Cam was so much clearer, easier to figure out. Like he was algebra and Daniel was calculus.

What you call love does not sound very beautiful. Think of the way we adore the Throne. That adoration makes us the best version of ourselves. We feel encouraged to go further with or instincts, not to change ourselves for love. If I were yours and you were mine, I would want you to be exactly as you are. I would never eclipse you with my desires.

I hope that I live for a thousand years, and have a thousand daughters so that there will always be a woman who can curse your name.

He had the innate sense that something bad was just around the bend, but a hope that something incredible was waiting in the distance. It had to be. His burning love for her cursed through him until he felt so full he didn’t know whether he would fit through the portal.

I cannot be other than what I am, and I am the choices of all my days.

Cam was so much clearer, easier to figure out. Like he was algebra and Daniel was calculus.

I do all of these things," Daniel said, leaning into her so that their foreheads touched, "because you're my love, Lucinda. For me, you're all there is.