The warmth of his embrace soaked into me, a powerful charm against the dark things.
Juliet MarillierHow can he do this? If you were mine, I would fight to keep you. I would die, before I let you go.
Juliet MarillierDeath, of course, should not be feared, but awaited with certain wonder. To die was to step across a threshold into a new world, unknown, unimaginable.
Juliet Marillier