If that happens to us," she whispered, unable to wrap her mind around the idea of a life so long and so full of tragedy, "if we feel ourselves, who we are together, becoming lost in time, I don't want to Sleep. I want to say good-bye when I'm still me and you're still you.
Nalini SinghLifting her head, she joined in as the others in the group began to howl in response to Brace's triumph. The sound was . . . It touched the soul, the music haunting, starkly pure and yet so very earthy.
Nalini SinghTake her to the kitchen,โ came the order. โIf she lies, throw her in the cauldron." โHe was jesting about the cauldron, wasnโt he? You cannot have a cauldron big enough for a person?โ Bard halted, sighed, looked at her with those wide, liquid eyes.โWe,โ he said, โhave knives.
Nalini Singh