"Feel like going up?" He asked, though the question held no real weight. It was more of an announcement, a declaration of his intent. Steven was rarely the one to seek permission.

— Andrea with Steven

The famous Heiress and our saviour, drenched to the bone, with springs of water cascading from her and patches of grass tangled in her hair that rippled with each step.

— Steven watching Andrea

Emmett barged in, as usual, disrupting my thoughts, meeting and everything else. As the head of my army, he proved unstoppable, sadly not only on the battlefield.

— Steven, annoyed by his brother Emmett

"Should I attempt to kill you simply because you're a mage?"

— Blonde

"Edgar may be your father, but that's only a fraction of who he really is. He's always been a dangerous man."

— Andrea about Edgar

…his tone softened, the stern patriarch replaced by the familiar, concerned father the moment we were alone.

— Andrea about Jonathan

The festivities and merry spirit around him were a fucking lie.

— Mikhail about Damien

Not only did Stephan not seek out the company of other humans and mages, it seemed he no longer enjoyed the company of his family.

— Andrea about Stephan

"With all due respect, what good is revenue if our lands are overrun, Iamis?"

— lady Iohanna

The next thing I could recall was the music fading into the insistent voices of Abelin and Dylan, ever the protectors.

Steven about Abelin and Dylan

I’d assumed everyone left him out, just like I did. But to Andrea, Luke was part of everything.

Steven about Luke