“What would you have me do? A knight doesn’t look for a princess among the garbage.”“My Sam had no use for me when he first met me.”That Maddie couldn’t believe. “You are Sam’s princess in the tower.”“I was Sam’s pain in the—” Bella smiled and tapped her behind, leaving the word unsaid.”

“You saved me again," she told him with a starstruck gaze. He cupped her cheek and gave her a tender smile in the dark. "Because you are my princess and I am your knight.”

“Princess! Why do you call me princess? I am the farthest thing from a princess. Little black demon would suit me better.”

“Princess." He smiled up at me, but it was weak. "If i'd known that this is what it would take to get you to hold me, I would've collapsed a long time ago.”

“Mark of Royalty-Princess! Why do you call me princess? I am the farthest thing there is from a princess! Little black demon would suit me better!”

“Princess Anlei to the newly knighted Lord Knight Corann: "A princess does not need to rush into the fray like some …starving creature, but moves deliberately, with a purpose. I did not think for a moment that this gathering would end without you speaking to me at some point.”