She could be a fire hazard. Maybe we should remove her from the ship before she spontaneously combusts.

I could no longer deny the truth. I was not invisible to him. I was contemptible... Perhaps I deserved it. Surely I didn't deserve to be loved, for, otherwise, wouldn't I have found someone to love me by now?

Jacin said nothing else. Neither did she. After the first ring was completed, she leaned her head against his thigh, making herself more comfortable as she picked out a sunburst orange. Overhead, Jacin sighed, and she felt the faintest brush of fingertips against her hair. A hint, a suggestion of togetherness, before he became a statue once more.

Η επόμενη ανάσα της έγινε ένας λυγμός που τη συντάραξε και, καθώς τα δάκρυα της άρχισαν να κυλούν, ένιωσε τον Θορν να την τραβάει κοντά του. Την πήρε στα γόνατά του, περνώντας το ένα χέρι του κάτω από τα πόδια της για να εμποδίσει την τεράστια φούστα της να μπερδευτεί γύρω της. Κλαίγοντας με αναφιλητά, η Κρες έκρυψε το πρόσωπό της στο στήθος του και άφησε το δάκρυά της να κυλήσουν ελεύθερα.

I’m still thanking all the stars, one by one.

You dance your lobster quadrille, and I’ll juggle some clams, and we’ll both pretend to be hidden away in a secret sea cave, where we don’t have to think about courtships or royal missions or anything but ourselves.

The courtship period is the foundation upon which a happy marriage will stand, and should not be hurried by any devoted lover – not even a king.

Timid or arrogant, Charming or infuriating, and Catherine was falling, falling, falling.

His eyes softened into something almost like amusement, as if such a ragged appearance was all one could expect from a renowned mechanic.