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title: "26 Gaze Quotes By Shana Abe"
description: "26 Gaze quotes by Shana Abe. Plus more from Shana Abe and more Gaze sayings from other authors."
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> [I didn't ask you to catch me!" "You're so delightful when you're irrational. Of course I'm going to catch you." He slid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/i-didn-t-ask-you-to-catch-me-you-re-so-delightful-when-you-re/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“Whats it like, to be in love? The servants speak of it when they think I can't hear. I only wonder." Lia…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/whats-it-like-to-be-in-love-the-servants-speak-of-it-when-they-think/)

[Shana Abé](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“Right,” I said once more, because it sounded firm, and because Armand’s brittle desolation was beginning to eat at me. None of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/right-i-said-once-more-because-it-sounded-firm-and-because-armand-s/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“Whether you like it or not, we are your blood." " Half my blood." "Aye," agreed the marquess, sober. "Although 'twould seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/whether-you-like-it-or-not-we-are-your-blood-half-my-blood-aye-agreed/)

[Shana Abé](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“How good to see you, Miss Jones.” That debonair tone, the friendly press of his hand upon mine. It was such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/how-good-to-see-you-miss-jones-that-debonair-tone-the-friendly-press/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“I guess you'll have to be a sodding duke now," I tried-clumsy, tasteless, and he only winced. "Sorry." I covered his hand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/i-guess-you-ll-have-to-be-a-sodding-duke-now-i-tried-clumsy-tasteless/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“They fire lots of bullets very, very quickly. Quicker than anything else.” I looked up and around the bedroom, the mismatched furniture,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/they-fire-lots-of-bullets-very-very-quickly-quicker-than-anything/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“You are, after all, Armand’s inamorata of the moment.” I gave up on the titles. “I’m his what?” “Inamorata. It means lover.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/you-are-after-all-armand-s-inamorata-of-the-moment-i-gave-up-on-the/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“He had a swift and utterly lucid vision of himself in this position in thirty-odd years. Loathsome tea, hot steam, silver spoon,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/he-had-a-swift-and-utterly-lucid-vision-of-himself-in-this-position/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“Armand towed me up and Jesse hustled me away. I staggered against him, looking past his shoulder just in time to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/armand-towed-me-up-and-jesse-hustled-me-away-i-staggered-against-him/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“Don’t allow yourself to waste that chance. Don’t succumb to any…distractions.” I could only imagine my expression. Miss Swanston lowered her candy-red…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/don-t-allow-yourself-to-waste-that-chance-don-t-succumb-to-any/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“Armand needs to see you. He’s had all this time to think things through. He’ll have questions. He’d rather go to you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/armand-needs-to-see-you-he-s-had-all-this-time-to-think-things/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“Don’t worry. If we sink, we’ll swim together to shore. We’ll use your bewitching chapeau as a float.” The nose of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/don-t-worry-if-we-sink-we-ll-swim-together-to-shore-we-ll-use-your/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“The duke’s son and the pauper girl. I suppose as a couple we were the most interesting thing in view. I took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/the-duke-s-son-and-the-pauper-girl-i-suppose-as-a-couple-we-were-the/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“I’ll start in the air,” I said, far more steadily than I thought I could, considering. I knelt to tie the shirt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/i-ll-start-in-the-air-i-said-far-more-steadily-than-i-thought-i-could/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“Why do you want to know?” The shrug again. “Just wondering.” “Really. You’ve skipped your lawn tennis or duck hunting or whiskey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/why-do-you-want-to-know-the-shrug-again-just-wondering-really-you-ve/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“You’d better marry her before she reaches eighteen and the spell wears off,” I said. “Spell?” “Yes. The one that’s hiding her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/you-d-better-marry-her-before-she-reaches-eighteen-and-the-spell/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“You need to get home, both of you. Louis, I’d like to keep the letters here, if you don’t mind. I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/you-need-to-get-home-both-of-you-louis-i-d-like-to-keep-the-letters/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“But Holms had proven stalwart and valiant. When Miss Jones had shown up to discover them in the castle hallway, because she’d…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/but-holms-had-proven-stalwart-and-valiant-when-miss-jones-had-shown/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“I’m spending until dawn with you,” I said firmly. “Don’t bother to argue.” “God forbid,” said Jesse, solemn. I pushed past him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/i-m-spending-until-dawn-with-you-i-said-firmly-don-t-bother-to-argue/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“Stop,” Jesse said. I stared up at him, almost panting with fear. “Stop, beloved,” he said more gently, and took up my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/stop-jesse-said-i-stared-up-at-him-almost-panting-with-fear-stop/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“I pulled at the knot again and heard threads begin to pop. “Allow me, Miss Jones,” said Armand, right at my back.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/i-pulled-at-the-knot-again-and-heard-threads-begin-to-pop-allow-me/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“How long have you known about him?” I asked Jesse, using my free hand to gesture toward his guest. “Forever. Nearly as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/how-long-have-you-known-about-him-i-asked-jesse-using-my-free-hand-to/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“Hullo,” he said sleepily, rubbing a hand along his jaw. He’s here in my room, right in the middle of the afternoon.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/hullo-he-said-sleepily-rubbing-a-hand-along-his-jaw-he-s-here-in-my/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“My, my,” Chloe murmured, studying the chocolate she held. “I do believe this one’s gone off. It stinks like a cesspit.” Her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/my-my-chloe-murmured-studying-the-chocolate-she-held-i-do-believe/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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> [“What is what?” asked Armand. “I don’t hear anything.” I hadn’t taken my eyes from Jesse. “There’s more than one. Two at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/what-is-what-asked-armand-i-don-t-hear-anything-i-hadn-t-taken-my/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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## Other authors on Gaze

## More by Shana Abe

> [“I hate it here. I hate everyone here. I hate that I am so different. I love it here and I want to belong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/i-hate-it-here-i-hate-everyone-here-i-hate-that-i-am-so-different-i/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

> [“How good to see you, Miss Jones.” That debonair tone, the friendly press of his hand upon mine. It was such a contrast to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/how-good-to-see-you-miss-jones-that-debonair-tone-the-friendly-press/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

> [“You’re naught but a human man. You couldn’t possibly understand.” He lifted a brow, still smiling. “Liar.” “Cutpurse.” “Runaway.” “Swindler! “Coward,” he said softly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/you-re-naught-but-a-human-man-you-couldn-t-possibly-understand-he/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

> [“He had a swift and utterly lucid vision of himself in this position in thirty-odd years. Loathsome tea, hot steam, silver spoon, and fifty-year-old…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/he-had-a-swift-and-utterly-lucid-vision-of-himself-in-this-position/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

> [“Why do you want to know?” The shrug again. “Just wondering.” “Really. You’ve skipped your lawn tennis or duck hunting or whiskey drinking or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/why-do-you-want-to-know-the-shrug-again-just-wondering-really-you-ve/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

> [“She was too compelling to look at directly. Bright like the sun, bright and terrible. Only one other being could look upon her, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/she-was-too-compelling-to-look-at-directly-bright-like-the-sun-bright/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

> [“You said I was pretty, before." "Did I?" A new laugh escaped him, mirthless. "How unoriginal. I must be the master of understatement. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/you-said-i-was-pretty-before-did-i-a-new-laugh-escaped-him-mirthless/)

[Shana Abé](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

> [“I thought that ground fire couldn’t reach the zeppelins,” I said. “I thought that guns on the ground didn’t have the range.” “Eleanore. Do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/i-thought-that-ground-fire-couldn-t-reach-the-zeppelins-i-said-i/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

> [“Something inside his chest unlocked--wildly, slowly, a peculiar sort of melting. He was lost. He was the thorn and the thistle, blown upon her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/something-inside-his-chest-unlocked-wildly-slowly-a-peculiar-sort-of/)

[Shana Abé](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

> [“Right,” I said once more, because it sounded firm, and because Armand’s brittle desolation was beginning to eat at me. None of this, after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/right-i-said-once-more-because-it-sounded-firm-and-because-armand-s/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

> [“She did what she could for him. She kissed him in return. She lost her breath and both her hearts, and finally Turned to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/she-did-what-she-could-for-him-she-kissed-him-in-return-she-lost-her/)

[Shana Abé](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

> [“Your Royal Grace, Forgive my boldness. If I might inquire: How old are you? —Kimber”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/your-royal-grace-forgive-my-boldness-if-i-might-inquire-how-old-are/)

[Shana Abé](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

> [“It is considered an honor to be…plucked from the crowd, so to speak. There are fine families in the district who have lived here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/it-is-considered-an-honor-to-be-plucked-from-the-crowd-so-to-speak/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

> [“I think the word despair is much too small to encompass the magnitude of all it defines. For me, right then, despair meant that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/i-think-the-word-despair-is-much-too-small-to-encompass-the-magnitude/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

> [“It’s funny how your life can come apart in an instant. How you can feel safe and satisfied one moment, and the next you’re…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shana-abe/it-s-funny-how-your-life-can-come-apart-in-an-instant-how-you-can/)

[Shana Abe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shana-abe/)

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                        "text": "“Right,” I said once more, because it sounded firm, and because Armand’s brittle desolation was beginning to eat at me. None of this, after all, was his fault. “We get him downstairs. We sneak him out of the castle, back to your motorcar. You take Jesse to a doctor and take your father home. Lock him in a room, pour some wine down his throat. Laudanum. Whatever you have to do to keep him out while I get rid of the guns. None of this ever happened.” I looked at Jesse. “Are there hidden tunnels to use? So no one sees?”",
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                        "text": "“I guess you'll have to be a sodding duke now,\" I tried-clumsy, tasteless, and he only winced. \"Sorry.\" I covered his hand with mine. \"That was dumb.\" \"No, you're right. I'd be lying if I said I hadn't been stewing about it. Me and Reggie both. I think it's safe to say that this isn't remotely what either of us wanted.\" \"I'm sure you'll do swimmingly.\" \"Bugger that,\" he said, tired. \"And bugger Aubrey, too. I wish I could say that to his face, even if he did go down a hero in a dogfight. Tell him what an ass he is for dying. For leaving me here like this.\" \"I know.\" His hand twisted around until it covered mine.”",
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                        "text": "“They fire lots of bullets very, very quickly. Quicker than anything else.” I looked up and around the bedroom, the mismatched furniture, the weirdly firm light. “Why? What could you hunt with those? What could they have to do with anything?” “I don’t know,” he replied. “That’s what’s so unnerving.” I rubbed a hand to my forehead, feeling an ache beginning to build behind my skull. “Armand.” His eyes went to mine. I had to say this carefully; I had no wish to add to his despair, but I couldn’t let it go. “Do you think…do you suppose it’s possible that your father might…mean to do you any harm?” But I’d actually made him smile. A real one, too, even if it came acerbic and thin. “With a pair of Vickers? Not unless he means to mount them in the hallway and spry me with bullets when I’m not paying attention. Seems like rather a spot of work for him. Surely even an unwelcome heir is better than none.” I returned his smile as I pulled away my hand. “I think we need to teach you how to Turn to smoke, just in case. It’s a handy thing to be able to vanish in a hurry.” His smile widened, but there was no humor left to it. “Handy.” He fell back against the blankets of the bed, his eyes gone shiny and hard. “If I could vanish into smoke, Eleanore, I’d leave this place and never return. That’s a promise.” “Just like Rue,” I said softly.”",
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                        "text": "“You are, after all, Armand’s inamorata of the moment.” I gave up on the titles. “I’m his what?” “Inamorata. It means lover. ” “I know what it means.” She took in my face and slanted a smile. “Dear me. Have I offended you?” “Only by your ignorance. I’m not his lover. I’m not-anyone’s anything.” “But you could be, if you wished it. If you looked at him the way he looks at you..” “You’re imagining things.” “I’m not. Everyone’s noticed.” “What does it matter to you?” I flashed. Sophia’s smile faded; she gazed at me thoughtfully. “It matters to Chloe. Isn’t that enough?” I glanced around the room. Lillian and Stella were watching us from a table by a window, worry etched along their mouths. Mittie and Caroline stood taut nearby. What was their queen bee doing talking to the worker drone? I smiled back at Sophia, pleased to etch their worry a shade deeper. “You’re right. It’s enough.” “I like you, Eleanore,” she said, straightening. “Believe me, I’m just as astonished by that as you are.” She took a couple of steps toward the others, then paused, sending me a pale-blue look from over her shoulder. “But my head is not tiny.”",
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                        "text": "“Armand towed me up and Jesse hustled me away. I staggered against him, looking past his shoulder just in time to see my nightgown dance over the rim of the roof, a twirling, empty ballerina blowing away to the stars. “That was stupid,” I said loudly. “Too right it was.” None of Armand’s fury had left him. “No, I mean you. Both of you. Following me like that. You could have been killed!” “ We were doing well enough until you-did that! Went to smoke like that.” “He couldn’t shoot smoke!” “He could have shot the half-wit on top of him!” “But he didn’t!” I swallowed, a lump of something sick rising in my throat. “I didn’t kill him, did I?” Armand seemed to shrink a little. He looked back at the duke and shook his head. “No. I think you knocked him out. He’s breathing.” “Has anyone a coat?” I asked, and found myself crumpling down to the roof, a leisurely sort of collapse. Armand grabbed me by the arm again and I managed to remain seated instead of prone. “Dragon-girl.” Jesse was stripping off his shirt. “Bravest girl. I keep telling you to eat more.”",
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                        "text": "“The duke’s son and the pauper girl. I suppose as a couple we were the most interesting thing in view. I took the champagne glass from Armand and finished what he hadn’t. As Sophia had said, it wasn’t swill. So much for my manners. “Why am I here?” I asked curtly, handing back the empty flute. “Because I invited you.” I dropped my voice. “Did you find out anything about Rue?” “Is that why you came?” “No, I came because I simply can’t get enough of people looking down their noses at me. The girls at school are getting frightfully lax about it.” “Are they? How remiss of them. We’re taught from the cradle how to look down our noses, you know, we rich sons of bitches. Perhaps Westcliffe’s curriculum is a tad too liberal these days.” “Why, yes, my lord,” I said very audibly. “I would enjoy seeing the rest of the boat.” “The yacht.” “That, yes.”",
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                        "text": "“I’ll start in the air,” I said, far more steadily than I thought I could, considering. I knelt to tie the shirt around his thigh, cinching it tight above the wound; he stiffened but let me finish the knot. “The air first, the airship, and then-then I’ll dive.” “You can’t swim,” broke in Armand. “You told me that you can’t.” “Maybe I can now. If I’m a dragon.” “Don’t be an idiot! If you can’t swim, you can’t swim , Eleanore! You’ll drown out there, and what the bloody hell do you think you’re going to do anyway to a U-boat? Bite it open?” I stood again. “Yes! If I must! I don’t hear you coming up with a better-“ “You’ll die out there!” “Or we’ll all die here!” “We’re going to find another way!” “You two work on that. I’m off.” I fixed them both with one last, vehement look, the Turn rising inside me. Remember this. Remember them, this moment, this heartbreak, these two boys. Remember that they loved you. Armand had reached for my shoulders. “I forbid-Eleanore, please, no-“ “No,” echoed Jesse, speaking at last. “You’re not going after the submarine, Lora. You won’t need to.” Armand and I paused together, glancing down at him. I stood practically on tiptoe, so ready to become my other self. Jesse climbed clumsily to his feet. When he swayed, we both lunged to catch him. “Armand will take me to the shore. I’ll handle the U-boat.” “How?” demanded Armand at once. But I understood. I could read him so well now, Jesse-of-the-stars. I understood what he meant to do, and what it would cost him. I felt myself shaking my head. Above us, the airship propellers thumped louder and louder. “Yes,” said Jesse, smiling his lovely smile at me. “I already sense your agreement. Death and the Elemental were stronger joined than apart, remember? This is our joining. Don’t waste any more time quarreling with me about it. That’s not your way.” He leaned down to me, a hand tangled in my hair. His mouth pressed to mine, and for the first time ever I didn’t feel bliss at his touch. I felt misery. “Go on, Lora-of-the-moon,” he murmured against my lips. “You’re going to save us. I know you will.” I glared past him to the harsh, baffled face of Armand. “Will you help him? Do you swear it?” “I-yes, I will. I do.” I disentangled Jesse’s hand, kissed it, stepped back, and let the Turn consume me, smoke rising and rising, leaving the castle and all I loved behind me for the wild open sky.”",
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                        "text": "“Why do you want to know?” The shrug again. “Just wondering.” “Really. You’ve skipped your lawn tennis or duck hunting or whiskey drinking or whatever else people of your sort do all day, only to come all the way out to the island to ask me about the piano piece. Because you were just wondering. ” I pushed away from the door. “Coming here to kiss me would have been more believable.” “Well, it was second on my list.” “I’m not intimidated by you,” I said, blunt. “If you’re hoping I’ll turn out to be some pathetic, blubbering little rag-girl who begs you not to ruin her, you’re in for a surprise.” “That’s good.” Lord Armand met my eyes. “I like surprises.” We gazed at each other, he on the bed and me by the door, neither of us giving quarter. It seemed to me that the room was growing even more dim, that time was repeating the same ploy it had pulled in Jesse’s cottage, drawing out long and slow. The storm outside railed against the castle walls, drowning the air within. It layered darkness through Armand’s eyes, the once-vivid blue now deep as the ocean at night. Beyond my window the rain fell and fell, fat clouds weeping as if they’d never stop. “Nice bracelet,” Armand said softly. “Did you steal it?” I shook my head. “You gave it to me.” “Did I?” “As far as everyone else if concerned, yes. You did.” “Hmm. And what do I get in return for agreeing to be your…benefactor?” “The answer to your question.” “No kiss?” he asked, even softer. “No.” His lips quirked. “All right, then, waif. I accept your terms. We’ll try the kiss later.”",
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                        "text": "“You’d better marry her before she reaches eighteen and the spell wears off,” I said. “Spell?” “Yes. The one that’s hiding her fangs and pincers from plain sight.” “I don’t find them especially hidden,” he said mildly. “Then perhaps you’re a pair.” His brows lifted. “Now, that’s the cruelest thing you’ve said so far.” Mrs. Fredericks cleared off, and Chloe took her place before the piano. A beam of sunlight was just beginning its slide into the chamber, capturing her in light. She was a glowing girl with a glowing face, and Joplin at her fingertips. “Give me time,” I muttered, dropping my gaze to my plate. “I’ll come up with something worse.” “No doubt.” Armand pulled a flask from his jacket and shook it in front of my nose. “Whiskey. Conveniently the same color as tea. Are you game, waif?” I glanced around, but no one was looking. I lifted my cup, drained it to the dregs, and set it before him. He was right. It did look like tea. But it tasted like vile burning fire, all the way down my throat. “ Sip it,” he hissed, as I began to cough. His voice lifted over my sputtering. “Dear me, Miss Jones, I do beg your pardon. The tea’s rather hot; I should have mentioned it.” “Quite all right,” I gasped, as the whiskey swirled an evil amber in my teacup. Chloe’s song grew bouncier, with lyrics about a girl with strawberries in a wagon. Several of the men had begun to cluster near, drawn to her soprano or perchance her bosom. Two were vying to turn the pages of her music. She had to crane her head to keep Armand in view. He sent her another smile from his chair, lifting his cup in salute. “I’m going to kiss you, Eleanore,” he said quietly, still looking at her. “Not now. Later.” His eyes cut back to mine. “I thought it fair to tell you first.” I stilled. “If you think you can do so without me biting your lip, feel free to try.” His gaze shone wicked blue. “I don’t mind if you bite.” “Biting your lip off , I should have said.” “Ah. Let’s see how it goes, shall we?”",
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                        "text": "“You need to get home, both of you. Louis, I’d like to keep the letters here, if you don’t mind. I want to go over them again.” I came to my feet. “And ask the stars about them?” Jesse nodded. Armand only shook his head, gloomy. There were bruises under his eyes that hadn’t been there yesterday. “Ask the-fine. Splendid. Keep them if you like. Burn them. Turn them to gold or silver or lead. In the morning I’ll wake up and none of this will have happened.” “No, lordling,” I said to him. “You’re never going to wake like that again, and you’re never going to be able to forget.” “Bugger you, waif.” “And you.” He walked past both of us without another glance or another word, opened the door, and disappeared into the night. I went to Jesse and wrapped my arms around him. After only a second’s hesitation, his arms lifted to embrace me, too. “I don’t want to go,” I whispered. I felt his chest expand beneath my cheek. “This is going to be much more difficult than I anticipated.” “Which part?” “All of it.” He brought a hand to my hair, his fingers weaving through. “Things are about to change rapidly now, Lora. He’ll come back to us stronger and stronger. He’s going to crave you more and more, and not having you will eat him raw.” I frowned up at him. “What do you mean?” Jesse tucked a strand behind my ear, his eyes emerald dark, his lashes tipped with candlelight. “It will be in his nature. He’ll feel compelled to claim you, and he won’t stop trying to do that. Ever. When that happens-“ “That is not bloody going to happen.” “When that happens,” he said again resolutely, “I want you to remember two things. One: I’ve loved you since before he even knew you lived. Two: Spare a little pity for him. This isn’t entirely his fault. He was born into his role, just as you and I were. But, Lora-of-the-moon-only a little pity, all right?” “My pity may reach as deep and wide as the ocean,” I answered. “But my heart is already claimed.” To prove it, I clutched his shirt and lifted myself to my toes and brought my lips to his. Sweeter than raspberry jam, warmer than candle flame, softer than bread. People often spoke with religious rapture of milk and honey, but if I had nothing but Jesse to consume for the rest of my days, I’d die a heathen beast, content.”",
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                        "text": "“But Holms had proven stalwart and valiant. When Miss Jones had shown up to discover them in the castle hallway, because she’d heard a suspicious noise and had feared for her schoolchums’ safety, they’ d had to bring her along. She’d wanted to run straight to the headmistress, of course, but Armand had persuaded her not to. How he regretted that decision now! The duke had fired his guns at them all. They’d retreated, thought to go to the automobile to fetch a doctor and the sheriff, but they’d stumbled the wrong way and fallen down the slope to the beach instead. All three of them. And there, noble Jesse had died. Fact. Fiction. Likely because so much of it had happened, and because Armand’s red-eyed, stoic distress seemed so genuine, the adults around us had accepted it as truth. Mostly. I think if I hadn’t been discovered wearing only Armand’s coat as I knelt next to Jesse’s body, Mrs. Westcliffe might have found the whole thing easier to swallow. Yet the official version ruled the day. And here we all were basking in it, breathing fresh sea air, warmed by the generous spring sun. Burying a hero. A far, far greater hero than anyone standing around me at his funeral would ever suspect. Somewhere in deep-blue briny waters, a U-boat rested, filled with live torpedoes and solid-gold men. I thought I better understood Rue’s letters now. I understood her warning about the pain that would come with my Gifts. I understood my sacrifice.”",
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                        "text": "“I’m spending until dawn with you,” I said firmly. “Don’t bother to argue.” “God forbid,” said Jesse, solemn. I pushed past him into the cottage. He’d been waiting up for me, I could tell. There was a book spread facedown upon the table, a pair of lamps lit beside it. “I thought you said you were resting tonight. “Aye. I was. But then it occurred to me that the bed wasn’t nearly so comfortable without you. So I got up and hoped.” I crossed my arms over my chest and dug my toes into the soft nap of the rug. The cottage had been built within a protective circle of birches; even during the heat of the day, it was never very warm. “You hoped for me?” I asked, uncertain. Jesse came close, put his arms around me, and buried his face in my hair. “As always. As ever.” “And I came,” I whispered, closing my eyes, breathing him. The ache behind my forehead began to unbind. “And you came,” he agreed. And he summoned the magic that was all his own, beyond stars and starfire. A magic of mortal lips and hands, of bristly new whiskers scraping my chin, of melting kisses that made the whiskers unimportant. Our bodies entwined, or hearts. Our lives. I think that was the night a very quiet, very powerful part of me began to comprehend how it was going to be. I think the part of me that was magic, that had broken away from the practical earth to slip along Jesse’s celestial family of stars, to allow them to bind me in their spell… That part of me knew.”",
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                        "text": "“Stop,” Jesse said. I stared up at him, almost panting with fear. “Stop, beloved,” he said more gently, and took up my clenched fist with both hands. “I’ve upset you, and I shouldn’t have. I don’t want you to dread yourself. I don’t want you to dread what is to come. Like I said, you’re exceptional, so there may be nothing to worry about at all. But whatever happens, whatever you face, I’ll face it with you. Do you hear?” “How can you say it? It nearly happened on the roof today. You can’t know-“ “I will be with you. We’re together now, and the universe knows I won’t let you make your sacrifice alone. Dragon protects star. Star adores dragon. An age-old axiom. Simple as that.” I looked down at our hands, both of his curled over mine. I unclenched my fist. Blood from the thorn smeared my skin. “The universe,” I muttered. “The same universe that has produced the Kaiser and bedbugs and Chloe Pemington. How reassuring.” With the same absolute concentration he might have shown for turning flowers into gold, Jesse Holms smoothed out my fingers between his, wiping away the blood. He turned my hand over and lifted it to his lips. His next words fell soft as velvet into the heart of my palm. “Those nights, in the sweetest dark, we shared our dreams. That’s you answer. I was stitched into yours, and you were stitched into mind, and that was real, I promise you.” I felt his lips curve into a smile. The unbelievably sensual, ticklish scuff of his whiskers. “Very good dreams they were, too,” he added. It was no use trying to cling to mortification or fear. He was holding my hand. He was smiling at me past the cup of my fingers, and although I couldn’t see it, the shape of it against my skin was beyond tantalizing, rough and masculine. I was a creature gone hot and cold and light-headed with pleasure. I wanted to snatch back my hand and I wanted him to go on touching me like this forever. I wanted to walk with him back to his cottage, to his bed, and to hell with the Germans and school and all the rest of the world. But he looked up suddenly. “They’re searching for you,” he said, releasing me at once, moving away. They were. I heard my name being called by a variety of voices in a variety of tones, all of them still inside the castle, none of them sounding happy. “Go on.” With a few quick steps, Jesse was less than a shadow, retreating into the black wall of the woods. “Don’t get into trouble. And, Lora?” “Yes?” There was hushed laughter in his voice. “Until we can see each other again, do us both a favor. Keep away from rooftops.”",
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                        "text": "“I pulled at the knot again and heard threads begin to pop. “Allow me, Miss Jones,” said Armand, right at my back. There was no gracious way to refuse him. Not with Mrs. Westcliffe there, too. I exhaled and dropped my arms. I stared at the lotus petals in my painting as the new small twists and tugs of Armand’s hands rocked me back and forth. Jesse’s music began to reverberate somewhat more sharply than before. “There,” Armand said, soft near my ear. “Nearly got it.” “Most kind of you, my lord.” Mrs. Westcliffe’s voice was far more carrying. “Do you not agree, Miss Jones?” Her tone said I’d better. “Most kind,” I repeated. For some reason I felt him as a solid warmth behind me, behind all of me, even though only his knuckles made a gentle bumping against my spine. How blasted long could it take to unravel a knot? “Yes,” said Chloe unexpectedly. “Lord Armand is always a perfect gentleman, no matter who or what demands his attention.” “There,” the gentleman said, and at last his hands fell away. The front of the smock sagged loose. I shrugged out of it as fast as I could, wadding it up into a ball. “Excuse me.” I ducked a curtsy and began my escape to the hamper, but Mrs. Westcliffe cut me short. “A moment, Miss Jones. We require your presence.” I turned to face them. Armand was smiling his faint, cool smile. Mrs. Westcliffe looked as if she wished to fix me in some way. I raised a hand instinctively to my hair, trying to press it properly into place. “You have the honor of being invited to tea at the manor house,” the headmistress said. “To formally meet His Grace.” “Oh,” I said. “How marvelous.” I’d rather have a tooth pulled out. “Indeed. Lord Armand came himself to deliver the invitation.” “Least I could do,” said Armand. “It wasn’t far. This Saturday, if that’s all right.” “Um…” “I am certain Miss Jones will be pleased to cancel any other plans,” said Mrs. Westcliffe. “ This Saturday?” Unlike me, Chloe had not concealed an inch of ground. “Why, Mandy! That’s the day you promised we’d play lawn tennis.” He cocked a brow at her, and I knew right then that she was lying and that she knew that he knew. She sent him a melting smile. “Isn’t it, my lord?” “I must have forgotten,” he said. “Well, but we cannot disappoint the duke, can we?” “No, indeed,” interjected Mrs. Westcliffe. “So I suppose you’ll have to come along to the tea instead, Chloe.” “Very well. If you insist.” He didn’t insist. He did, however, sweep her a very deep bow and then another to the headmistress. “And you, too, Mrs. Westcliffe. Naturally. The duke always remarks upon your excellent company.” “Most kind,” she said again, and actually blushed. Armand looked dead at me. There was that challenge behind his gaze, that one I’d first glimpsed at the train station. “We find ourselves in harmony, then. I shall see you in a few days, Miss Jones.” I tightened my fingers into the wad of the smock and forced my lips into an upward curve. He smiled back at me, that cold smile that said plainly he wasn’t duped for a moment. I did not get a bow. Jesse was at the hamper when I went to toss in the smock. Before I could, he took it from me, eyes cast downward, no words. Our fingers brushed beneath the cloth. That fleeting glide of his skin against mine. The sensation of hardened calluses stroking me, tender and rough at once. The sweet, strong pleasure that spiked through me, brief as it was. That had been on purpose. I was sure of it.”",
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                        "text": "“How long have you known about him?” I asked Jesse, using my free hand to gesture toward his guest. “Forever. Nearly as long as I did about you.” “God, Jesse. Why didn’t you say anything?” “He was a shadow of you.” Jesse shrugged. “His background is diluted, his dragon blood les strong. Even with you in his proximity, I wasn’t certain any of his drakon traits would emerge. He hasn’t anywhere near your potential.” “Pardon me,” Armand said, freezingly polite, “but he is still right here with you in this room.” “Do you mean…I did it?” I asked. “I made him figure it out? What he is?” Jesse gave me an assessing look. “Like is drawn to like. We’re all three of us thick with magic now, even if it’s different kinds. It’s inevitable that we’ll feed off one another. The only way to prevent that would be to separate. And even then it might not be enough. Too much has already begun.” “I don’t want to separate from you,” I said. “No.” Jesse lifted our hands and gave mine a kiss. “Don’t worry about that.” Armand practically rolled his eyes. “If you two are quite done, might we talk some sense tonight? It’s late, I’m tired, and your ruddy chair, Holms, is about as comfortable as sitting on a tack. I want to…” But his voice only faded into silence. He closed his eyes and raised a hand to his face and squeezed the bridge of his nose. I noted again those shining nails. The elegance of his bones beneath his flawless skin. Skin that was marble-pale, I realized. Just like mine. “Yes?” I said, more gently than I’d intended. “Excuse me. I’m finding this all a bit…impossible to process. I’m beginning to believe that this is the most profoundly unpleasant dream I’ve ever been caught in.” “Allow me to assure you that you’re awake, Lord Armand,” I retorted, all gentleness gone. “To wit: You hear music no one else does. Distinctive music from gemstones and all sorts of metals. That day I played the piano at Tranquility, I was playing your father’s ruby song, one you must have heard exactly as I did. Exactly as your mother would have. You also have, perhaps, something like a voice inside you. Something specific and base, stronger than instinct, hopeless to ignore. Animals distrust you. You might even dream of smoke or flying.” He dropped his arm. “You got that from the diary.” “No, I got that from my own life. And damned lucky you are to have been brought into this world as a pampered little prince instead of spending your childhood being like this and still having to fend for yourself, as I did.” “Right. Lucky me.” Armand looked at Jesse, his eyes glittering. “And what are you? Another dragon? A gargoyle, perchance, or a werecat?” “Jesse is a star.” The hand went up to conceal his face again. “Of course he is. The. Most. Unpleasant. Dream. Ever.” I separated my hand from Jesse’s, angling for more bread. “I think you’re going to have to show him.” “Aye.” A single blue eye blinked open between Armand’s fingers. “Show me what?”",
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                        "text": "“Hullo,” he said sleepily, rubbing a hand along his jaw. He’s here in my room, right in the middle of the afternoon. Great God, there’s a boy in my bed in my room- I came to life. “Get out!” He yawned, a lazy yawn, a yawn that clearly indicated he had no intention of leaving. In the moody gray light his body seemed a mere suggestion against the covers, his hair a shaded smudge against the paler lines of his collar and face. “But I’ve been waiting for you for over an hour up here, and bloody boring it’s been, too. I’ve never known a girl who didn’t keep even mildly wicked reading material hidden somewhere in her bedchamber. I’ve had to pass the time watching the spiders crawl across your ceiling.” Voices floated up from downstairs, a maids’ conversation about rags and soapy water sounding horribly loud, and horribly close. I shut the door as gently as I could and pressed my back against it, my mind racing. No lock, no bolt, no key, no way to keep them out if they decided to come up… Armand shifted a bit, rearranging the pillows behind his shoulders. I wet my lips. “If this is about the kiss-“ “No.” He gave a slight shrug. “I mean, it wasn’t meant to be. But if you’d like-“ “You can’t be in here!” “And yet, Eleanor, here I am. You know, I remember this room from when I used to live in the castle as a boy. It was a storage chamber, I believe. All the shabby, cast-off things tossed up here where no one had to look at them.” He stretched out long and lazy again, arms overhead, his shirt pulling tight across his chest. “This mattress really isn’t very comfortable, is it? Hark as a rock. No wonder you’re so ill-tempered.” Dark power. Compel him to leave. I was desperate enough to try. “You must go,” I said. Miraculously, I felt it working. I willed it and it happened, the magic threading through my tone as sly as silk, deceptively subtle. “Now. If anyone sees you, were never here. You never saw me. Go downstairs, and do not mention my name.” Armand sat up, his gaze abruptly intent. One of the pillows plopped on the floor. “That was interesting, how your voice just changed. Got all smooth and eerie. I think I have goose bumps. Was that some sort of technique they taught you at the orphanage? Is it useful for begging?” Blast. I tipped my head back against the wood of the door and clenched my teeth. “Do you have any idea the trouble I’ll be in if they should find you here? What people will think?” “Oh, yes. It rather gives me the advantage, doesn’t it?” “Mrs. Westcliffe will expel me!” “Nonsense.” He smiled. “All right, probably she will.” “Just tell me that you want, then!” His lashes dropped; his smile grew more dry. He ran a hand slowly along a crease of quilt by his thigh. “All I want,” he said quietly, “is to talk. “Then pay a call on me later this afternoon,” I hissed. “No.” “What, you don’t have the time to tear yourself away from your precious Chloe?” I hadn’t meant to say that, and, believe me, as soon as the words left my lips I regretted them. They made me sound petty and jealous, and I was certain I was neither. Reasonably certain.”",
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                        "text": "“My, my,” Chloe murmured, studying the chocolate she held. “I do believe this one’s gone off. It stinks like a cesspit.” Her eyes lifted. “Oh, wait. It’s only the guttersnipe.” “Or perhaps it’s your perfume,” I said cordially. “You always smell like a whore.” “It’s French, ” retorted Runny-Nose, before Chloe could speak. “Then she smells like a French whore.” “Aren’t you the eloquent young miss.” Chloe’s gaze cut to Sophia, standing close behind me. “Slumming, little sister? I can’t confess I’m surprised.” “I’m merely here for the show,” Sophia said breezily. “Something tells me it’s going to be good.” I took the brooch from my pocket and let it slide down my index finger, giving it a playful twirl. “A fine try. But, alas, no winner’s prize for you, Chloe. I’m sure you’ve been waiting here for Westcliffe to raise the alarm about her missing ring, ready with some well-rehearsed story about how you saw me sneaking into her office and sneaking out again, and oh, look isn’t that Eleanore’s brooch there on the floor? But I’ve news for you, dearie. You’re sloppy. You’re stupid. And the next time you go into my room and steal from me , I’ll make certain you regret it for the rest of your days.” “How dare you threaten me, you little tart!” “I’m not threatening. You have no idea how easy it would be to, say, pour glue on your hair while you sleep. Cut up all your pretty dresses into ribbons.” Chloe dropped her half-eaten chocolate back into its box, turning to her toadies. “You heard her! You all head her! When Westcliffe finds out about this-“ “ I didn’t hear a thing,” piped up Sophia. “In fact, I do believe that Eleanore and I aren’t even here right now. We’re both off in my room, diligently studying.” She sauntered to my side, smiling. “And I’ll swear to that, sister. Without hesitation. I have no misgivings about calling you all liars right to Westcliffe’s face.” “What fun,” I said softly, into the hush. “Shall we give it a go? What d’you say, girls? Up for a bit of blood sport?” Chloe pushed to her feet, kicking the chocolates out of her way. All the toadies cringed. “ You, ” she sneered, her gaze scouring me. “ You with your ridiculous clothing and that preposterous bracelet, acting as if you actually belong here! Really, Eleanore, I wonder that you’ve learned nothing of real use yet. Allow me to explain matters to you. You may have duped Sophia into vouching for you, but your word means nothing. You’re no one. No matter what you do here or who you may somehow manage to impress, you’ll always be no one. How perfectly sad that you’re allowed to pretend otherwise.” “I’m the one he wants,” I said evenly. “No one’s pretending that.” I didn’t have to say who. She stared at me, silent, her color high. I saw with interest that real tears began to well in her eyes. “That’s right.” I gave the barest smile. “Me, not you. Think about that tomorrow, when I’m with him on the yacht. Think about how he watches me. How he listens to me. Another stunt like this”-I held up the circlet-“and you’ll be shocked at what I’m able to convince him about you. ” “As if you could,” she scoffed, but there was apprehension behind those tears. “Try me.” I brought my foot down on one of the chocolates, grinding it into a deep, greasy smear along the rug. “Cheerio,” I said to them all, and turned around and left.”",
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