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Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2) QUOTES

Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2) QUOTES

1 " Slowly, as if it weighed a hundred pounds, the bondservant lifted his chin. Molten amber eyes, sharply carved jawline, and the unmistakable scowl of Kade. "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

2 " If the gods brought them together only to rip them apart, Sev didn’t think he could bear it. "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

3 " Sev took a step closer to Kade. How could he not see that Sev wanted nothing to do with the servant and everything to do with him? "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

4 " She squeezed her eyes shut and stopped resisting. She fell into his arms, where he held her gently for a heartbeat then sighed. She thought of Val again. For all her dragging and pulling and demanding, all their ways their bodies had come into contact—and conflict—with each other over the years, Val had never given herself to Veronyka like this. Never offered herself at all. With Val, everything was take, take, take. "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

5 " She was the kind of person who led by example, and like a lantern in the darkness, she made you want to follow. "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

6 " Either the commander was keeping Sev in the dark, or there was more than one band of Phoenix Riders in existence, and those riders might just be fighting for the wrong side. "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

7 " It had been the best decision of his life, and his footsteps lightened after that. "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

8 " Sev couldn’t tell the truth—but as any good liar will tell you, it’s best to stick as close to the truth as possible. "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

9 " This was why Veronyka had wanted to be a Phoenix rider in the first place: to protect, to save, to champion the weak and powerless. "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

10 " There was nothing a phoenix loved so much as heat. "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

11 " Hold fast to your heart, my daughter. Blood can lead you astray, but your heart will always beat true, "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

12 " A phoenix is safe inside its shell, resting in a bed of flame and ash. But that is not what firebirds are for. Rise, child of Axura, and spread your wings. "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

13 " Someday soon you’ll call me Queen. "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

14 " My sister taught me there is more than one kind of fire. There is the fire that consumes, and there is the fire that illuminates. "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

15 " How did Val know? How did she always know the way to Veronyka’s heart—and why did she always do damage when she got there? "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

16 " If I am to become naught but ruin, may it be so that you can build anew upon the ashes. "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

17 " She didn’t want to be a queen. She didn’t want a war. She wanted peace. She wanted to protect others like her, to make the world safe for animages again. Veronyka wanted to fly in a flock, to be part of the Phoenix Rider resurgence, to stand among her fellows with pride and confidence, not above them. "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

18 " They are day and night and scattered light; sun and moon and distant stars.
They are life and death and what is left; all and nothing and everything in between. "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

19 " I thought I had failed and I was ready to give up hope. But then there was you. "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)

20 " A surge of anger blossomed in her stomach. She would fashion a new crown and take the feathers from this phoenix’s corpse if she wanted. She was Avalkyra Ashfire. She was a queen. None would shine brighter or burn hotter than her. "

― Nicki Pau Preto , Heart of Flames (Crown of Feathers #2)