A huntress never stabbed anything she didn't want to.

His lashes, fluttered like butterfly wings. "I could've made you happy, dove." "You did," I whispered

Every army has a beginning, no matter how humble.

Beyond, the unknown lay before us once more, and another impossible task. The four of us emerged from the earth and turned our steps west, toward the last hope for Salvation.

You don’t know what it’s like to be alone until you’ve had someone inside your head.

In the enclave, the strong and the physically perfect survived, but if you were strong, you protected the weak until they had an opportunity to grow into their own power.

Through the damp fabric of my coverall, bundled in my blanket, I feel naked. Raw. He sees more than I want, more than I can bear. It’s like standing before him ... while he stares at my scars, pitiless and unmoved.