BOOK STARTERS: LINES FROM “DARKDAWN” BY JAY KRISTOFF
remember to adjust for pronouns, pacing, wording, as you like !!!
“ Well, now you appreciate how I feel about you… ”
“ The promise was mine. ”
“ Why save his life only to kill him? ”
“ Was this something you and the others conspired to behind his back? ”
“ You’re a fine one to speak of conspiracies, love. ”
“ I put a gravebone blade right between his ribs. ”
“ I cut his fucking heart in two. ”
“ …I actually let myself believe it was done. ”
“ —This is all rather exciting. ”
“ You’re trying to be charming, I assume. ”
“ That seems—excessive. ”
“ How much for passage, good sir? ”
“ ‘Byss and blood, it’s cold in here. ”
“ And, I trust your hollow victory will keep you warm at night. ”
“ Blood is owed thee—and blood shall be repaid. ”
“ You will know the lie of that before the end of this. ”
“ He always said blood stains deeper than wine. ”
“ Our eyes are the windows on our soul, and I tell you true, his look in on an empty room. ”
“ If I wanted to hear from an arsehole, I’d go use the privy. ”
“ Be it on seas, or dry of land, when you claim a man’s life, you claim all he was. ”
“ I’ll gift you a throne. ”
“ Don’t cry—please, don’t cry. ”
“ …you do lover her, then? ”
“ You can’t come here. I’ve just had the walls repainted. ”
“ I thought hard and long about how to end you. ”
“ You always were a prude. ”
“ So, you lie to yourselves, too. ”
“ We need to teach our children the truth of the world so they can survive it. ”
“ No parent really wants their child to change. ”
“ My venom works swift. ”
“ I shall see thee suffer for this. ”
“ How badly will I be found wanting? ”
“ Goddess, if only we’d known what she’d become. ”
“ There are names missing. ”
“ You feed it a piece of yourself, too. ”
“ I’d have killed the sky for you. ”
“ All I hear are lies from the mouth of a murderer. ”
“ The last thing you will ever be in this world, girl, is someone’s hero. ”
“ And, I’ll not let you drown. ”
“ All is as it should be. ”
“ The scales weigh even at last. ”
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