For the first time in forever, he was stunned to silence. Not by her words, but by the tenderness in her hands, the worry in her eyes. He was an archangel. Heโd been wounded far, far worse and shrugged it off. But then, there had been no woman with sun kissed by the sunset and eyes of storm gray to tear into him for daring to get himself hurt.
Nalini SinghEternity would mean nothing without you. For no power on this earth would I trade my Elena.
Nalini SinghYes.โ She smiled, liking the word. โWhat I feel like right nowโIโd compare it to waking from a dream and seeing the real world. Itโs a beautiful place, but it also has darkness. If you try to eradicate that darkness, you also destroy the light.โ Pain for the future of her people tightened her heart.
Nalini SinghI donโt want to lose my memories. Donโt make me forget. I would rather die as Elena, than live as a shadow.
Nalini SinghIn my time,โ he said, โthey believed in witches. Are you a witch, Honor, that you make me say these things to you?โ Causing him to rip open wounds that had stayed safely scabbed over for so long that, most of the time, he managed to forget they existed. Her hands, so very, very gentle, continued to hold his face as she tugged him down until their foreheads touched. โIโm no witch, Dmitri. If I was, Iโd know how to fix you.
Nalini Singh