"I can’t promise to always stay, I said to his skin. But I can promise to never stop trying to come back. " and "All of me is written in your name," and " I knew my days of running were coming to a close. I could go anywhere I wanted, but my destination would always be him. He had made himself the threshold to a world where it might be finally safe to land. To stay." and "Birds had practiced their sweet songs for generations, but even their music did not compare to the sound of Arin’s laugh." and "What appeal can reason have in the face of your tears ?" and "After a lifetime of running, he was my homecoming." and "Even though one day I would kneel before Jasad’s judges in the afterlife to account for it, I would not renounce a single moment of loving the Nizahl heir. " and "He should know better than to share his smiles with me. I should know better than to crave them. "













