A Shadow In The Ember Quotes

“If I stayed, I think I'd find myself obsessed with trying to count just how many freckles you have.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“There's nothing daring about speaking the truth,'...”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Misdeeds are either done by choice or by circumstance. Never by nature.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“There are many ways you can be taken out. Thousands. And I'm well acquainted with all of them,' he said. 'Your options are endless. Some painless. Some quick. This way won't be either.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“You will not die by my hands, but I will have you soul for an eternity to do with as I see fit. And I have a lot of ideas.' He winked as he patted the mortal's cheek. 'Something to look forward to. For both of us.'

Saion laughed under his breath. 'He's giving like that.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“It's exhausting always being right.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Impressive,' Ash murmured.

I stared at him. 'What is?'

'You.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“A lie by omission is still a lie,' ...”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“You have beautiful hair. It's like spun moonlight. Stunning.'

'I think I will cut it all off.'

Ash chuckled. 'You would, wouldn't you?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“But there's something I want to make clear. You didn't do anything wrong to cause me not to fulfil the deal.'

I opened my eyes. 'Because you changed your mind and simply had no need of a Consort?'

'Especially not one who stabs me,' he remarked.

I frowned at the hint of teasing in his voice. 'Are you going to bring that up continuously?'

'Every chance I get.'

'Great,' I muttered, rolling my eyes despite the rising curiosity. 'Now I wish I'd stabbed you harder.'

'That's rude.'

'Some would consider leaving your Consort to be abandoned on a throne for three years rude,' I retorted. 'But what do I know?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“...I learned a while ago that if you can't deal with something, you find a way to do so,' I said. 'You have to.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“So you eat food?' I asked, my thoughts reluctantly travelling to the conversation I'd had with Aios.

His gaze flicked up. 'Yes,' he said, drawing out the word. 'I can't survive on consuming the souls of the damned alone.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Love is an unnecessary and dangerous risk.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Love is a beautiful weapon, often wielded as a means to control another. It shouldn't be a weakness, but that is what it becomes. And those most innocent always pay for it.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Are you worried Daddy Nyktos will be upset with you for allowing her in here and send you to bed without your supper?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“The road to hell is paved with good intentions,' he said. 'Perhaps you've heard that?'

'Sounds like something you'd have embroidered on a pillow.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“How are you keeping your guest distracted in your office? With stimulating conversation and your ample charm?'

His smile turned as cold as his fury. 'As I'm sure you remember, my charm is very ample.'

My cheeks heated. 'I've been trying to forget your overinflated charm.'

'Was it not you who just referred to it as ample?' His eyes flashed a deep quicksilver.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“...I'm really starting to wonder what I did in this life to deserve always been alone.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout

“You know what the hardest part is, liessa? I don't even know why I'm fighting this need. You would have me, wouldn't you?'

'Yes,' I whispered without a hint of shame or guilt. It was the truth, even if there was no deal, no duty to be carried out. And that should've terrified me.

'I would have you.' His lips coasted over mine. A tremble coursed through me as the tips of his fingers trailed down the side of my throat and over my shoulder. 'You would have me.'

Those fingers followed the vee of the robe, gliding over the swell of my breast. 'Yes.'

'They why can't we?”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Thirty-six.'

My eyes fluttered open. 'What?'

'Freckles,' he said, his cheeks... pinker than usual. 'You have thirty-six of them on your face.'

That strange, whirring sensation surged through my chest. 'You actually counted them?'

'I did,' Ash rocked back. 'I did the first day you were here. I counted them again to make sure I was correct. I was.' He fixed the loosened tie of my robe. 'I really hope there's no doubt left when it comes to my interest in you.'

'There's not.'

'Good.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“If it's okay with you, I would just like to be here with you. That's all. Just be here.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I feel like I also have to let you know that one of the reasons I can't sleep is because I keep looking at the damn doors to your bedchambers.'

My gaze shot back to him.

'And then I lay there wondering why in the hell I placed your chambers beside mine. Sounded like a good idea,' he said, and my stomach rolled. 'Now I'm not so sure. Because I spent far too much time thinking that all I had to do was walk a couple of feet and that chamber wouldn't be empty. You'd be there.'

The tripping sensation turned into a falling one. 'And that is a bad thing?'

'Undecided.'

I laughed, looking away. 'Well, I feel that I should let you know that I too was staring at those damn doors, and I'm only a few feet away and...'

'And what?' Shadows gathered in his voice.

'And I don't mind engaging in bad ideas,' I told him.

Ash chuckled. 'You wouldn't, would you?'

I grinned as I tugged the edges of the throw up to my chin. 'I am particularly talented at engaging in bad ideas.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“There are people who do terrible things, but that doesn't always mean they're terrible people.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout

“I know one thing, liessa. A monster wouldn't care if they were one.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Smile at me,' he murmured, the silver in his eyes swirling.

'Why?'

'Because when you do that, there's utterly nothing I would not allow you to do to me.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I knew his parents. I called them my friends, and I call Ash one of my own,' he answered, head straightening. HIs gaze caught mine and held it, 'I think I will call you one of my own.'

I really had to be asleep. 'Why?'

'Because you've given him peace.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I can smell her blood on your lips. There is nothing that I will not do to you because of that.' (”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Don't forget, Sera. You are not afraid. You may feel fear, but you are never afraid.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“Sometimes, it's better not to know,' he answered.
Penellaphe drifted closer. 'But, sometimes, knowledge is power.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember

“I have never seen him sleep so deeply. Not even when he was just a babe. The slightest sound would wake him."
Surprise rippled through me as the hand under mine remained relaxed and still. "You knew him then?" I asked, completely unable to picture Ash as a babe.
"I knew his parents. I called them my friends, and I call Ash one of my own," he answered, head straightening. His gaze caught mine and held it. "I think I will call you one of my own."
"Because you've given him peace.”
― Jennifer L. Armentrout, A Shadow in the Ember