These Twisted Bonds

None of us asks for the burdens we bear, but that doesn't make the way we handle them any less significant.

Those of us who love the night revel in it because of how clearly it allows us to find even the smallest points of light. Whereas they deny that darkness exists, even while the sun they worship throws shadows in every corner.

You're no princess. You're my queen.

Personal sacrifice is what makes great kings. They're willing to give up what they want for themselves in exchange for what's best for their people.

In a different world, in a different life, we'd be together," I whisper. "No kingdoms to rule, no people to save, just you and me and a simple life loving each other." "But we're in this world. In this life." He presses a kiss to the top of my head, and it feels like goodbye. "So I'll have to save that for my dreams.

I shouldn't feel this way, but feelings very rarely care about should and shouldn't.

Don't blame yourself for the cracks of a world that was distroyed far before you were born.

Well...What did love do for us, other than ruin our plans?

Emotions aren't allways that simple,they are not limited by what we should or should not feel.

I am just as selfish as the males who loved Queen Gloriana. I don’t want pieces of you. I want all of you, and I won’t share.

This isn’t just a kiss. It’s all the words we haven’t said written with our mouths, with our bodies. It’s unbridled anger and hope and fear and lust—all woven together and electrified.

I don't belive love is about what we deserve.

...I know a good soul when I see one, and good souls are never alone for too long.

There is only one thing I can trust, and that is that no one can be trusted.

-I'm ok. -You're not, but you'll be.

She’s been so quiet, I almost forgot she was here. I wonder how much she learns simply because others forget she’s present.

I don't know how to decide who to trust in this realm, but you can learn a lot from the way someone treats those weaker than they are, those who have nothing to offer them.

It's the only thing that blocks out this other feeling- this anguish and frustration that belongs to the one I love. The male I'm bonded to forever. The one who lied to me, who betrayed me.

It never takes you long to forgive him, does it?

But there is another part of you. Your shadow self. And it has power.

Don't loose your darkness out of sight! Let it serve the light!

Our love, my child, its what makes us worthy to rule, but, at the same time, it also makes us evil.

Attraction is such a strange thing! It's like we don't even have a word to say about this. Just...boom!

...never let yourself fooled by the thought that love is enough.

I told him I don't care, but we both know that's not true. I care more than I want to.

The High Priestess of the shadow fae is, in a word, a bitch.

None of us asks for the burdens we bear, but that doesn’t make the way we handle them any less significant.

You thought you were dreaming? What else do we do in your dreams?

As much as these people pretend that I’m part of the team now, the truth is, they still don’t trust me completely. It’s a reminder that while I may have power and a new immortal body, I don’t truly belong. But I can live with that.