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21 " I can teach you how to defend yourself some. Not" - he held her gaze - "that it will always keep you safe. There are times when no amount of training will stop what others would do.""So why..." She let the question drift away."Because it helps me sleep at night, because it helps me focus, because sometimes I like knowing that maybe if I were in danger again it would help."He kissed her forehead."And sometimes because it gives me hope that it'll make me strong enough to be loved and protect the one I would try to love. "
― Melissa Marr , Ink Exchange (Wicked Lovely, #2)
22 " For this mortal I would disobey my queen, abandon my king, the court that has protected me all these years. All of it. "
23 " My fealty to the Summer Court is rescinded. You are my King no more. "
24 " He'd given her his vow: to take care of her, to keep her from hurt or pain, from wanting for anything. Her leaving didn't negate his promises; they weren't conditional. "
25 " Safe wasn't quite what appealed to her right then. Safe wasn't how she felt. Invincible, in control, powerful- those words felt closer to true. "
26 " I'm still yours, though. That won't ever change, Shadow Girl. "
27 " I've talked to Ash and if you take another mortal-”“Are you threatening me, love?” He grinned at her.“No. I'm telling you that I don't want you to replace me.”His smile faded. “Well, then . . . and if I do?”“Then Ash will work with the other one, the Winter Queen, and they’ll threaten you, hurt our-your-court. But here's the thing they don't get: I don't want you to be hurt. It would hurt me. If you let some other mortal channel that awfulness for you, that would hurt me. What they'll do to you when they find out, that will hurt me.”“And?”“And you promised me that you wouldn't let anyone hurt me. "
28 " She wanted something she didn't have words for- peace, numbness, something. "
29 " It wasn't the tattoo that had changed her, had given her repossession of her body. It was her actions, her choices. It was finding the path when it looked like there weren't any paths to be found. "
30 " She might scream when the nightmares found her, but not by choice, not when she was awake. "
31 " I did survive. I still am. And it won't happen again. "
32 " I didn't drown. I didn't break. "
33 " I'm not happy," she whispered. "I don't know what I am, but this isn't happiness. "
34 " What does it mean when nightmares dream of peace? When shadows wish for light? "
35 " He was an answer to a question she'd forgotten to ask. "
36 " Do you ever wonder if what you look at is the same thing everyone else is seeing?'He went even stiller at her side. 'Sometimes I'm sure it isn't the same...but that's not so bad is it? Seeing the world in a different way?'Creative vision creates art' he motioned around the gallery 'that shows the rest of the world a new angle. That's a beautiful thing. "
37 " I'd stop anyone from taking that smile from you. I would, if I were allowed. "
38 " It was the only way he knew to protect the court, the faery, and the only mortal who'd ever mattered to him. "
39 " He didn't slam the door, didn't rage, didn't weep, he simply left. "
40 " Going backwards is never an option. "