She was only one girl; she didn’t want the fate of nations resting on her decisions.

He turned and grinned at her, monstrous but beatific, holding out his hand, darkness gone. [...] She took his hand.

He was a nightmare but he was gentle.

Where he was heat, she was ice and winter and cosmic fury.

Mourn the loss later, survive now.

Symbols fell from her lips like glowing glimmers of smoke and every star in the sky winked out.Well, that's more extreme than I intended, Nadya thought with a wince. I should've known better than to ask Horz for anything.

You have plunged yourself into the dark where the monsters dwell; now you must fight them off before you’re consumed.

Symbols fell from her lips like glowing glimmers of smoke and every star in the sky winked out.

Truth is never kind.