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1 " He can hear a dim crackling in the distance, a familiar sound that reminds him of red flames on a cool night and the shock of icy water filling his lungs as snowflakes dance in scarlet light. "
― Ilse V. Rensburg , Twisted Fate (The Lost Days, #2)
2 " I like it here,” she says, her head tilted back and her eyes closed. “The trees are dead but there is still magic in them. Can you feel it?”“Magic in words?” He asks, running his fingers along the spine of an old blue volume with gold edging. "
3 " He can see the three women in his mind's eye, so vivid and real. The young redhead with her plaited tails dancing around him as she wove the fates of all humanity, the dark-haired warrior measuring each weave and passing them on to her sister, Aisa who’s dainty fingers snipped and let fall the lives and dreams of men. "
4 " Who wants to read about the same old mundane human lifestyle over and over again? Wouldn’t you rather read a book about a fantastical creature than Cathy's office love affair? "
5 " Magic in words?” He asks, running his fingers along the spine of an old blue volume with gold edging. “I’ve never needed words so much before. I never knew what power they held having been written. I know of the power of thought and action. This magic is new to me, so perhaps you’re right. "
6 " He shuts his eyes. It was a mistake to open them. "
7 " Tilting his head back he gapes at the sky, a silent scream to the gods who turned him into this monster. "
8 " A lot of customers stare. Most of them are just there because the Inn is a hell of a lot cheaper than the pricey motels of Paris but others are civilians looking for monsters and think he might be one, while many are monsters thinking he might be a good snack... "
9 " She cackles. “What am I then? A Witch? How nice would that be?”“I think you could be, in your own way. Just ‘cause you aren’t out there riding brooms or casting spells with a wispy stick or willowy words doesn’t mean that you aren’t magical. "
10 " He might look like a beast but Bree’s fingertips gliding over the evidence of his failure is what makes him forget just for a moment that he’s the monster who broke the world. "