It takes a surprising amount of courage to place one's hand into an unseen area when your mind is thinking about vermin.

A kiss for luck, demoiselle?" It is a magnificent, lusty kiss and I feel nothing but deep regret that it may be his last. Just before he pulls away, he whispers in my ear. "Duval said to give you that should I get a chance. It is from him.

The maids in my village talked of falling in love with a man at first sight. That has always seemed naught but foolishness to me. Until I enter Sister Serafina's workshop. It is unlike anything I have ever seen, full of strange sights and smells, and I tumble headlong into love.

Truly, we are the gods' own children, forged in the fire of our tortured pasts, but also blessed with unimaginable gifts.

If he is smart, he will run. He is not.

It is a good thing I no longer have a heart, because if I did, it would surely break.

Whenever you are ready, or if you never are, my heart is yours.