A Gate of Night

we hold our fate in our hands. We always have a choice. Don’t settle for less than the future that you dream of with

I will wait for you, Vivienne. I don’t care how many centuries it takes before you’re ready, but I will wait for you.

You are who you choose to be. No matter how much light is shed upon you, if you still choose to remain in darkness, that’s your doing, not anyone else’s.

Pawn or queen, they’re just pieces to be yanked around by whoever is playing the game.

That’s because you’re doing all the talking. Frankly,

Yes. Tonight’s the night, Sofia.” He

No one ever said this marriage was going to be fair,

It had been months since I was taken from The Shade.

It’s a controlling obsession. It accomplishes nothing.

I wanted to always be in control and yet it was so clear to me that my life—much more the lives of those I loved—was never meant to be manageable.