“Because I know this feeling sweeping through me all too well, the feeling that all my effort, all I have worked for, means nothing. That everything and everyone is a lie. That all is cruel and unforgiving and that there is no justice.” DespairHelene AquillaA Reaper At The GatesAn Ember In The Ashes Book:A Reaper at the Gates Source: A Reaper at the Gates
“...I draw on every last bit of strength I have. I am a thing from the Barbarian's nightmares, a silver-faced, blood-drenched demon of the hells, and I will not let them pass.” Helene AquillaA Reaper At The GatesBlood ShrikeAn Ember In The AshesBamf Book:A Reaper at the Gates Source: A Reaper at the Gates
“You think I want to feel this way about you? I hate it, Elias. Watching you flirt with Illustrian girls and sleep with Scholar slaves and find the good in everyone—everyone—but me.' A sob escapes her—the only time I've ever heard her cry. She chokes it back. 'Loving you is the worst thing that has ever happened to me—worse than the Commandant's whippings, worse than the Trials. It's torture, Elias.” Helene AquillaElias VeturiusAn Ember In The Ashes Book:An Ember in the Ashes Source: An Ember in the Ashes
“Tell us a story. Something scary.” She shivers in anticipation, and Cook makes a strange sound that could be a laugh or a groan. “Life isn’t scary enough for you, girl?” HumorLaiaSabaa TahirIzzyScary StoryAn Ember In The Ashes Book:An Ember in the Ashes Source: An Ember in the Ashes