“Had pretended to be Abbadon of the Dark, when always he had been working for the Light.”

“Alexander knew that before he had light instead of darkness, he had to deserve light instead of darkness.”

“A certain something, he felt, had managed to work its way in through a tiny opening and was trying to fill a blank space inside him. The void was not one that she had made. It had always been there inside him. She had merely managed to shine a special light on it.”

“Schuyler put a gentle hand on Abbadon's feathered extensions, feeling the majestic power underneath their silky weight. She had been frightened once, to see him in this light, but now that she saw his terrifying face, she found it beautiful.”

“Light to darkness, Jenny. Darkness to light. It's always been that way.”

“He felt a happiness stirring deep inside him, shining a light into recesses of his soul that had long been devoured by darkness.”