“You were meant to be like me. You were meant . . . You’re nothing now.” He dropped his hands. I saw realization strike him. He was truly alone. And he always would be. I saw emptiness enter his eyes, felt the yawning void inside him stretch wider, and infinite wasteland. The calm left him, all that cool certainty. He cried out in his rage.” Alina StarkovThe DarklingAleksander MorozovaDarklinaSun Summoner Book:Ruin and Rising Source: Ruin and Rising
“But I missed the girl who had shown the stag mercy, who had been strong enough to turn away from the lure of power, who had believed in something more. Another casualty of this war.” RegretMalThe DarklingNikolaiRuin And RisingAlinaAlina StarkhovSun Summoner Book:Ruin and Rising Source: Ruin and Rising