“Then I shall bid thee goodnight, my dear. Sweet pixies watch over the dusty moonlight of your dreams, Jessameine.”

“Water matted his black hair into spikes and peppered his skin with a fresh sheen. If I shut my eyes I could still see the one who bound me, his smile bright as the white sun as he emerged from our latest dip in the sea. I fought the sudden urge to bury my face in his chest and run my fingers through that hair.”

“The sea was my first home...Now that I had nowhere else to go, this was the last place I felt safe.”

“I am the Merlin, bane of the Vale, terror of the four lands. I am chaos and shadows, the last of my people.”

“Looks like my superpowers don’t come with automatic manicures, thank heaven. I hate long nails.”

“Between dainty bites, she told Amie, 'Oh, you simply are as darling a creature as Henry described! I had no idea of your being so grown up! Henry, she is positively frazzleging!' Amie deepened her smile, saying, 'And I had no idea you would be so pretty either, madam.”

“Without your own inner beast tamed ye can never tame the wild ones around ye!”