at you, I can’t breathe.” My hand moved to his belt. “I can’t think. I can’t function until you look back. And when you give me this smile”—I brushed my knuckle against his dimple—“it’s like a secret just for the two of us. I don’t think I ever love you more than when you smile at me. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

15 " A name isn’t a person. I don’t care what a stupid piece of paper says hers is. I made a vow, and I will honor it. Besides,” I muttered, “these girls look like birds.”
These girls aren’t Lou. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

16 " What are you?” He chuckled, his eyes cutting to mine.
“I simply . . . am.”
“That’s not an answer.”
“Of course it is. Why must I bind myself to fit your expectations? "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

17 " Where you go, I go, remember? You’re all I have now. I can’t lose you too.”
I crept into his lap. “What am I, Reid? Say it again.”
“You’re a witch.”
“And what are you?” He didn’t hesitate, and my heart swelled.
“I am too. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

18 " That wasn’t living. That was surviving. Besides, without . . . all of this”—she gestured around us—“who am I?”
The urge to seize her had been overwhelming. Instead, I’d leaned low—until we were eye to eye and nose to nose—and said fiercely, “You are everything. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

19 " A snake,” I replied, breath hitching. “I suppose . . . I’m a snake. A liar. A deceiver. Cursed to crawl on my belly and eat dust all the days of my life. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)

20 " Helpless to do anything but cling to Lou. My friend. My shelter. My home. "

― Shelby Mahurin , Blood & Honey (Serpent & Dove, #2)