“What happened to your face?' he asked. 'When I was little, my grandmother was making candles and she had a big vat of hot beeswax in the backyard,' she said. 'I walked into the vat.' Usually that ended the conversation.… — Caragh M. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“There"s nothing left between us at all, is there?” she asked. For a long moment he said nothing, and the pebbles made a clicking noise in his fingers. Then, as if it gave him no pleasure at all, he replied.… — Caragh M. O'Brien Copy Share Image
I don't believe in worry. It doesn't change the outcome, but it make the now miserable, so I don't do it. — Caragh M. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“It isn't always easy between us, I admit that. But it's right between us, always." -Leon Grey” — Caragh M. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“Be good, Gaia,” Capt. Grey told her, his voice grave. She still refused to look at him, but she could feel the heated flush… — Caragh M. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“My gaze drifts up again to the break in the wall and the night sky beyond it. 'So why call this the Keep of… — Caragh M. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“I can be loyal, Leon. I know what that is." He laughed. "Finally, the girl gives me a crumb” — Caragh M. O'Brien Copy Share Image
Even the worst feeling, with time and familiarity, became tolerable. — Caragh M. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“What boy could resist you?" "Will's hardly a boy." "Don't give me that. He's a boy playing a game," Norris said. "The oldest game… — Caragh M. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“I don’t know what I’d do without you, Leon.” And there it was. That unlocking inside him. That thing only she could do to… — Caragh M. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“It isn't always easy between us. I admit that. But it's still right between us, always.” — Caragh M. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“As she walked through the dark, stepping softly through the wet stones, she looked ahead to where the first cautious star managed to blink… — Caragh M. O'Brien Copy Share Image
“The rule of mirrors. So many possibilities. We seek until we find a true reflection of ourselves,” — Caragh M. O'Brien Copy Share Image
