The Wish Granter

Sometimes having courage means the hardest tasks fall onto your shoulders, and those leave the biggest scars.

Thad: “But this is a boy, and you need to think of your reputation if you’re spending time alone with him—” Ari: ”Learning how to put a man's eye out or take him down at the knees. Very romantic stuff, Thad. Very romantic. Oh, and we also hid a body together, so we're practically engaged.

His lips twitched upward, and warmth spread through him as he said, "I can't dance." "Dancing is for people who don't truly appreciate the buffet." "I have nothing to wear." "I'll find something for you." "The nobility will gossip about you until the day you die," he said. One last attempt to talk sense into her even though he knew it was a lost cause. "They need a new hobby anyway." She smiled at him.

There's a restless, pent-up power in the sea, and you know if it ever decided to stop respecting its boundaries, it could destroy you. But it does respect its boundaries. It stays where it should, so its power feels safe. When you stand here, surrounded by mystery and beauty and power, you feel safe.

The princess snorted. "If you haven't figured out by now that I don't care what you think of me, let this be the lesson that sticks.

Coin didn’t protect you. It didn’t save you from your secrets. Only absolute power did that. He

But when I said this suits you, I meant that its restrained power and mystery remind me of you.

Instead of focusing on what she didn't have, she needed to look at what she did.

Thank you for letting me fall apart and then helping me put myself back together.

There’s a restless, pent-up power in the sea, and you know if it ever decided to stop respecting its boundaries, it could destroy you. But it does respect its boundaries. It stays where it should, so its power feels safe. When you stand here, surrounded by mystery and beauty and power, you feel safe.” “And you think I need to feel safe?