77 Quotes by Grace Draven

And as you well know, sometimes a thing kept secret has power.

A wash of relief poured through her, along with a kindling of hope. Her bridegroom wasn’t Gauri; he wasn’t even human. He was, however, congenial and gracious. She had proclaimed his appearance ghastly and his honesty handsome. Ildiko still stood by both opinions. She could have done infinitely worse. More than a few Gauri women had the misfortune to marry human men with handsome faces and ghastly souls.

She made him strong; she made him weak, and in that moment, she nearly put him on his knees.

Wife of my soul,” he said, and this time his voice didn’t shake but held all the command of the Savatar ataman who had led an army against the Empire and won. “Look at me.

Such words only hurt when the person saying them means something to you.

If he managed not to lift her skirts while he did so, it would be a testament to his control.

He didn’t think it possible to sign sewage-sucking-excuse-of-a-baseborn-bilge-rat but somehow Gurn managed.

On a snowy winter morning, Martise of Neith – once of Asher – opened a gate and awakened darkness.

She was ugly; she was beautiful, and she was his. “My Ildiko,” he whispered.